Chapter 5: An Emerging World Power (1890–1917)
Summary
The United States became one of many nations interested in expanding control around the world in order to increase their wealth. America developed trade with the previously closed-off Japan, purchased Alaska, and established trade, highways and other investments in Latin America. After long-term debate between American planters and Hawaiian natives, Hawaii became a U.S. territory in 1898. When Cuba rebelled against Spanish rulers, the United States sympathized with Cuba. The press heightened the desire for war and after a U.S. battleship was attacked, America declared war on Spain. After the Spanish-American War, Puerto Rico remained under direct U.S. rule and Puerto Ricans were given some citizenship rights. The United States also continued to have influence in Cuban government and other Latin American Affairs.
Chapter Outline
Section 1: The Roots of Imperialism. In the late 1800s, the United States began to play a more active role in world affairs. Americans believed that the U.S. was a special nation destined to expand. This expansion included intervention in Asia and Latin America.
Section 2: The Spanish-American War. In 1898, the United States went to war with Spain. Agitation for war came from the Yellow Press that bombarded the public with sensationalized headlines. The United States won several easy battles and emerged as a colonial power.
Section 3: The United States and East Asia. Following the Spanish-American War, the United States fought a violent guerilla war against Philippine nationalists. It also intervened in China to preserve U.S. economic interests.
Section 4: The United States and Latin America. Under the Roosevelt Corollary the U.S. intervened as an international policeman in Latin America and built the Panama Canal. Intervention continued under Taft’s “dollar diplomacy” and Wilson’s “moral diplomacy.”
The United States became one of many nations interested in expanding control around the world in order to increase their wealth. America developed trade with the previously closed-off Japan, purchased Alaska, and established trade, highways and other investments in Latin America. After long-term debate between American planters and Hawaiian natives, Hawaii became a U.S. territory in 1898. When Cuba rebelled against Spanish rulers, the United States sympathized with Cuba. The press heightened the desire for war and after a U.S. battleship was attacked, America declared war on Spain. After the Spanish-American War, Puerto Rico remained under direct U.S. rule and Puerto Ricans were given some citizenship rights. The United States also continued to have influence in Cuban government and other Latin American Affairs.
Chapter Outline
Section 1: The Roots of Imperialism. In the late 1800s, the United States began to play a more active role in world affairs. Americans believed that the U.S. was a special nation destined to expand. This expansion included intervention in Asia and Latin America.
Section 2: The Spanish-American War. In 1898, the United States went to war with Spain. Agitation for war came from the Yellow Press that bombarded the public with sensationalized headlines. The United States won several easy battles and emerged as a colonial power.
Section 3: The United States and East Asia. Following the Spanish-American War, the United States fought a violent guerilla war against Philippine nationalists. It also intervened in China to preserve U.S. economic interests.
Section 4: The United States and Latin America. Under the Roosevelt Corollary the U.S. intervened as an international policeman in Latin America and built the Panama Canal. Intervention continued under Taft’s “dollar diplomacy” and Wilson’s “moral diplomacy.”