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Module 6 U.S. Imperialism Essential Question Did American imperialism have a positive or negative impact on the world and the United States? About the Painting: This painting depicts In t...

Module 6 U.S. Imperialism Essential Question Did American imperialism have a positive or negative impact on the world and the United States? About the Painting: This painting depicts In this module you will learn about factors that influenced U.S. Theodore Roosevelt leading the Rough imperialism, and about the transformation of the United States into a Riders in the fight for Cuba’s freedom on world power. San Juan Hill. Though the painting shows the troops on horseback, they actually What You Will Learn... fought on foot. Lesson 1: Imperialism and America................... 280 The Big Idea Beginning in 1867 and continuing through the century, global competition caused the United States to expand. Lesson 2: The Spanish-American War.................. 286 Explore ONLINE! The Big Idea In 1898 the United States went to war to help Cuba win VIDEOS, including... its independence from Spain. TR and the Spanish-American Lesson 3: Acquiring New Lands...................... 293 War The Big Idea In the early 1900s the United States engaged in conflicts in Puerto Rico, Cuba, and the Philippines. San Juan Hill Lesson 4: America as a World Power................... 301 China: Boxer Uprising The Big Idea The Russo-Japanese War, the Panama Canal, and the The Peasant Revolution Mexican Revolution added to America’s military and economic power. Document-Based Investigations Graphic Organizers Interactive Games Historical Source: Yellow Journalism Image with Hotspots: The Panama Canal 278 Module 6 Timeline of Events 1892–1918 Explore ONLINE! United States Events World Events 1892 1893 Business groups, aided by U.S. marines, overthrow Hawaii’s Queen Liliuokalani. 1895 Guglielmo Marconi develops the technology that led to the modern radio. 1898 USS Maine explodes and sinks. 1898 Marie Curie discovers radium. 1898 The Spanish- American War begins. 1900 In China, the Boxers rebel. 1901 Theodore Roosevelt becomes president after McKinley is assassinated. 1903 Panama declares its independence from Colombia. 1908 William Howard Taft is elected president. 1910 The Mexican Revolution begins. 1912 Woodrow Wilson is elected president. 1914 The Panama 1914 World War I begins Canal opens. in Europe. 1917 Puerto Ricans become U.S. citizens. 1917 Mexico revises and The United States enters World War I. adopts its constitution. 1918 U.S. Imperialism 279  Lesson 1 Imperialism and America One American’s Story The Big Idea In 1893 Queen Liliuokalani (lә-lē´ә-ō-kә-läʹnē) realized that her Beginning in 1867 and continu- reign in Hawaii had come to an end. More than 160 U.S. sailors ing through the century, global and marines stood ready to aid the haoles (white foreigners) who competition caused the United States to expand. planned to overthrow the Hawaiian monarchy. In an eloquent state- ment of protest, the proud monarch surrendered to the superior Why It Matters Now force of the United States. During this time period, the United States acquired Hawaii and Alaska, both of which “I, Liliuokalani,... became states in 1959. do hereby solemnly protest against any and Key Terms and People all acts done against Queen Liliuokalani myself and the constitu- imperialism tional government of the Alfred T. Mahan Hawaiian Kingdom.... William Seward Now, to avoid any Pearl Harbor collision of armed forces Sanford B. Dole and perhaps the loss of life, I do under this pro- test... yield my author- ity until such time as the Government of the Hawaii’s “Queen Lil” announced that if restored United States shall... to power, she would behead those who had undo the action of its conspired to depose her. representatives and reinstate me in the authority which I claim as the constitu- tional sovereign of the Hawaiian Islands.” —Queen Liliuokalani, quoted in Those Kings and Queens of Old Hawaii U.S. ambassador to Hawaii John L. Stevens informed the State Department, “The Hawaiian pear is now fully ripe, and this is the golden hour for the United States to pluck it.” The annexation of Hawaii was only one of the goals of America’s empire builders in the late 19th century. 280 Module 6  American Expansionism Americans had always sought to expand the size of their nation, and throughout the 19th century they extended their control toward the Pacific Ocean. Their successes in increasing trade and expanding territory in the 1840s and 1850s eventually led to even greater efforts to spread U.S. influ- ence around the world. EARLY ENCOUNTERS As the United States expanded west in the mid-19th century, new port cities on the Pacific coast gave the nation the opportunity to expand its global trade network as well. The potential for profits from trade with China and Japan motivated U.S. officials to extend the country’s reach into the Pacific and attempt to formalize diplomatic relations. Though China initially resisted trade with Westerners, in the 1840s U.S. officials signed the Treaty of Wangxia to protect U.S. business interests in the region. Like China, Japan was resistant to trade with Western nations. Though British, French, Russian, and American ships occasionally anchored off the Japanese coast, Japan repeatedly refused to meet with their representatives. However, the appeal of trade with Japan proved too great for the United This Japanese print States to give up. In addition to wanting to open Japanese ports to trade, the shows the arrival of United States also wanted to secure vital coaling stations that could be used Commodore Perry’s to refuel U.S. trade ships and warships in the Pacific. warships in Japan. On July 8, 1853, Commodore Matthew Perry sailed into Tokyo Bay with four warships to open negotiations with the Japanese. This thinly veiled threat of military force convinced the Japanese government to negotiate. The next year, the two countries signed the Treaty of Kanagawa, which opened up two Japanese ports for refueling. In 1858 Japan signed the Har- ris Treaty, opening its ports to trade. At the same time, some Americans were also looking for ways to increase U.S. involvement and territory in Central America and the Caribbean. They had little success until the Mexican-American War. After the land gains of the 1840s and 1850s, the idea of increasing U.S. territory appealed to many Americans. Over time, more and more Americans began to side with the interventionists, or those willing to interfere with the economic, political, or social affairs of other nations. By the 1880s U.S. leaders were convinced that the United States should join the imperialist powers of Europe, establishing overseas colonies and spreading America’s global influence. Imperialism— the policy in which stronger nations extend their economic, political, or mili- tary control over weaker territories—was already a trend around the world. GLOBAL COMPETITION European nations had been establishing colonies