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The Imperial Republic. Chapter 20. The New Manifest Destiny Reasons for Imperialism:. Close of the Frontier: Worry about resources Need alternative sources abroad. Panic of 1893: Businessmen looking for new markets overseas. $. Exports: 1870 $395,000,000 1890 $857,000,000
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The Imperial Republic Chapter 20
The New Manifest Destiny Reasons for Imperialism:
Close of the Frontier: Worry about resources Need alternative sources abroad
Panic of 1893: Businessmen looking for new markets overseas $
Exports: 1870 $395,000,000 1890 $857,000,000 1900 $1,400,000,000
US needs: *Productive Economy *Foreign Commerce *Strong Merchant Marine *Navy to Protect Trade Routes *Colonies for Raw Materials
Since US bound by two oceans: *Must become a sea power *CANAL!!!
ALASKA *1867 *William Seward *$7.2 million *called Seward’s Folly
Midway 1867 • Samoa 1878 • Congress stops bid to get: • Virgin Islands Santo Domingo
*US traders come in 1790 *missionaries follow 1820 *Planters come for sugar and fruits 1835
*1875 Trade agreement *1887 US gets rights to Pearl Harbor *Planters becoming economically powerful
1893 Planters lead Revolt against Queen • 5% of population • Get help from Marines
*Treaty of Annexation sent to the Senate by Harrison - blocked in Senate by Democrats
*Republic of Hawaii declared 1894 *McKinley gets treaty accepted in 1898 – worried about Great Britain
*Cubans begin revolt in 1868 *new revolt starts in 1895 *Guerrilla war against economy *US has $50 million invested
General Weyler “The Butcher”
USS Maine February 15,1898 252 killed
April 25, 1898 Congress declares WAR! Teller Amendment-US would not take permanent control over Cuba
John Hay Sec. Of State “A splendid little war”
Spanish-American War 460 killed 5200 die of disease
Problems: *Raise troops *Supply troops *Transport Troops
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt
May 1, 1898 Spanish casualties: 381 American casualties: 1 killed 8 wounded
1st US Volunteer Cavalry Commander Leonard Wood
Rough Riders lead charges up San Juan and Kettle Hills Spanish fleet destroyed fleeing Santiago Harbor Spanish surrender July 16
Treaty of Paris 1898 *Cuba independent *Guam & Puerto Rico to US *Philippines to US *US to pay $20 million
Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil 9th Earl & 3rd Marques of Salisbury
The Anti-Imperialists (Goo-Goos)