The U.S. Builds an Empire: 1890s

Why Build an Empire?

• 1890s = 90% of U.S. goods sold within the U.S.

• U.S. had $50 million invested in Cuban industries

Yellow Journalism

Hearst’s New York Journal Pulitzer’s New York World

U.S.S. Maine Explosion

• February 15, 1898

• 266 out of 354 people killed

Teddy Roosevelt’s Rough Riders & Buffalo Soldiers

“Give the Child Over to the Nurse, Uncle, and It Will Stop Crying,” 1899

“School Begins, Uncle Sam (to his new class in Civilization),” 1899

Missionary Work

Northern India, 1900 Blackfoot Reservation, Alberta, 1900

Economic Empire in Latin America

• Dollar Diplomacy

• Roosevelt Corollary

• Banana Republics