An Emerging World Power Lyrics

1. An Emerging World Power Lyrics

2. An Emerging World PowerUnited States HistoryVerse:Strong nations would spread their political visionsBy controlling weaker territories, it’s imperialism • They removed the raw materials from the coloniesThis is what we call an extractive economySurvival of the fittest was a part of the systemThis idea is called Social Darwinism • America wanted free trade, not coloniesThis is called the Open Door Policy

3. Cubans began to like the Spanish lessAmerican flames fanned by the Yellow PressA Spanish letter with United States insults in itLed to aggressive nationalism called jingoism • Theodore Roosevelt led some tough guys inA cavalry unit called the Rough RidersA “splendid little war” put the U.S. on the world sceneSpain lost Cuba, Puerto Rico, and sold the Philippines • With China in a bind, countries pursued itAnd split it into distinct spheres of influence

4. Restricting the new independenceOf Cuba was the Platt AmendmentThey figured out how to cut thousands of miles • By connecting the oceans with the Panama CanalThrough promoting human rights and integrityWilson pursued “moral diplomacy” • Chorus: • An emerging world power new land acquiredBut was the United States becoming an empire?Many different views on how it was supposed to beBig stick, dollar, and moral diplomacy