for centuries. In the late 19th century, Africa had emerged as a prime target of European expansionism. By the early 20th century, only two countries in all of Africa—Ethiopia and Liberia—remained independent. Imperialists also competed for territory in Asia, especially in China. In its late 19th-century reform era, Japan replaced its old feudal order with a strong central government. Hoping that military strength would bolster industrial- ization, Japan joined European nations in competition for China in the 1890s. U.S. Imperialism 281  BIOGRAPHY Alfred T. Mahan (1840–1914) Alfred T. Mahan joined the U.S. Navy in the late 1850s and served for nearly 40 years. In 1886 he became president of the newly established Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island. Throughout his lifetime, Mahan was one of the most outspoken advocates of American military expansion. In his book The Influence of Sea Power upon History, 1660–1783 (published in 1890), He also urged the United States to establish naval Mahan called for the United States to develop bases in the Caribbean, to construct a canal across a modern fleet capable of protecting American the Isthmus of Panama, and to acquire Hawaii and business and shipping interests around the world. other Pacific islands. Feelings of nationalism, or national pride, in the United States grew as well. Many Americans believed in the superiority of America’s political and cultural ideals. With a belief in manifest destiny, they already had pushed the U.S. border to the Pacific Ocean. Spreading America’s ideals overseas was the next logical step. As Americans gradually warmed to the idea of overseas expansion, three factors fueled the new American imperialism: desire for military strength thirst for new markets belief in cultural superiority DESIRE FOR MILITARY STRENGTH Seeing that other nations were establishing a global military presence, American leaders advised that In the early 1900s the United States build up its own military strength. One such leader the Navy’s Great White Fleet, so was Admiral Alfred T. Mahan of the U.S. Navy. Mahan urged govern- named because its ment officials to build up American naval power in order to compete with ships were painted other powerful nations. As a result of the urging of Mahan and others, white, was a sign of America’s growing the United States built nine steel-hulled cruisers between 1883 and 1890. military power. The construction of modern battleships such as the Maine and the Oregon transformed the country into the world’s third- largest naval power. THIRST FOR NEW MARKETS In the late 19th century, advances in technology enabled Ameri- can farms and factories to produce far more than American citizens could consume. For example, plows, harrows, threshing machines, and reapers increased corn production by 264 percent and the wheat harvest by 252 percent. Now the United States needed raw materials for its factories and new markets for its agricultural and manufactured goods. Imperialists viewed foreign trade as the 282 Module 6 Vocabulary solution to American overproduction and the related problems of unem- xenophobia an ployment and economic depression. They felt that a worldwide trade unreasonable dislike or fear of people from network anchored by U.S. colonies and trading posts could provide the another country country with the economic growth it needed. BELIEF IN CULTURAL SUPERIORITY Cultural factors also were used to Reading Check justify imperialism. The same xenophobia that helped pass the Chinese Analyze Effects How did domestic Exclusion Act in 1882, and led to its renewal in 1892 and 1902, fueled tensions, such as imperialist ideas about foreign nations. Some Americans combined the overproduction, philosophy of Social Darwinism—a belief that free-market competition unemployment, racism, and the would lead to the survival of the fittest—with a belief in the racial supe- closing of the United riority of Anglo-Saxons. They argued that the United States had a respon- States frontier to sibility to spread Christianity and democracy to “civilize” the world’s westward expansion, affect thoughts about “inferior peoples.” This viewpoint narrowly defined “civilization” according imperialism? to the standards of only one culture. The United States Acquires Alaska An early supporter of American expansion was William Seward, Secretary of State under presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson. In 1867 Seward arranged for the United States to buy Alaska from the Russians for $7.2 million. Seward had some trouble persuading the House of Rep- Reading Check resentatives to approve funding for the purchase. Some people thought it Analyze Motives was silly to buy what they called “Seward’s Icebox” or “Seward’s folly.” Time How did time prove showed how wrong they were. In 1959 Alaska became a state. For about that the purchase of Alaska was not an act two cents an acre, the United States had acquired a land rich in timber, of folly? minerals, and, as it turned out, oil. Document-Based Investigation Historical Source Buying and Selling Alaska While leaders in the United States “In view of the straitened circumstances of State finances government debated whether to... I think we would do well to take advantage of the buy Alaska, Russian officials were excess of money... in the Treasury of the United States having a similar debate about the of America and to sell our North American colonies.... sale of their colony. we must not deceive ourselves and must forsee that the United States,... desiring to dominate undividedly the whole of North America, will take the... colonies from us and we shall not be able to regain them.... At the same time these colonies bring us very small profit and their loss to us would not be greatly felt.... These considerations I beg Your Excellency to report to His Analyze Historical Sources What reservations does Grand Duke Majesty the Emperor.” —Grand Duke Konstantin, from a letter to Prince A.M. Gorchakov, Konstantin have about the United March 22, 1857 States’ interest in Alaska? U.S. Imperialism 283  The United States Takes Hawaii In 1867, the same year in which Alaska was purchased, the United States took over the Midway Islands, which lie in the Pacific Ocean about 1,300 miles north of Hawaii. No one lived on the islands, so the event did not attract much attention. Hawaii was another question. The Hawaiian Islands had been economi- cally important to the United States for nearly a century. Since the 1790s American merchants had stopped there on their way to China and East India. In the 1820s Yankee missionaries founded Christian schools and churches on the islands. Their children and grandchildren became sugar planters who sold most of their crop to the United States. THE CRY FOR ANNEXATION In the mid-19th century, American-owned Vocabulary sugar plantations accounted for about three-quarters of the islands’ annex to incorporate wealth. Plantation owners imported thousands of laborers from Japan, territory into an existing country Portugal, and China. By 1900 foreigners and immigrant laborers outnum- or state bered native Hawaiians about three to one. White planters profited from close ties with the United Hawaii’s Changing Population, States. In 1875 the United States agreed to import Hawai- 1853–1920 ian sugar duty-free. Over the next 15 years, Hawaiian sugar 100 production increased nine times. Then the McKinley Tariff of 1890 provoked a crisis by eliminating the duty-free status Percentage of Total Population 80 of Hawaiian sugar. As a result, Hawaiian sugar growers faced competition in the American market. American planters in 60 Hawaii called for the United States to annex the islands so they wouldn’t have to pay the duty. 40 U.S. military and economic leaders already understood the value of the islands. In 1887 they pressured Hawaii to allow 20 the United States to build a naval base at Pearl Harbor, the kingdom’s best port. The base became a coaling station for 0 refueling American ships. 