Politics and Foreign Policy EXPANSIONISM IMPERIALISM EXPANSIONISM Remember
Politics and Foreign Policy EXPANSIONISM IMPERIALISM EXPANSIONISM
Remember Social Problems? �Cities were crowded because of limited space and poor housing…but that is where the jobs were. �Immigrants were hired because they would work for less �Many people=many problems �Muckrakers like Sinclair and Tarbell fought these issues. �Addams created Hull House a Settlement House �Mother Jones marches on Teddy Roosevelt’s House � 17 th amendments and direct election of senators
Why Direct Election of Senators? �Initiative �Referendum �Recall �Direct Primary
A Few More Social Issues � Students were required to go to school and to go longer � Margaret Sanger fought for birth control � WCTU advocated voting rights for women, lobbied for prison reform, promoted world peace and spoke out on health issues, of course temperance � Muller v. Oregon
What about foreign issues? �Manifest Destiny and beyond…. William Seward was the Secretary of State after the Civil War In 1867 Seward’s Folly was…. . . $7. 2 million
Foreign Policy in the Pacific • • • We also seized Midway Islands as a strategic trade route to Asia. . they would later be strategic in war 1881 we declared the Hawaiian Islands “essentially a part of the American system” What did they think? Democracy in Action Queen Liliuokalani fought but lost Pearl Harbor was built
Caribbean �Spanish American war was fought between Cuba and Spain…but we could not stay out. �“Remember the Maine” was an example of “yellow journalism” �A US navy ship exploded, 260 officers and men died…the people of the US demanded revenge so we declared war in 1898.
Teddy Roosevelt �Assistant Secretary of the Navy �Resigned to form the Rough Riders �Lead a charge up San Juan Hill and won
Manila �Spain also controlled the Philippines �Secretary of the Navy Teddy Roosevelt ordered fleet to attack �US won in one day…. but navy was split �Soon after US defeated Spain in Cuba and Puerto Rico �US gained Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines and Cuba was granted independence.
Aftermath �President Mc. Kinley felt it Filipinos were “unfit for self-government. ” �Americans wanted to Christianize the Philippines even though most were already Catholic
Essay �Look at a map of the conflicts during the Spanish American war. Why was it important for the US to keep stability in these nations? Should they have kept a military presence in these countries?
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