History 163 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Filipinos, Masculinity, Platt Amendment
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In 19th century, u. s. not involved in foreign affairs. By 1860s, it was predicted that foreign trade would soon play a large role in. Rapid industrialization in u. s. need for foreign markets/trade & need for natural resources want foreign colonies. U. s. begins to look at caribbean as vast potential market. Signed treaties with mexico, el salvador, etc. Treaties were very much in the u. s. favor countries strong-armed into signing. Spanish-american war (1898 1901: cuban conflict. Ongoing war between spain and cuban revolutionaries. By 1898 1/8th of cuban population had died in concentration camps. Conditions reported by u. s. newspapers u. s. support for intervention. Ship named maine was sent to cuba to protect american investments there. American public went crazy blamed spanish military pushed for u. s. intervention in cuba. Congress declared war in 1898 on spanish army. Declared it was not to annex cuba, but to get rid of spanish army.