1853 1878 1900 1920 Native Hawaiian THE END OF A MONARCHY Also in that year, Hawaii’s King Caucasian Kalakaua had been strong-armed by white business leaders. Other (mostly Asian) They forced him to amend Hawaii’s constitution, effectively Source: Robert C. Schmitt, Demographic Statistics of Hawaii, 1778-1965 limiting voting rights to only wealthy landowners. But when Kalakaua died in 1891, his sister Queen Liliuokalani came to Interpret Graphs power with a “Hawaii for Hawaiians” agenda. She proposed 1. What were the most dramatic changes removing the property-owning qualifications for voting. To in Hawaiian population between 1853 prevent this from happening, business groups—encouraged and 1920? by Ambassador John L. Stevens—organized a revolution. 2. How might these changes have With the help of marines, they overthrew the queen and set affected the political climate there? up a government headed by Sanford B. Dole. 284 Module 6  Explore ONLINE! Alaska, 1867, and Hawaii, 1898 180° 160°W 140°W United States and its possessions RUSSIA Alaska,1867 0 800 1,600 mi 0 800 1,600 km 60°N CANADA Interpret Maps 1. Location Where do the Hawaiian Islands, 1898 Kauai Hawaiian Islands lie in relation PACIFIC OCEAN Oahu Molokai to the United States? Pearl Maui 40°N Harbor 2. Human-Environment UNITED STATES Hawaii Interaction Given their 120°W geographic location, why N were Hawaii and Alaska of MEXICO HMH—High Tropic of Cancer School U.S. History—2016 value to the United States? HS_SNLESE454194_931aM.ai 20°N W E Hawaii, 1898 Map area: Vital Information Area (per Spage): 7p10 wide X 5p6 deep First proof 03/08/16 0° President Cleveland directed that the queen be restored to her throne. When Dole refused to surrender power, Cleveland formally recognized the Republic of Hawaii. But he refused to consider annexation unless a major- 180° ity of160°W Hawaiians favored it. Reading Check In 1897 William McKinley, who favored annexation, succeeded Cleve- Analyze Events HMH—High land as president. School On August 12, 1898, Congress proclaimed Hawaii an U.S. History—2016 What factors led to HS_SNLESE454194_931M.ai American the annexation of Alaska,1867 and Hawaii,territory, 1898 although Hawaiians had never had the chance to vote. Hawaii in 1898? Map area: In 1959 Vital Hawaii became Information thepage): Area (per 50th 24p statewide of the United X 29p deepStates. Mask Area (per page): 24p9 wide x 29p9 deep First proof 03/08/16 Lesson 1 Assessment 1. Organize Information Fill in a web diagram with 4. Evaluate In your opinion, did Sanford B. Dole and events and concepts that illustrate the roots of other American planters have the right to stage a imperialism. revolt in Hawaii in 1893? Think About: al tic American business interests in Hawaii li Po the rights of native Hawaiians Roots of U.S. Imperialism 5. Analyze Primary Sources At a meeting of Republicans in 1898, Indiana senator Albert J. Beveridge discussed ic om ral his views on imperialism. ltu on Cu Ec “Fate has written our policy for us; the trade of the world must and shall be ours.... We will establish trading posts Choose one event to explain further in a paragraph. throughout the world as distributing points for American 2. Key Terms and People For each key term or person in products.... Great colonies governing themselves, flying the lesson, write a sentence explaining its significance. our flag and trading with us, will grow about our posts of 3. Draw Conclusions Manifest destiny greatly influenced trade.” American policy during the first half of the 19th How does Beveridge explain the country’s need to century. How do you think manifest destiny set the acquire new territories and expand its worldwide trade stage for American imperialism at the end of the network? century? U.S. Imperialism 285  Lesson 2 The Spanish-American War One American’s Story The Big Idea Early in 1896 James Creelman traveled to Cuba as a New York World In 1898 the United States went reporter, covering the second Cuban war for independence from to war to help Cuba win its inde- Spain. While in Havana, he wrote columns about his observations pendence from Spain. of the war. His descriptions of Spanish atrocities aroused American Why It Matters Now sympathy for Cubans. U.S. involvement in Latin America and Asia increased “No man’s life, no man’s greatly as a result of the war and property is safe [in Cuba]. continues today. American citizens are Key Terms and People imprisoned or slain with- José Martí out cause. American prop- Valeriano Weyler erty is destroyed on all yellow journalism sides.... Wounded soldiers USS Maine can be found begging in George Dewey the streets of Havana.... The horrors of a barbarous Rough Riders struggle for the extermina- San Juan Hill tion of the native popula- Treaty of Paris tion are witnessed in all parts of the country. Blood on the roadsides, blood in the fields, blood on the doorsteps, blood, blood, blood!... Is there no Cuban rebels burn the town of Jaruco in March 1896. nation wise enough, brave enough to aid this blood- smitten land?” —James Creelman, from a New York World article, May 17, 1896 Newspapers during that period often exaggerated stories like Creelman’s to boost their sales as well as to provoke American intervention in Cuba. 286 Module 6  Cubans Rebel Against Spain By the end of the 19th century, Spain—once the most powerful colonial nation on earth—had lost most of its colonies. It retained only the Philip- pines and the island of Guam in the Pacific, a few outposts in Africa, and the Caribbean islands of Cuba and Puerto Rico in the Americas. AMERICAN INTEREST IN CUBA The United States had long held an inter- est in Cuba, which lies only 90 miles south of Florida. In 1854 diplomats recommended to President Franklin Pierce that the United States buy Cuba from Spain. The Spanish responded by saying that they would rather see Cuba sunk in the ocean. But American interest in Cuba continued. When the Cubans rebelled against Spain between 1868 and 1878, American sympathies went out to the Cuban people. The Cuban revolt against Spain was not successful, but in 1886 the Cuban people did force Spain to abolish slavery. After the emancipation of Cuba’s slaves, American capitalists began investing millions of dollars in large sugar cane plantations on the island. THE SECOND WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE Anti-Spanish sentiment in Cuba soon erupted into a second war for independence. José Martí, a Cuban poet and journalist in exile in New York, launched a revolution in 1895. Martí organized Cuban resistance against Spain, using an active Vocabulary guerrilla campaign and deliberately destroying property, especially guerrilla a member American-owned sugar mills and plantations. Martí counted on provoking of a military force that harasses the enemy U.S. intervention to help the rebels achieve ¡Cuba Libre!