Beyond Manifest Destiny 20% Flashcards
Hawaii (and annexation)
Hawaii offered a crucial stopping point for American ships going to East Asia. American plantations were also put up in Hawaii
Queen Liliuokalani
Queen of Hawaii during the time of U.S. annexation
Immigration
Population growth and economic expansion. 45% of Americans were immigrants during that time
Urban Growth
Immigrants started the increase of urban growth. Agriculture loses its central spot
International trade
The new immigrants helped manufacture different types of goods that other countries valued
Depression of 1893
New York stock exchange tumbled cause of the unexpected bankruptcy of two major railroads
Frontier
Unexplored land where the settlers encountered the native Americans
Values that define Americans
Patriotism, pragmatism, ingenuity, individualism
Expansion/expansionists
Expansionists wanted control over unoccupied land
Imperialism/imperialist
Imperialists wanted control over territory’s that was already occupied
Alfred Thayer Mahan
He promoted the United States naval and commercial expansion
Cuba
Cuba was one of the last territories of Spain
Social Darwinism
The weak will perish and strong will prosper
Scientific racism
Black people are lower on the scale of evolution and therefore white people are superior
White mans burden
The alleged duty of white colonisers to care for nonwhite people
