18.3: Acquiring New Lands

OBJECTIVE: Understand how US imperialism developed. Identify how the US acquired Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines

• Puerto Rico LOSES independence when it is acquired by US during Spanish-American War.

• Some Puerto Ricans initially welcome US. Later, calls for independence re-surface. US’s Foraker Act denies PR citizenship and self-determination.

• Puerto Ricans granted citizenship in 1917. Remains territory of US.

US INVOLVEMENT IN PUERTO RICO

CUBAAT FIRST, US intends Cuba to become

independent.Teller Amendment states that US will not

annex or control Cuba.US brings many improvements in health and

sanitation to Cuba, but it does NOT give it full independence.

US writes Platt Amendment.

EFFECT? Cuba becomes a US protectorate.

CUBA

• US seeks to control Cuba to protect American businesses there.

• Marines return to Cuba 1906-1909, 1912, 1917-1922.

• US establishes naval bases at Guantanamo Bay.

• US troops back conservative Cuban leaders friendly to US and US business.

Compare and Contrastthe Teller and the Platt Amendments

What was the purpose of the Teller Amendment?• Assure Cubans and European powers that

American intervention was not an “imperial” land grab.

• stated that the United States, "hereby disclaims any disposition of intention to exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction, or control over said island except for pacification thereof, and asserts its determination, when that is accomplished, to leave the government and control of the island to its people."

• Was it observed?

What was the purpose of Platt Amendment?

• February 1901.

• It allowed the United States "the right to intervene for the preservation of Cuban independence, the maintenance of a government adequate for the protection of life, property, and individual liberty..."

• In effect until 1934

Emilio Aguinaldo

• Father of Filipino independence

• Fought Spanish, Americans, and Japanese

• Leads resistance against colonization

PHILIPPINES RESIST EMPIREHow was the Philippines different from Cuba?• Emilio Aguinaldo• Guerilla war• Re-concentration camps• Atrocities• Forced Americanization• 70,000 US troops sent to Philippines• Remains protectorate until July 4, 1946.

CASUALTY FIGURES:• U.S.-- 4,234 dead and 2,818 wounded.

• Filipino -- 20,000 military dead and 200,000 civilians killed. (approximate numbers). Some historians estimate as many as 500,000 killed.

US IN CHINAWhy did the US support the Open Door?1. US wanted exports to China

- especially to build railroads.

2. US wanted to protect the “free market” abroad- US Secretary of State John Hay proposes

“Open Door” policy = free market and continued Chinese independence

3. Did not want US to fall behind European Powers- France, Germany, Britain, Japan, Russia, and

Dutch are busy “carving” up China as its empire weakens

Did the Open Door policy work?

Sort of…

• Ignored by Great Powers

• Boxer Rebellion - 1900

• US now entangled in China

Boxer Rebellion“The Boxers, or "The Righteous and Harmonious Fists," were a religious society that had originally rebelled against the imperial government in Shantung in 1898. They practiced an animistic magic of rituals and spells which they believed made them impervious to bullets and pain. The Boxers believed that the expulsion of foreign devils would magically renew Chinese society and begin a new golden age. Much of their discontent, however, was focused on the economic scarcity of the 1890's. They were a passionate and confident group, full of contempt for authority and violent emotions.” http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/CHING/BOXER.HTM

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ELECTION OF 1900PAGE 541

The election is also a “referendum” on imperialism.

What are the arguments for US imperialism?

What are the arguments against it?

What argument do you find persuasive? Why?

18.4 America as a World Power

What were the key differences about how Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson used American power around the world?