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Do Now: Copy into your Notes. The United States began to become a world power in the late 1800s. The U.S. went to war with Spain in 1898, and gained several colonies, including the Philippines and Puerto Rico. . Review – Answers on ½ sheet and hand in for quiz grade. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Do Now: Copy into your Notes
• The United States began to become a world power in the late 1800s. The U.S. went to war with Spain in 1898, and gained several colonies, including the Philippines and Puerto Rico.
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Review – Answers on ½ sheet and
hand in for quiz grade
• 1. Explain how Manifest Destiny was an example of imperialism.
• 2. What are three reasons for U.S. imperialism?
• 3. Explain how U.S. foreign policy changed from the 1790s to the 1890s.
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Spanish-American War (1898)
• Imperialist War against the Spanish empire• Causes:• 1. Yellow Journalism
newspapers printed sensationalist headlines to get the American public in favor of a war with Spain• The newspapers
wanted the U.S. to take Cuba for its sugar and tobacco
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Causes of the War• 2. Explosion of the USS Maine in Havana, Cuba• People assumed that Spain blew up the ship, and
this led President McKinley to declare war
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Spanish-American War (1898)
• The U.S. defeated the weak Spanish empire in 4 months• More American
soldiers died from malaria than in battle
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Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders
• Teddy Roosevelt recruited a group of soldiers called the Rough Riders• Roosevelt used his fame to
get elected Governor of New York in 1898, then Vice President in 1900. • He became President in
1901 when McKinley was assassinated
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Spanish-American War (1898)• Results:• 1. The U.S. becomes a world power• 2. U.S. gains several territories• - the Philippines (in Asia)• - Puerto Rico• - Guam (South Pacific)
• 3. Cuba The U.S. promises to give Cuba independence, but it has a heavy influence• Platt Amendment allows the U.S. to intervene in Cuba
when it thinks it is necessary
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Other Territories • 1867 U.S. buys
Alaska from Russia• 1898 U.S. annexes
Hawaii
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Closing
• Do you think that the U.S. should have fought the Spanish-American War? Explain your opinion.