HIST 2112 1st edition Lecture 14 Outline of Previous Lecture I Test Outline of Current Lecture I America During the Age of Imperialism II Europe s Imperial Heyday 19th Century III America traditionally anti imperialist but IV Why American Imperialism V The Spanish American War 1898 VI Anti Imperialist Feelings VII Philippines America as the new Spain VIII American Imperialism continues through the 20th century Current Lecture I II III America During the Age of Imperialism We join Great Britain France Germany as a big power We become Colonizers in 1898 o There is conflict o Intense arguments over whether we should be colonizers and wield our power over other countries o The reason for colonizing is so you have more power you can take the natural resources and the economic wealth from that region or country Imperialism is the policy the advocacy or the practice of extending your nations power over another region or country Often by direct territorial acquisition or in an indirect way Imperial power is done to take control of the politics economy and sometimes the culture Europe s Imperial Heyday 19th Century 1880 1950 is the high water mark of European Imperialism It is mainly Europeans that are engaged in imperialism o Many of the country s in the world were being controlled by England just like the U S for awhile America traditionally anti imperialist but 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 IV V When you are a country that was a former imperial colony you realize that it is a power relationship where the colony has no choice it is undemocratic America broke away from Europe because they didn t want to be controlled anymore America is technically turning towards imperialism because they are kicking the Indians off their land Why American Imperialism Profit o You could take natural resources force people in that country to buy your products o They have access to markets Power and Prestige o You can control their politics o Alfred Thayer Mahan believed that America should expand its military to be able to powerful enough to control other countries o A lot of the progressives were big advocates of imperialism because of the power and prestige Cultural Ideas o Social Darwinism Survival of the fittest Life in the big city is tooth and nail where the nations compete with each other for dominance by using military o Race and Christianity When they colonize other countries they shove their beliefs on those colonies White supremacy the whites tend to see themselves as the lights of the world and when they go and colonize those dark places than they can bring light to those masses o Spreading Democracy o Masculinity Hoganson s Fighting for American Manhood Motivating American imperialism America needs to man up because they have gone soft The Spanish American War 1898 The Spanish are fighting ruthlessly They are losing ground so they are forced to switch to ruthless tactics America has a tendency to side with the Cubans against the spanish Two Key events o De Lome Letter Was a letter written by a Cuban government official that was sent to a Spanish government official A spy steals it and shows it to America When America does nothing about the letter because they didn t look at the Cuban threats as something that was serious so the Spanish were insulted There are calls for war o The Maine explosion VI VII VIII Anti Imperialist Feelings Teller Amendment o Cuba is free from Spain Anti Imperial League Anti Imperials angered by Platt Amendment o The Platt Amendment tells Cuba they are free but that the United States will handle their foreign policy o America also reserves the right to remove their government and place it with another if we want it Philippines bought for 20 million Philippines America as the new Spain Cuba and the Philippines are taken over by America due to the war Once America gets their hands on the other country s it is harder for them to let go The Philippines were not happy that we had gotten rid of Spain and then took over their place and started to try and control the Philippines American Imperialism continues through the 20th century Nicaragua Guatemala Vietnam El Salvador etc
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