Discuss how the US acquired Hawaii.First we were getting sugar from it and they made it so we didn’t have to pay a tariff. Then McKinley put the tariff back on. McKinley wanted to annex them so they made the Treaty of Annexation and that is how we got Hawaii.*Spanish-American WarDiscuss the causes of the Spanish-American War.1.) Destruction of Am. Property and investments in Cuba.-Cuba was revolting. American property was being destroyed and we blamed Spain for it. The leader of Cuba was destroying the land to get us in the war.2.) Concentration camps in Cuba-treatment of Cubans-Spain sent General Valerino Weyler and he took Cubans and put them in concentration camps.3.) The Yellow Press-Hearst and Pulitzer-Sensationalism-made things look a lot worse than they really were.4.) Sinking of the U.S. battleship Maine-Yellow Press and Spain did it-really an internal explosion-“Remember the Maine”.-The Yellow Press was a newspaper. They were trying to out-do each other with titles. They were trying to sell as many newspapers as possible. Hearst and Pulitzer were competing. The Yellow Press was nicknamed that because of the first colored cartoon. The main reason we went to was because of the sinking of the Maine. The Yellow Press blamed Spain for the sinking of the ship.5.) De Lome Letter-Yellow Press printed letter form the Spanish Minister to the U.S.-DuPuy De Lome-letter put down president McKinley-changed public opinion about Spaniards.-We went to war because someone wrote a letter and we didn’t like it.6.) Jingoism-belief that U.S. should go to war-Roosevelt, Lodge, B.B. owners-many believe jingoes pressured McKinley to declare war-McKinley had wanted desperately to stay out of war-thought that by going to war, U.S. would go into another depression.-Someone who pushed for war. Spain did everything we wanted them to do. They apologized and they got rid of Weyler. They apologized for the De Lome letter.Discuss the effects of the Spanish-American War. Know which countries were acquired as territories or gained independence as a result of this war as well as casualties and other points of the Treaty of Paris.We won on December 10 by signing the Treaty of Paris. We got control of Cuba, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Guam. The Treaty of Paris was the treaty that ended the war. There were about 385 people that died in combat. There were 2061 other deaths. There were 1662 that were wounded. It was small and lasted for about 3 months.The Battle of Manila Bay was won by us. The captain and his ships destroyed the Spanish. We went to the Philippines. We easily defeated them.The Battle of Cardenas–The captain was the first officer naval killed. The people wanted war but McKinley didn’t. He gave into peer pressure. The Spanish won that battle. The U.S. navy was amazing. We won because Spain was bad, but we still weren’t very good. We were not prepared and we were under trained. They died of food poisoning and they forgot their horses. We won because we blew up one of Spain’s ships.The Battle of Kettle Hill. Teddy Roosevelt and the rough riders were like a whole bunch of people who volunteered to fight. He liked war and imperialism. He quit his job and volunteered to fight in the war. He volunteered with like cowboys and stuff. He went to Kettle Hill.The Battle of San Wan Hill- We won that battle. TR went down in history because San Wan Hill sounded better. He was very good in Kettle Hill and not very much in San Wan Hill. So he thought that San Wan Hill sounded better like he actually defeated the Spanish.John Hay, secretary of state, he said that it was a splendid little war. We won, we got land, and it was very short, and had few casualties.Describe the U.S. control of Puerto Rico.We took it during the Spanish-American war. The Military controlled it. The Forker act was that the president can appoint the governor and the other people could chose the other people. They can come to the U.S. without pass port. They can be drafted in the war but they cant vote for a president.U.S. taking of Cuba by Danielle:--We were interested in Cuba because of sugar and tobacco and it was a strategic location for a naval base. The Teller Amendment guaranteed Cuban independence after the Spanish-American war. The Platt Amendment said Cuba could not go into debt, we could intervene whenever we wanted, they had to give us a naval base, and they couldn’t make treaties with other countries. Cuba didn’t like this. Eventually the amendment went away after a while.Philippine-American war:--The Philippines was taken over by U.S. The Filipinos thought we were going to give them freedom. Emilio Aguinaldo found out we weren’t going to give the Philippines and he became our enemy. He was the leader of the Filipino rebellion. He turned against us when he found out that we weren’t going to give them independence. He then started fighting us and 20,000 Filipinos died in the war. 4,000 Americans died in the war. It cost a lot of money; like more that it cost to but the Philippines.Discuss the development of the Panama Canal.It is a shipping canal between the Atlantic and the Pacific Ocean. Before it was started ships had to go around South America or the Strait of Magellan. When it was finished a ship traveling from New York to San Francisco took like half the time. They built railroads and stuff because it was cheaper. We bought the rights to build a canal from the French. The U.S. got Panama from Colombia by the Hay-Herran Treaty. Colombia, at first, didn’t allow us to build a canal. We took some ships down there and we took Panama and built a canal. Columbia didn’t like this at all. At first we asked politely but they were mean about it so we brought some reinforcement. Latin America saw us as a bully. They had a sanitation issue that had to be fixed before they started building. One of the things was to drain the swamps so the mosquitoes would go away. In 1905 the work started. A team of engineers was sent down and they made a plan.Roosevelt Corollary--Issued by Teddy Roosevelt- It was an addition to the Monroe Doctrine. Latin American countries were poor and they would borrow money from European countries and then they wouldn’t repay it. Europe would send their military in to get the money and then sometimes they would stay there. Then the U.S. was like the middle-man and we stepped in to help. Instead of Europe going to get the money from Latin America they would come to us.Monroe Doctrine--It was a warning to the U.S. to stay out of the Western Hemisphere.
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