U. S. View of HawaiiansU. S. View of HawaiiansU. S. View of HawaiiansU. S. View of Hawaiians

Hawaii becomes a U. S. Protectorate in 1849

Hawaii becomes a U. S. Protectorate in 1849

““Seward’s Icebox”: 1867Seward’s Icebox”: 1867““Seward’s Icebox”: 1867Seward’s Icebox”: 1867

Spanish Misrule in Cuba Spanish Misrule in Cuba Spanish American War Spanish American War

(1898)(1898)

Spanish Misrule in Cuba Spanish Misrule in Cuba Spanish American War Spanish American War

(1898)(1898)

Humanitarianism in the Humanitarianism in the Philippines?Philippines?

Humanitarianism in the Humanitarianism in the Philippines?Philippines?

EXTRA! EXTRA!!!President McKinley Shot at Pan-American Exposition (World’s

Fair)

Word Splash - Theodore Roosevelt

Environmentalist

Asthmatic

Rough

Rider

Harvard

Graduate

Cowboy

Showma

n

Trustbuster

Teddy Bear

Militaristic

Unconventiona

l

NYC Police

commissioner

Impulsive

Secretary of

the Navy

Author

Radical

NOTES on the Panama Canal

“Speak softly and carry a big stick”1. Need for canal

a. Militarism - need shorter route to Philippines

i. Going around South America takes too long!

b. Jingoism – prestige for industrial accomplishment

c. Commercialism – shorter trade route to China

i. Open Door Policy – agreement that all nations would not colonize China

1898: USS Oregon raced around South America to fight the

Spanish in Cuba. Without a canal, the Oregon spent more than 2 months at

sea!

"I want no prisoners. I wish you to kill and burn, the more you kill and burn the better it will please me. I want all persons killed who are capable of bearing arms in actual hostilities against the United States.” General Jacob H. Smith

Possible

Building

Sites

2. Obstaclesa. Panama Province (part of Colombia) =

Shortest route, technologically easy, cheapest!

b. Offer $40 million i. BUT Colombia rejects offer

c. Teddy = MAD… thinks Colombia is blocking civilization

d. Panamanians = MAD… want benefits of canal (jobs, tourists)

3. Panamanian rebellion!a. sends Great White Fleet to intimidate (New

navy built to show American superiority)

b. Panama = indep!

Great White Fleet

4. Treaty of Hay-Bunau Varillaa. US Offers 99 year lease, $10 mill, +$250,000 a year for 10

mile wide strip of land (the Canal Zone)

5. Roosevelt Corollary The US will intervene to keep Europe out of Americas ACT OF WAR!

a. prevention intervention to protect investments!

America as a Pacific America as a Pacific PowerPower

America as a Pacific America as a Pacific PowerPower

Summary

Modern Marvel

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