HIST 2112 1ST Edition Lecture 10 Outline of Last Lecture I 1901 1913 William Howard Taft II III IV V VI VII VIII 1909 Payne Aldrich Tariff 1910 Gifford Pinchot 1912 New Mexico Arizona Statehood 1912 Theodore Roosevelt Progressive Bull Moose Party New Nationalism Theodore Roosevelt V New Freedom Wilson 1913 Wilson Takes Office Global Issues Outline of Current Lecture IX By the End of 1890s X XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII 1890 Hawaii loses favored trade status 1895 Cuban insurrection against Spain 1898 Remember the Maine To Hell with Spain 1899 Philippine Insurrection 1901 Platt Amendment Philippines Lead to China Building the Panama Canal a 1901 Hay Pauncefote Treaty b 1903 Hay Bunau Varilla Treaty I took Panama while Congress debated it 1905 Russo Japanese War Current Lecture 9 17 13 Seizing an American Empire By the End of 1890s Us boundaries are fleshed out Leads people to develop idea of global expansion out of worry of not enough overproduction exhausting native resources Whites are stigmatizing non whites These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute Whites occupy non white territory Purchase Alaska for 7 million to remove Russians from North America US wanted territory between us and China Mass journalism is flourishing News is circulating Americans are gaining an exposure to a broad range of reporting 1890 Hawaii loses favored trade status Hawaii was colonized several times before US obtained it Hawaiian fruit and sugar was not taxed until foreign capitalists took over and the McKinley tariff removed favor status 1893 Liliuokalani a Hawaiian native was overthrown 1898 Hawaii annexed to US 1895 Cuban insurrection against Spain Spain has trouble overseeing Cuba Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst The Cuban stories fuel sales of newspapers Yellow Journalism tabloid journalism Creates series of stereotypes that outrage Americans Valeriano Butcher Weyler o Spanish Commanding General o Vilified by yellow journalism o Tried separating rebels from civilians in concentration camps o Significant mortality rate De Lome Letter 1898 Letter surfaces back to Spanish government the Spanish Ambassador of the US refers to McKinley as weak and likely to start a Cuban war 1898 Remember the Maine To Hell with Spain Mysterious explosion of US battleship Maine Journals accuse Spain Theodore Roosevelt was frustrated that McKinley wasn t involved with Cuba Roosevelt organized his own regimen called Rough Riders Goes to Cuba to fight However there were only light casualties Roosevelt tried to get Congress to nominate him for medal of honor Spanish held control of Philippines which was of great strategic value 1890 Roosevelt orders Admiral Dewey to sail to Manila Philippines in case of war or Spanish attack US declares war on Spain Capture Philippines Guam and Puerto Rico McKinley God says it is his duty as a man of educating uplifting and Christianizing the people 1899 Philippine Insurrection Lead by Emilio Aguinaldo America killed to Educate Uplift and Christianize Philippines were angry at Americans 1901 Platt Amendment Cubans agree to US establishing protection and influence US gains Guantanamo and maintains permanent naval base Cuba non entanglement US passed the amendment to Cuban Constitution Philippines Lead to China 1899 1900 Open Door Notes US wants to be sure in all Spheres of Influence of Chinese territorial integrity safeguard the country s land and opened free trade Granted multiple international powers with equal access to China but not total control US is worried about power struggle in northeast Building the Panama Canal 1901 Hay Pauncefote Treaty British backed out of any agreement made with US in building a canal US and UK signed this treaty as a preliminary to the creation of the Panama Canal The treaty nullified the Clayton Bulwer Treaty of 1850 and gave US right to create and control a canal across the Central American isthmus creating a quicker and less troublesome was from Atlantic to Pacific 1903 Hay Bunau Varilla Treaty Signed by US and Panama Established the Panama Canal Zone Named after its two primary negotiators Philippe Jean Bunau Varilla the French diplomatic representative of Panama who had construction rights and US Secretary of State John Hay I took Panama while Congress debated it Famous Theodore Roosevelt quote on construction of the Panama Canal Theodore Roosevelt shoes authority again in Presidency 1823 Monroe Doctrine Originally issued by President James Monroe Made Europeans unable to colonize US or Latin American countries 1904 Roosevelt Corollary o Expands Monroe doctrine o If intervention in the affairs of a Latin America state was necessary US had the right to exercise military force in order to keep European countries out 1905 Russo Japanese War Japanese had modern war tactics and Navy unlike Russians Theodore Roosevelt doesn t want Japan to have upper hand Roosevelt plays peacemaker to prevent domination in Asia and negotiates a treaty