foreign policy

Question 1

why joined Spanish American war in 1998

Answer 1

1= main incident us shit was sunk killing 268 killed 'yellow press' blamed it on the Spanish and the public pushed for intervention
2= letter from Spanish was discovered calling mckinkey weak

Question 2

treaty of Paris 1898

Answer 2

USA and Spanish peace talks
recognise Cubas indolence
use buy phillipnes off Spanish for 20 million
spain cedes Puerto Rico to usa

Question 3

Spanish american war 1898

Answer 3

USA use their ‘right’ to intervene in the war as sphere of influence
us sent 17,000 troops and freed Cuba but never recognised the cuban fighters

Question 4

reasons use imperialmisn

Answer 4

end of westward expansion= needed to finish expanding west now move onto the rest of the world
preclusive impreailms= gaining land so others can’t like Alaska for 7 million so Britain can’t
progressive impreailm-= spreading use democracy and values to other places
need for market= need more places to trade and export
accidental imprealims= didn’t mean to gain the places