america’s first steps toward global superpower
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America’s First Steps Toward Global Superpower. I. Motivations for Intervention. A. Economic: Industry Desires Resources and Markets. B. Humanitarian : To Civilize and Christianize. C . Racial : “Little Brown Brothers”. D . National Pride & Global Competition. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
II. The Spanish American-WarA. 4 Causes of the War:– Sugar (Economic) – Spanish Cruelties (Humanitarian)
C. An American Puppet: Cuba & the Platt Amendment
“The government of Cuba consents that the United States may exercise the right to intervene for the preservation of Cuban independence, the maintenance of a government adequate for the protection of life, property, and individual liberty….”