—a free Cuba. Public opinion in the United States was split. Many business people wanted the government to support Spain in order to protect their invest- ments. Other Americans, however, were enthusiastic about the rebel cause. BIOGRAPHY José Martí (1853–1895) The Cuban political activist José Martí dedicated his life to achieving independence for Cuba. Expelled from Cuba at the age of 16 because of his revolutionary activities, Martí earned a master’s degree and a law degree. He eventually settled in the United States. Wary of the U.S. role in the Cuban struggle against the Spanish, Martí warned, “I know the Monster, because I have lived in its lair.” His fears of U.S. imperialism turned out to have been well-founded. U.S. troops occupied Cuba on and off from 1906 until 1922. Martí died fighting for Cuban independence in 1895. He is revered today in Cuba as a hero and martyr. U.S. Imperialism 287  The cry “¡Cuba Libre!” was, after all, similar in sentiment to Patrick Henry’s Reading Check “Give me liberty or give me death!” Despite economic concerns and public Analyze Motives opinion, President Grover Cleveland remained true to the Monroe Doctrine, Why did José Martí which promised that the United States would not intervene in the affairs of encourage Cuban rebels to destroy sugar existing European colonies in the Western Hemisphere. Soon, though, the mills and plantations? promises of the Monroe Doctrine would be put to the test. War Fever Escalates In 1896 Spain responded to the Cuban revolt by sending General Valeriano Weyler to Cuba to restore order. Weyler tried to crush the rebellion by herd- ing the entire rural population of central and western Cuba into barbed- wire concentration camps. Here, civilians could not give aid to rebels. An estimated 300,000 Cubans filled these camps, where thousands died from hunger and disease. HEADLINE WARS Weyler’s actions fueled a war over newspaper circulation that had developed between the American newspaper tycoons William Ran- dolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer. To lure readers, Hearst’s New York Journal and Pulitzer’s New York World printed exaggerated accounts—by reporters such as James Creelman—of “Butcher” Weyler’s brutality. Stories of poi- soned wells and of children being thrown to the sharks deepened American sympathy for the rebels. This sensational style of writing, which exaggerates the news to lure and enrage readers, became known as yellow journalism. Hearst and Pulitzer fanned war fever. When Hearst sent the gifted artist Frederic Remington to Cuba to draw sketches of reporters’ stories, Reming- ton informed the publisher that a war between the United States and Spain seemed very unlikely. Hearst reportedly replied, “You furnish the pictures and I’ll furnish the war.” THE DE LÔME LETTER American sympathy for “¡Cuba Libre!” grew with each day’s headlines. When President William McKinley took office in 1897, demands for American intervention in Cuba were on the rise. Preferring to avoid war with Spain, McKinley tried diplomatic means to resolve the crisis. At first his efforts appeared to succeed. Spain recalled General Weyler, modified the policy regarding concentration camps, and offered Cuba lim- ited self-government. In February 1898, however, the New York Journal published a private let- ter written by Enrique Dupuy de Lôme, the Spanish minister to the United States. A Cuban rebel had stolen the letter from a Havana post office and leaked it to the newspaper, which was thirsty for scandal. The de Lôme letter criticized President McKinley, calling him “weak” and “a bidder for the admi- ration of the crowd.” The embarrassed Spanish government apologized, and the minister resigned. Still, Americans were angry over the insult to their president. THE USS MAINE EXPLODES Only a few days after the publication of the de Lôme letter, American resentment toward Spain turned to outrage. Early in 1898 President McKinley had ordered the USS Maine to Cuba to bring home 288 Module 6  American citizens in danger from the fighting and to protect American prop- erty. On February 15, 1898, the ship blew up in the harbor of Havana. More than 260 men were killed. At the time, no one really knew why the ship exploded; however, American newspapers claimed that the Spanish had blown up the ship. The Journal’s headline read “The warship Maine was split in two by an enemy’s secret infer- Reading Check nal machine.” Hearst’s paper offered a reward of $50,000 for the capture of Summarize What the Spaniards who supposedly had committed the outrage. events increased the The de Lôme letter and the constant stream of sensational headlines helped tension between the United States feed a growing jingoism, or extreme patriotism. When combined with the explo- and Spain? sion of the Maine, these events had many Americans demanding war with Spain. War with Spain Erupts Until this time, the United States had remained largely isolationist, favoring a policy of avoiding foreign entanglements. Now there was no holding back the forces that wanted war. “Remember the Maine!” became the rallying cry for U.S. intervention in Cuba. It made no difference that the Spanish government agreed, on April 9, to almost everything the United States demanded, includ- ing a six­-month cease­-fire. Despite the Spanish concessions, public opinion favored war. On April 11 McKinley asked Congress for authority to use force against Spain. After a week of debate, Congress agreed. On April 20 the United States declared war. THE WAR IN THE PHILIPPINES The Spanish thought the Americans would invade Cuba. But the first battle of the war took place in a Spanish colony on the other side of the world—the Philippine Islands. On April 30 the American fleet in the Pacific steamed to the Philippines. The next morning, Commodore George Dewey gave the command to open fire on the Spanish fleet at Manila, the Philippine capital. Within hours, Dewey’s men had destroyed every Spanish ship there. Dewey’s victory allowed U.S. troops to land in the Philippines. Dewey had the support of the Filipinos who, like the Cubans, also wanted freedom from Spain. Over the next two months, 11,000 Americans joined forces with Filipino rebels led by Emilio Aguinaldo. In August Spanish troops in Manila surrendered to the United States. THE WAR IN THE CARIBBEAN In the Caribbean, hostili- ties began with a naval blockade of Cuba. Admiral William T. Sampson effectively sealed up the Spanish fleet in the harbor of Santiago de Cuba. Dewey’s victory at Manila had demonstrated the superiority of United States naval forces. In contrast, the army maintained only a small professional force, supplemented by a larger, inexperienced, and ill-prepared volunteer force. About 125,000 Americans had volunteered to fight. The new soldiers were sent to training camps that Spain’s fleet was not prepared to face the might lacked adequate supplies and effective leaders. Moreover, of the U.S. Navy. there were not enough modern guns to go around, and U.S. Imperialism 289  Explore ONLINE! The Spanish-American War, 1898 U.S. Forces FLORIDA 30°N Hong Kong Battle ATLANTIC MapQuest.Com, Inc. 