HIST 112 1st Edition Lecture 10 Outline of Last Lecture I. Foreign Policy before 1898II. ImperialismIII. Spanish American WarOutline of Current LectureI. Spanish American War ContinuedII. PhilippinesIII. Closing ThoughtsCurrent LectureKey Terms- Monroe Doctrine- William H. Hunt- Alfred T. Mahan- Influences of Seapower on History- Yellow Journalism- William Randolph Hearst- USS Maine- Teller Amendment- Battle of San Juan- Rough Riders- Emilio AguinaldoSpanish American War Continued- Battle of San Juan Hill—July 1, 1898o Teddy Roosevelt leaves position in Navy and creates the Rough Riders (cavalry unit)o Image of Rough Riders coming down the hill at Battle of San Juan Hill romanticized the waro Buffalo Soldiers—all black cavalries that fought but did not get as much credito Biggest and bloodiest battle of warThese 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.- August 12 Protocol ends hostility in 1898o Grants independence to Cubao Gives Guam and Puerto Rico to USo Doesn’t say anything about PhilippinesPhilippine Relations- Conference October 1898 to decide fate of Philippineso Filipinos had already set up a government modeling US Constitutiono McKinley decides to annex Philippines because they are not ready for democracyo Filipinos are not happy with the US- Result: Philippine-American War (1899-1903)o 4000 US casualtieso 100,000 Filipino casualtieso Anti-imperialist Americans exaggerate atrocities in war causing many Americans to be against the waro Emilio Aguinaldo—Philippines President and military commander Capture in 1901 Swears oath of loyalty to US for his life Grants American sovereignty in Philippineso War was so long because US wanted to modernize Philippines, thought they were doing them a favor- Even after 1903 (until 1913) Filipino nationalists continued to rebel- Philippines gain independence in 1945Closing Thoughts- In 1 year US was able to acquire Hawaii, Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, and Philippines- The irony: less than 200 years earlier US had been fighting for its own independence- William Jennings Brian runs again in 1900o Opposes Philippine waro Loses- Americans genuinely believed imperialism was helping the rest of the world be westernized- Also saw imperialism as necessary to maintain economic dominance- Is America meant to be a Republic or
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