HIST 2013 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Emilio Aguinaldo, Spanish West Indies, Platt Amendment

• School: University of Arkansas
• Department: History
• Course: HIST 2013
• Professor: Daniel Elkin

Document Summary

Lecture objectives: discuss the nature of american imperialism at the dawn of the twentieth century. The new imperialism: social darwinism, focus on africa and china. American expansionism: frontier closed, spread christianity, need for external markets, desire to be a world power. The lure of empire: begins with alaska and hawaii. Lasts 165 days and ends with an armistice: yellow journalism. Get rid of all objectivity in journalism and really playing it up : the philippines. Roosevelt at san juan hill: rough riders. An american empire: treaty of paris spanish empire"s surrendering control of cuba and ceding puerto rico, parts of spanish west indies, island of guam, philippines to the us. Allowed us intervention in cuban affairs and allowed for leasing/buying land to build naval bases: the philippine war. Becoming a world power: china and latin america. Us traders can go into china and get the same rates/treatment in all spheres of influence.