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How does the map help explain why Spain was surprised by the American attack in the Philippines? HMH—High School U.S. History—2016 HMH—High School U.S. History—2016 HS_SNLESE454194_934M.ai HS_SNLESE454194_935M.ai The War in the Philippines The War in the Caribbean Map area: Vital Information Area (per page): 22p wide X 28p10 deep Map area: Vital Information Area (per page): 22p wideMask X 28p10 Areadeep (per page): 24p wide x 30p10 deep Mask Area (per page): 24p wide x 30p10 deep First proof 03/07/16 2nd proof 03/11/16 the troops were outfitted with heavy woolen uniforms unsuitable for Cuba’s tropical climate. In addition, the officers—most of whom were Civil War veterans—had a tendency to spend their time recalling their war experiences rather than training the volunteers. ROUGH RIDERS Despite these handicaps, American forces landed in Cuba Background in June 1898 and began to converge on the port city of Santiago. The army The Rough Riders of 17,000 included four African American regiments of the regular army trained as cavalry and the Rough Riders, a volunteer cavalry under the command of Leonard but fought on foot Wood and Theodore Roosevelt. Roosevelt, a New Yorker, had given up his because their horses didn’t reach Cuba in job as assistant secretary of the navy to lead the group of volunteers. He time. would later become president of the United States. The most famous land battle in Cuba took place near Santiago on July 1. The first part of the battle, on nearby Kettle Hill, featured a dramatic uphill charge by the Rough Riders and two African American regiments, the Ninth and Tenth Cavalries. Their victory cleared the way for an infan- try attack on the strategically important San Juan Hill. Although Roo- sevelt and his units played only a minor role in the second victory, U.S. newspapers declared him the hero of San Juan Hill. 290 Module 6  Two days later, the Spanish fleet tried to escape the American blockade of the harbor at Santiago. The naval battle that followed, along the Cuban coast, ended in the destruction of the Spanish fleet. On the heels of this victory, American troops invaded Puerto Rico on July 25. TREATY OF PARIS The United States and Spain signed an armistice, a cease-fire agreement, on August 12, ending what Secretary of State John Hay called “a splendid little war.” The actual fighting in the war had lasted only 15 weeks. On December 10, 1898, the United States and Spain met in Paris to agree on a treaty. At the peace talks, Spain freed Cuba and turned over the islands of Guam in the Pacific and Puerto Rico in the West Indies to the United States. Spain also sold the Philippines to the United States for $20 million. DEBATE OVER THE TREATY The Treaty of Paris touched off a great debate in the United States. Arguments centered on whether or not the United States had the right to annex the Philippines, but imperialism was the real issue. Document-Based Investigation Historical Source Interventionists vs. Noninterventionists The issue of whether to annex the Philippines was part of a larger debate about U.S. imperialism. The novelist and anti-imperialist Mark Twain questioned the motives for U.S. intervention around the world in a satirical piece written in 1901. At a meeting of the Republican Party, Indiana senator Albert Beveridge made a case in favor of global intervention. “Shall we go on conferring our Civilization upon “The Opposition tells us that we ought not the peoples that sit in darkness, or shall we to govern a people without their consent.... give those poor things a rest?... Extending the Would not the people of the Philippines prefer Blessings of Civilization to our Brother who Sits the just, humane, civilizing government of this in Darkness has been a good trade and has paid Republic to the savage, bloody rule of pillage and well, on the whole; and there is money in it yet extortion from which we have rescued them? Do... but not enough, in my judgment, to make not the blazing fires of joy and the ringing bells any considerable risk advisable.” of gladness in Porto Rico prove the welcome of —Mark Twain, quoted in our flag?... do we owe no duty to the world?... To the Person Sitting in Darkness Shall we abandon them, with Germany, England, Japan, hungering for them?” —Albert Beveridge, from the March of the Flag speech, September 16, 1898 Analyze Historical Sources 1. What reasons does Beveridge give for a foreign policy of intervention? 2. Why do you think Twain opposes intervention? U.S. Imperialism 291  President McKinley told a group of Method- ist ministers that he had prayed for guidance on Philippine annexation and had concluded “that there was nothing left for us to do but to take them all [the Philippine Islands], and to educate the Filipinos, and uplift and Christianize them.” McKinley’s need to justify imperialism may have clouded his mem- ory—most Filipinos had been Christian for centuries. Other prominent Americans presented a variety of arguments—political, moral, and economic—against annexation. Some felt that the treaty violated the Declaration of Independence by denying self-government to the newly acquired territories. The African American educator Booker T. Washington argued that the United States should settle race-related issues at home before taking on This lithograph criticizes American foreign policy in 1898. In the social problems elsewhere. The labor leader cartoon, Uncle Sam is riding a bicycle with wheels labeled “western Samuel Gompers feared that Filipino immi- hemisphere” and “eastern hemisphere.” He has abandoned his horse, grants would compete for American jobs. on whose saddle appears “Monroe Doctrine,” because the horse is too slow. On February 6, 1899, the annexation question was settled with the Senate’s approval of the Treaty of Paris. Reading Check The United States now had an empire that included Guam, Puerto Rico, Summarize What were the terms of the and the Philippines. The next question Americans faced was how and Treaty of Paris? when the United States would add to its dominion. Lesson 2 Assessment 1. Organize Information In 1898 a debate raged in the 