HY 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Monroe Doctrine, American Imperialism, Yellow Journalism

• School: University of Alabama
• Department: History
• Course: HY 104
• Professor: Dr.Kari Frederickson

Document Summary

Policy of extending our authority across other regions of the world. Expanding into cuba; looking for possessions in other places. Monroe doctrine the us does not really have the things needed to act out on the monroe. American interest in cuba: changes between 1868 and 1898. Cuba was one of spain"s last colonies. People thought cuba was eventually going to become part of the united states. Cuba is 90 miles away from miami. 1868 cubans revolt and again in 1898. First revolution is put down by the spanish. Cuban revolt and the united states stayed out of it because we cannot help them out. But then we get involved in the revolt of 1898, resulting in the spanish-american war (should be called spanish-american-cuban war) because we respect the cubans" rights: social darwinism. Applying natural selection to humans and it is ok. We have made it from the east to the west.