Acquiring New Lands

1. Acquiring New Lands Chapter 17.2

2. Spanish-American War • Cubans struggled against Spanish rule • American sense of outrage at another country’s imperialism • US trade w/Cuba • US identified w/Cuba’s struggle • Spanish atrocities/guerrilla warfare • Yellow Journalism • Calls to protect Americans/American interests in Cuba

3. Spanish-American War • - USS Maine arrives in Havana harbor • Feb 15, 1898 Maine explodes – “Remember the Maine”

9. Acquiring New Lands

10. Acquiring New Lands

12. Acquiring New Lands Imperialist Policies Stronger nations extended control over weaker nations – economic, political, military

13. Acquiring New Lands • Spanish-American-Cuban War -1898

14. Samoa and Hawaii • Samoa • Possession was negotiated through treaty • Competition w/European powers • Hawaii • Strategically important • American planters organized a coup – Queen Liliuokalani • Should economic expansion lead to territorial expansion?

15. B. Three beliefs held by Americans that were reflected in the Open Door Policy • The US economy relied on exports to ensure economic growth • The US had the right to intervene abroad to keep foreign markets open • US survival was threatened by closing off an area to American products, ideas or citizens