3. Make Inferences What do you think were the United States over whether the United States had the unstated editorial policies of yellow journalism? right to annex the Philippines. Use a graphic organizer Support your answer with evidence from the text. to summarize the pros and cons of this debate. Think About: James Creelman’s account of Spanish atrocities The Annexation of against Cubans the Philippines Hearst’s remark to Remington the Journal headline about the explosion of the Reasons Reasons battleship Maine in Favor of Against 4. Analyze Effects Many anti-imperialists worried that Annexation Annexation imperialism might threaten the American democratic system. How might this happen? Which side do you support? Why? 5. Draw Conclusions In 1898 Theodore Roosevelt 2. Key Terms and People For each key term or person in resigned his post as assistant secretary of the navy the lesson, write a sentence explaining its significance. to organize the Rough Riders. Why do you think Roosevelt was willing to take this risk? How do you think this decision affected his political career? 292 Module 6  Lesson 3 Acquiring New Lands One American’s Story The Big Idea When Puerto Rico became part of the United States after the Span- In the early 1900s the United ish-American War, many Puerto Ricans feared that the United States States engaged in conflicts would not give them the measure of self-rule that they had gained in Puerto Rico, Cuba, and the Philippines. under the Spanish. Puerto Rican statesman and publisher Luis Muñoz Rivera was one of the most vocal advocates of Puerto Rican Why It Matters Now self-rule. Between 1900 and 1916, he lived primarily in the United Today the United States States and continually worked for the independence of his home- ­maintains a strong military and land. Finally, in 1916 the U.S. Congress, facing possible war in Europe political presence in strategic and wishing to settle the issue of Puerto Rico, invited Muñoz Rivera worldwide locations. to speak. On May 5, 1916, Muñoz Rivera stood before the U.S. House Key Terms and People of Representatives to discuss the future of Puerto Rico. Foraker Act Platt Amendment “You, citizens of a free father- protectorate land, with its own laws, its Emilio Aguinaldo own institutions, and its John Hay own flag, can appreciate the Open Door notes unhappiness of the small Boxer Rebellion and solitary people that must await its laws from your authority.... when you acquire the certainty that you can found in Puerto Rico a republic like that founded in Cuba and Panama... give us Luis Muñoz Rivera our independence and you will stand before humanity as... a great creator of new nationalities and a great liberator of oppressed peoples.” —Luis Muñoz Rivera, quoted in The Puerto Ricans Muñoz Rivera returned to Puerto Rico, where he died in November 1916. Three months later, the United States made Puerto Ricans U.S. citizens. U.S. Imperialism 293  Ruling Puerto Rico Not all Puerto Ricans wanted independence, as Muñoz Rivera did. Some wanted statehood, while still others hoped for some measure of local self-government as an American territory. As a result, the United States gave Puerto Ricans no promises regarding independence after the Spanish- American War. MILITARY RULE During the Spanish-American War, United States forces, under General Nelson A. Miles, occupied the island. As his soldiers took control, General Miles issued a statement assuring Puerto Ricans that the Americans were there to “bring you protection, not only to yourselves but to your property, to promote your prosperity, and to bestow upon you the immunities and blessings of the liberal institutions of our government.” For the time being, Puerto Rico would be controlled by the military until Congress decided otherwise. RETURN TO CIVIL GOVERNMENT Although many Puerto Ricans had dreams of independence or statehood, the United States had different plans for the island’s future. Puerto Rico was strategically important to the United States, both for maintaining a U.S. presence in the Caribbean and for protecting a future canal that American leaders wanted to build across the Isthmus of Panama. In 1900 Congress passed the Foraker Act, which ended military rule and set up a civil government. The act gave the presi- dent of the United States the power to appoint Puerto Rico’s governor and members of the upper house of its legislature. Puerto Ricans could elect only the members of the legislature’s lower house. In 1901 in the Insular Cases, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Reading Check Constitution did not automatically apply to people in acquired territories. Analyze Issues Why Congress, however, retained the right to extend U.S. citizenship, and it was Puerto Rico important to the granted that right to Puerto Ricans in 1917. It also gave them the right to United States? elect both houses of their legislature. NOW & THEN Puerto Rico Ever since their transfer under the Treaty of Paris from Spain to the United States, Puerto Ricans have debated their status, as shown here. In 1967, 1993, and 1998, Puerto Ricans rejected both statehood and independence in favor of commonwealth, a status given the island in 1952. As members of a commonwealth, Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens. They can move freely between the island and the mainland and are subjected to the military draft but cannot vote in U.S. presidential rejected statehood because they fear it would elections. A majority of Puerto Ricans have mean giving up their Latino culture. 294 Module 6  Cuba and the United States When the United States declared war against Spain in 1898, it recognized Cuba’s independence from Spain. It also passed the Teller Amendment, which stated that the United States had no intention of taking over any part of Cuba. The Treaty of Paris, which ended the war, further guaranteed Cuba the independence that its nationalist leaders had been demanding for years. AMERICAN SOLDIERS Though officially independent, Cuba was occupied by American troops when the war ended. José Martí, the Cuban patriot who had led the movement for independence from Spain, had feared that the United States would merely replace Spain and dominate Cuban politics. In some ways, Martí’s prediction came true. Under American occupation, the same officials who had served Spain remained in office. Cubans who protested this policy were imprisoned or exiled. On the other hand, the American military government provided food and clothing for thousands of families, helped farmers put land back into cultivation, and organized elementary schools. Through improvement of sanitation and medical research, the military government helped eliminate Background yellow fever, a disease that had killed hundreds of Cubans each year. Dr. Carlos Finlay discovered that yellow PLATT AMENDMENT In 1900 the newly formed Cuban government wrote fever is carried by mosquitoes. Clearing a constitution for an independent Cuba. The constitution, however, did not out the mosquitoes’ specify the relationship