American Imperialism Flashcards
Motivation was…
Raw materials, Markets, Crisis of masculinity, and World leader.
Hawai’i
1890: Americans own 75% of the island’s wealth.
Queen Liliuokalani v. the Hawaiian League
Making money off of the sugar plantations, not using all of the money to invest in Hawaii, a lot of it is being sent back to the United States.
Hawaii mink in 1887 forced the king to draw back the foreign tax and if you don’t own land you can vote.
In 1891 the king died, his sister took over and decided to make a change.
13 American men put her under house arrest because she wants to change the constitution.
They overthrow the monarchy completely, claim the Hawaiian islands (which he decides not to do)
After declaring it the republic of Hawiia, Mckinley claimed the Hawaiian islands.
Cuba
Several wars for independence
US millions in investments
Spanish-American War
1898
3 weeks
Spanish, US, Cuban, and other Caribbean peoples
US occupation
US Maine blows up and the US blames Spain so the US instantly declares war on spain.
Teddy Roosevelt and his “Rough Riders” defeat Spain in 3 weeks.
What to do with these newly freed nations?
(There are two sides)
Anti-imperialists/isolationism (mark Twain is an example)
Pro-imperialists/American Exceptionalists “The white man’s burden”
Cuba, Guam, and Puerto Rico.
What happened to them?
Cuba gains independence in 1910 (sugar and quatama bay)
Guam and Puerto Rico are “annexed” to US
Philippines-American War
1898-1902
Sparks after Spanish-American War, the US denied the Philippines their independence.
Emilio Aguinaldo
20% of the population dies.
1946 is when the Philippines finally become independent.
Roosevelt Corollary
1904
Added to the Monroe Doctrine
US “police” Latin America
US is now a world power with colonies like its European counterparts
Immigration before the 1920s
“Open” immigration
Up to the 1920s, but still restricted asian immigrants.
1880-1914, 25 million people to US
After 1880, mostly Southern and Eastern Europe as well as Mexico
No documentation (papers were the only thing and should be able to vote)
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
First immigration restriction
First deportation authority
Federal government as regulator
Banned naturalization
Immigration act of 1924
Johnson-Reed Act
Gentleman’s handshake
155k admissions a year
Based on 1890 immigration
Northern and Western Europeans ⅔ of quota
Asian immigration?
Asian immigration?
“Gentleman’s Agreement” with Japan
“Banned Zone”
Barred from citizenship
Mexican Immigration After 1924
There is no quota for mexico.
Cheap labor is the reason (Labor highly needed in the SW)
Trade relationships with this country.
Documentation
Beginning of “illegal immigrants”. (no paperwork, didn’t pay taxes).
Repercussion of “Closing the Door” (Racial profiling)
Border patrol and “illegal immigration”
Disaster for war refugees
Massive changes in US-Mexico border
Define progressivism
1890-1925
Broad and diverse
REFORM, not radical change
Championed middle class respectability
