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Essential Question. How did America expand its influence around the world in the late 1800s?. US Expansionism. Reasons for Expansionism. Need to be involved in world affairs Need for places to invest Need for raw materials (oil, rubber, tin, etc.). Expansion in the Pacific.

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  1. Essential Question • How did America expand its influence around the world in the late 1800s?

  2. US Expansionism

  3. Reasons for Expansionism • Need to be involved in world affairs • Need for places to invest • Need for raw materials (oil, rubber, tin, etc.)

  4. Expansion in the Pacific • U.S. looked toward Asia • Expanding business markets

  5. Alaska • 1867 • Purchased from Russia

  6. Hawaii • Sugar plantations • 1898 – U.S. annexed Hawaii

  7. Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

  8. The Spanish-American War

  9. Latin America • Important source of trade • U.S. concerned with European influence in the region

  10. Yellow Journalism • Sensationalist reporting • Writers exaggerate or make up stories to attract readers

  11. New York Journal • Owned by William Randolph Hearst

  12. New York World • Owned by Joseph Pulitzer

  13. Reporting the War in Cuba • Stories of Spanish atrocities found in both newspapers • Goal = sell more papers • Enraged Americans against the Spanish

  14. The Maine • Feb. 15, 1898 • The ship exploded in the harbor, killing 266 sailors • No one knew the source of the explosion

  15. Results of the Explosion • The press blamed Spain • “Remember the Maine” • Congress approved war preparations

  16. Declaration of War • April 11, 1898 – McKinley declared war • Theodore Roosevelt – assistant secretary of the Navy • April 24 – Spain declared war on the U.S.

  17. War on Two Fronts • In the Pacific (Philippines) • In the Caribbean (Cuba)

  18. Philippines • Spanish colony • U.S. Navy Commodore George Dewey – destroyed Spanish warships there

  19. Rough Riders • Volunteer cavalry unit • Included Theodore Roosevelt • Assisted in capturing San Juan Hill

  20. Spanish Surrender • Spain surrendered two weeks later • Americans also occupied the Spanish colony of Puerto Rico

  21. Puerto Rico and Guam • Annexed into the United States • 1917 – became U.S. citizens with full rights

  22. Cuba • Platt Amendment • Made Cuba a U.S. protectorate • Gave U.S. the right to build a naval station and to intervene to protect Cuba’s independence

  23. Guantanamo Bay

  24. U.S. Control

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