between Cuba and the United States. Consequently, breeding places in 1901 the United States insisted that Cuba add to its constitution several helped eliminate the disease in Cuba. provisions, known as the Platt Amendment. The amendment stated that Cuba could not make treaties that might limit its independence or per- mit a foreign power to control any part of its territory, the United States reserved the right to intervene in Cuba, Cuba was not to go into debt that its government could not repay, and the United States could buy or lease land on the island for naval sta- tions and refueling stations. The United States made it clear that its army would not withdraw until Cuba adopted the Platt Amendment. In response, a torchlight procession marched on the residence of Governor-General Leonard Wood in protest. Some protestors even called for a return to arms to defend their national honor against this American insult. The U.S. government stood firm, Vocabulary though, and Cubans reluctantly ratified the new constitution. In 1903 ratify to make valid the Platt Amendment became part of a treaty between the two nations, by approving and it remained in effect for 31 years. Under the terms of the treaty, Cuba became a U.S. protectorate, a country whose affairs are partially con- trolled by a stronger power. PROTECTING AMERICAN BUSINESS INTERESTS The most important rea- son for the United States to maintain a strong political presence in Cuba was to protect American businesses. U.S. companies had invested in the island’s sugar, tobacco, and mining industries, as well as in its railroads and public utilities. U.S. Imperialism 295  Document-Based Investigation Historical Source U.S. Intervention Throughout the early 1900s, the United States intervened in the affairs of its Latin American neighbors several times. Not surprisingly, few Latin Americans welcomed United States intervention. As the cartoon shows, the United States had a different point of view. Analyze Historical Sources 1. Which president does the waiter portray? 2. What is on the bill of fare, or menu, in this restaurant? What seems to be Uncle Sam’s attitude toward the offerings on the menu? Although many businesspeople were convinced that annexing and imposing colonial rule on new territories was necessary to protect Ameri- can business interests, some were concerned about colonial entanglements. The industrialist Andrew Carnegie voiced his opposition to the taking of nations as colonies. “The exports of the United States this year are greater than those of any other nation in the world. Even Britain’s exports are less, yet Britain ‘possesses’... a hundred ‘colonies’... scattered all over the world. The fact that the United States has none does not prevent her products and manufactures from invading... all parts of the world in competition with those of Britain.” —Andrew Carnegie, quoted in Distant Possessions Reading Check Despite such concerns, the U.S. State Department continued to push for Analyze Effects control of its Latin American neighbors. In the years to come, the United What were the effects of the American States would intervene time and again in the affairs of other nations in the occupation of Cuba? Western Hemisphere. Filipinos Rebel In the Philippines, Filipinos reacted with outrage to the Treaty of Paris, which called for American annexation of the Philippines. The rebel leader Emilio Aguinaldo (ě-mēlʹyō ä´gē-nälʹdō) believed that the United States had promised independence. When he and his followers learned the terms of the treaty, they vowed to fight for freedom. 296 Module 6  PHILIPPINE–AMERICAN WAR In February 1899 the Filipinos, led by Aguinaldo, rose in revolt. The United States assumed almost the same role that Spain had played, imposing its author- ity on a colony that was fighting for freedom. When Aguinaldo turned to guerrilla tactics, the United States forced Filipinos to live in designated zones, where poor sanitation, starvation, and disease killed thousands. This was the very same practice that Americans had condemned Spain for using in Cuba. During the occupation, white American soldiers looked on the Filipinos as inferiors. However, many of the 70,000 U.S. troops sent to the Philippines were African Americans. When African U.S. military action in the Philippines resulted American newspapers questioned why blacks were helping to in suffering for Filipino civilians. About 200,000 spread racial prejudice to the Philippines, some African Ameri- people died as a result of malnutrition, disease, and such guerrilla tactics as the can soldiers deserted to the Filipino side and developed bonds of burning of villages. friendship with the Filipinos. It took the Americans nearly three years to put down the rebellion. About 20,000 Filipino rebels died fighting for independence. The war claimed 4,000 American lives and cost $400 million—20 times the price the United States had paid to purchase the islands. AFTERMATH OF THE WAR After suppressing the rebellion, the United States set up a government similar to the one it had established for Puerto Rico. The U.S. president would appoint a governor, who would then Reading Check appoint the upper house of the legislature. Filipinos would elect the lower Contrast What were house of the legislature. Under American rule, the island nation moved the consequences of the war for Filipinos? gradually toward independence. On July 4, 1946, the Philippines finally for the Americans? became an independent republic. Foreign Influence in China U.S. imperialists saw the Philippines as a gateway to the rest of Asia, par- ticularly to China. China was seen as a vast potential market for American products. It also presented American investors with new opportunities for large-scale railroad construction. Weakened by war and foreign intervention, China had become known as the “sick man of Asia.” France, Germany, Britain, Japan, and Russia had established prosperous settlements along the coast of China. They also had carved out spheres of influence, areas where each nation claimed special rights and economic privileges. JOHN HAY’S OPEN DOOR NOTES The United States began to fear that the other foreign powers would carve China into colonies and American traders would be shut out. To protect American interests, U.S. Secretary of State John Hay issued, in 1899, a series of policy statements called the Open Door notes. The notes were letters addressed to the leaders of impe- rialist nations proposing that the nations share their trading rights with the United States. This would create an open door policy, meaning that no single nation would have a monopoly on trade with any part of China. The other imperialist powers reluctantly accepted this policy. U.S. Imperialism 297  90°E 120°E 150°E 180° 150°W 120°W 0° Explore ONLINE! U.S. Imperialism, 1867–1906 Bering Sea, 1893 International Alaskan Boundary Crisis, 1902–1903 tribunal denies U.S. claims to After gold is discovered in Klondike, exclusive rights to waters of Canadians want to redraw boundary to Bering Sea. Alaskan