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| Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst |
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| "yellow" press influenced overseas expansion |
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| inspired missionaries to spread faith overseas |
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| his book said that Every successful nation had a great navy - incited a naval race amongst countries |
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| James G. Blaine and his "Big Sister" policy |
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sought better relations with Latin america
presided over the first Pan-American Conference in D.C. |
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| Secretary of State Richard Olney and Venezualan territory |
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sent Britain a message to back away from disputed area in Venezuela.
Britain gained most of what they asked for
Monroe Doctrine was enhanced |
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US missionaries success in hawaii and commercial trade and rights to Pear Harbor made hawaii a good candidate for annexation
mcKinley tariff raised taxes on sugar - solution was to annex hawaii
Cleveland found that it was wrong to annex them when they disapproved |
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| drove civilian cubans to concentration camps to prevent them from helping rebellious cubans |
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Spanish misrule caused cuba to torch their sugar cane fields in hopes that it would make Spain leave or america interfere
america had annual trade and investment at stake in cuba so it was against spain
Cleveland refused to do anything |
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| America sent the Maine to cuba to protect americans there in case an uprising flared up. it mysteriously blew up in Havana Harbor. Americans took least likeley explanation to go to war with spain. Yellow journalism played a big part in the upcry |
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| McKinley and the Spanish American war |
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McKinley did not want hostilities since he was a major of the Civil War and had seen enough bloodshed
he gave in to public pressure because he had no faith in Spains promises regarding Cuba and that Cubans should be free |
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| proclaimed to the world that when US throws out Spanish misrule, it would give the CUbans their freedom |
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Commanded the American Asiatic Squadron. His naval control was brilliant at Manila Bay, destroying the Spanish fleet, and he became a national hero overnight
he could not storm the islands and fortresses so he hda to wait for reinforcements. meanwhile other nations moved into harbor to protect their men |
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| Led Flipino Insurgents to help AMerica overthrow Spanish rulers |
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Sent by Spain to go to Cuba, he found refuge in Santiago harbor, but then was blockaded.
Persistently pleaded with Spain to not go into fighting.
Spain told him to fight for the flag, and he was subsequently deSTROYED |
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| colourful volunteer regiment of the spanish american war led by Teddy Roosevelt |
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| McKinley said that it wouldnt be right to give Spain bakc the Philippines. If they left Filipinos, they might fall into anarcy. Or a major power will try to seize them, dragging the US into another war. Instead america decided to christinize and civilize the filipinos |
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| pact of Paris: America got Guam and Puerto Rico, freed cuba, and paid 20 million bucks for the philippines |
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opposed america's taking of Philippines.
Members: Mark Twain, William James, Samuel Gompers, and Andrew Carnegie |
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Rudyard Kipling urged America to keep the philippines and "civilize them" through his poem "The White Man's Burden"
other expansionists argued that Philippines could befome another Hong Kong. |
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| America allowed Puerto Rico a limited degree of popular government and granted them US citizenship |
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Supreme Court ruled that constitution didnt have full authority on how to deal with the islands.
ruled that although america had full control legally over places like cuba and the philippines 's citizens did not have full rights |
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essentialy the constitution of Cuba
1. it said that the US could intervene and restore order in case of anarchy
2. it couoldnt sign a treaty that would compromise its independance
3. US could get two bays for naval bases, notably Guantanamo bay
4. Cuba couldnt loan more than it could pay |
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| Spanish American war was short and affirmed Americas presence as a world power. |
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1, cuban concentration camps close
2, open nego. with cuban rebels
3, spain must ensure that peace returns to cuba, even if it means independence |
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| Jones act and second jones act |
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1. Allowed Philippines to elect both houses
2. same thing for puerto rico |
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| incorporated vs. unincorporated |
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incorporated: hawaii and alaska
could become states and get full rights
unincorporated: cuba, puerto rico, philipines
only had basic rights and could not have full rights |
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