Panhandle. A tribunal settles in favor of the United States. Algeciras Conference, 1906 Roosevelt offers U.S. “good Open Door Policy, 1899 Alaska offices” to settle Franco-German U.S. aims to prevent foreign 1867 differences over Morocco. powers in China from shutting out the United States from Chinese markets. Big Stick Diplomacy, 1904 Roosevelt sends warships to NORTH Morocco when local authorities A S I A Pearl Harbor, 1887 AMERICA EUROPE detain a Greek citizen with Hawaii gives U.S. exclusive disputed U.S. citizenship. rights to build a naval base. UNITED STATES CHINA Midway Island 1867 MOROCCO Puerto Rico Wake Island Hawaiian Islands 1898 Guam 1899 1898 A F R IC A Philippine 1898 Islands PACIFIC ATLANTIC CONGO 1898 OCEAN Panama Canal OCEAN Zone 1903 0° Equator SOUTH AMERICA AUSTR A LI A 30°S Congo Conference, 1885 Samoa, 1889–1899 Hurricane destroys U.S., U.S. persuades European British, and German ships, preventing armed powers to agree to freedom clash over control of Samoa. Ten years later, of trade and abolition of the U.S. splits islands with Germany. slave trade in central Africa. Territory and date of acquisition N 0 1,500 3,000 mi Interpret Maps W E 0 1,500 3,000 km 1. Location What territories were acquired by the United States S during this time period? 2. Human-Environment Interaction What events show the United States acting as a mediator in international disputes? What does this role indicate about the status of the U.S. in the world? MH—High School U.S. History—2016 _SNLESE454194_939M.ai S. Imperialism, 1867-1910 ap area: Vital Information Area (per page): 51p9 wide X 39p deep THE BOXER REBELLION IN CHINA Although China kept its freedom, ask Area (per page): 53p9 wide x 41p deep st proof 03/09/16 Europeans dominated most of China’s large cities. Resentment simmered beneath the surface as some Chinese formed secret societies pledged to rid the country of “foreign devils.” The most famous of these secret groups were the Boxers, so named by Westerners because members practiced Vocabulary martial arts. martial arts combat or self-defense arts The Boxers killed hundreds of missionaries and other foreigners, as that originated in East well as Chinese converts to Christianity. Foreign citizens fled to Beijing to Asia, such as judo or escape the Boxer onslaught. In August 1900 troops from Britain, France, karate Germany, and Japan joined about 2,500 American soldiers and marched on the Chinese capital. As the foreign armies took back territory, they pushed to secure their spheres of influence within China. Within two months, the international forces put down the Boxer Rebellion. Thou- sands of Chinese people died during the fighting. 298 Module 6  During the Boxer Rebellion, shown here in this Chinese print, Chinese patriots demanded that all foreigners be expelled from the country. The Boxers surrounded the European section of Beijing and kept it under siege for several months. On September 7, 1901, China and 11 other nations signed the Boxer Proto- col—a final settlement of the Boxer Rebellion. The Qing government agreed to execute some Chinese officials, to punish others, and to pay about $332 million in damages. The United States was awarded a settlement of $24.5 million. It used about $4 million to pay American citizens for actual losses incurred during the rebellion. In 1908 the U.S. government returned the rest of the money to China to be used for the purpose of educating Chinese stu- dents in their own country and in the United States. PROTECTING AMERICAN RIGHTS After the Boxer Rebellion, the United States feared that European nations would use their victory to take even greater control of China. To prevent this, John Hay issued a second series of Open Door notes, announcing that the United States would “safeguard for the world the principle of equal and impartial trade with all parts of the Chinese Empire.” This policy paved the way for greater American influence in Asia. The Open Door policy reflected three deeply held American beliefs about the Reading Check Analyze Causes United States industrial capitalist economy. First, Americans believed that the How did the policy growth of the U.S. economy depended on exports. Second, they felt the United statements known as States had a right to intervene abroad to keep foreign markets open. Third, they the Open Door notes put an end to spheres feared that the closing of an area to American products, citizens, or ideas threat- of influence in China? ened U.S. survival. These beliefs became the bedrock of American foreign policy. The Impact of U.S. Territorial Gains In 1900 Republican William McKinley, a reluctant but confirmed imperial- ist, was elected to a second term against Democrat William Jennings Bryan, who staunchly opposed imperialism. McKinley’s reelection confirmed that a majority of Americans favored his policies. Under McKinley, the United States had gained an empire. U.S. Imperialism 299  Yet even before McKinley was reelected, an Anti-Imperialist League had sprung into being. The league included some of the most prominent people in America, such as former president Grover Cleveland, industrial leader Andrew Carnegie, labor leader Samuel Gompers, social worker Jane Addams, and many leading writers. Anti-imperialists had different and sometimes conflicting reasons for their opposition. For example, Gompers was concerned about the impact of imperialism on U.S. workers. Carnegie, on the other hand, worried that U.S. imperialism could lead to endless wars with European rivals. All anti-imperialists, though, agreed that it was wrong for the United States to rule other people without their consent. These beliefs were summed up by the vice-president of the New England Anti-Imperialist League, Moorfield Storey. “We are here to insist that a war begun in the cause of humanity shall not be turned into a war for empire, that an attempt to win for Cubans the right to govern themselves shall not be made an excuse for extending our sway over alien peoples without their consent. The Fundamental principles of our government are at stake.” —Moorfield Storey, from a speech at Faneuil Hall, Boston, June 15, 1898 Despite the fame of some anti-imperialists, their pleas fell largely on Reading Check deaf ears. In the early 20th century, the United States under President Analyze Issues Why did some Americans Theodore Roosevelt and President Woodrow Wilson would continue to oppose imperialism? exert its power around the globe. Lesson 3 Assessment 1. Organize Information Create a timeline of key events 4. Compare How was U.S. policy toward China different relating to U.S. relations with Cuba, Puerto Rico, and from U.S. policy toward the Philippines? To what can the Philippines. you attribute the difference? 5. Analyze Issues How did U.S. foreign policy at the turn 1899 1901 of the century affect actions taken by the United States toward China? 1900 1917 Think About: Which event do you think was most significant? Why? why the United States wanted access to China’s 2. Key Terms and People For each key ter