The New Manifest Destiny and Neo-Imperialism

 

UNIT IX:  APUSH

(1   week)

Essential Questions (EQ)

What are the limits to national expansion?

Are all cultures equally valuable, or are some destined to obsolescence?

Is the control of one group by another always wrong?

 

NOTE THE CHANGE BELOW (YOU NEED TO READ ABOUT 5 PAGES IN CHAPTER 22)

 

Reading Assignments

Date --reading completed

                                                           

Monday, 12/13                      American History, Chapter 20

                                                           

                                                           

Tuesday 12/14                       American History  Chapter 22  (pages 613 ³The Big StickŠ.² To 618.

Donıt read the conclusion.

 

Free Response Questions --  outline (Choose two)

 

1.     Analyze TWO of the four possible causes of the Spanish-American War.  1) public opinion  2) yellow journalism  3)  business interests  4)  strategic interests  (30)

2.     Assess the wisdom of a) the Teller Amendment b) the Platt Amendment c) decisions rendered in the insular cases.

3.     Our nationıs current foreign policy is  in many ways similar to its foreign policy at the end of the 19th. AVS.

 

Major Assignments/Projects and Assessment (There will also be minor homework assignments and quizzes that are not mentioned on this sheet.)

Date to be completed

 

Wednesday, 12/15                Objective Test                        

 

Study terms for American History chapter 20

Identify/Define and state the historical significance of:

 

What intellectual, economic, philosophical, and racial factors helped create a new national mood more receptive to overseas expansion?

 

Frederick Jackson Turner

 

Effects of Panic of 1893

 

Numbers on foreign export

393 million 1870; 1.4 billion 1900

Josiah Strong

 

John W. Burgess

 

Henry Cabot Lodge

 

Describe Alfred Thayer Mahanıs thesis of national power. To what extent did the US implement his ideas?

 

What were Blaineıs objectives in promoting the Pan-American conference? How successful were his efforts?

 

How did the Venezuelan border dispute demonstrate American desire to assert hegemony in Latin America? How was the Monroe doctrine invoked?

 

Richard Olney (yes the man who brutalized the Pullman strikers. Like the Backstreet Boys, heıs back. Alright!)

 

How did Hawaii gradually get drawn into Americaıs economic and political sphere? Was full annexation inevitable?

 

Tariff policy and Hawaii

 

Pearl Harbor

 

Queen Liliuokalani

 

Harrison v. Cleveland: Different responses to the Hawaii problem.

 

How did the Venezuelan and Samoan incidents demonstrate that imperialism necessarily involved America in diplomatic maneuvers with European powers?

 

Why did the Cuban revolt against Spanish rule flare up again in 1895?

 

Wilson-Gorman tariff and Cuba

 

What were the causes of American involvement in Cuban affairs? Could the US have achieved its objectives by means short of war?

 

Yellow Journalism; Hearst and Pulitzer

 

Cuban Revolutionary Party

 

What two incidents combined to finally pull the US into war with Spain?

 

 

Depuy de Lomeıs letter

 

Maine

 

Butcher Weyler

 

What were the motives that led the US into the war?

 

What convinced McKinley to go to war? (hint: public opinion)

 

³splendid little war²

 

Describe the American plans and preparations for the Spanish-American war.  Status of US army at start of war. How did American efforts compare with those of Spain?

 

Explain the importance of the action by the navyıs Asian and Atlantic squadrons.

 

George Dewey

 

Nelson A. Miles

 

How important were the Cuban revolutionaries themselves in the outcome of the War?

 

 

 

Rough Riders

 

Theodore Roosevelt

 

Santiago

 

What role did black troops play in the USıs war effort?

 

Armistice of august 12, 1898; eventual spoils of war according to Treaty of Paris, December (page 567)

 

Puerto Rico and the details of the Foraker Act

 

Jones Act

 

Long term effects of US colonization of Puerto Rico

 

Insular cases

 

What arguments were raised for and against imperialism in general and annexation of the Philippines in particular? Why did President McKinley favor annexation? (describe how he ame his decision?)What role did William Jennings Bryan play? What were his motives?

 

What was the strongest argument in favor of annexation?

 

Anti Imperialist League

 

Henry Cabot Lodgeıs argument (comparison to Indians)

 

Election of 1900 and Bryanıs miscalculation

 

What forms of government did the US establish for its newly obtained possessions?

 

General Leonard Wood

 

Did the Platt Amendment and American actions in Cuba violate the spirit of the Teller Amendment and the war Resolution? How?

 

American economic dominance in Cuba.

 

Philippine Conflict (why not call it the Philippine-American war?) number of troops, deaths, etc.  I will definitely ask you about this sort of stuff on the test.

 

Was American policy in the Philippine rebellion a repudiation of the ideals that had led the US to help Cuba secure its independence?

 

Arthur MacArthur (the name that rhymes)

 

Emilio Aguinaldo

 

William H. Taft

 

American influence on Philippines

 

When did the Philippines get their independence?

 

³concessions² or as you may have learned in 9th grade ³spheres of influence² in China

 

Hayıs Open Door Notes and European/Japanese responses

 

Boxer Rebellion

 

How was the Open Door policy calculated to provide maximum commercial and diplomatic advantage at minimum cost? What did the costs turn out to be?

 

Summarize Elihu Rootıs military reforms.

Sec of war; 25,000 to 100,000 size of army; national guard; ; Joint Chiefs of Staff;

 

 

Chapter 22 (pp. 613 to 618)

Big Stick policy

 

Explain Rooseveltıs distinction between ³civilized² and ³uncivilized² nations. How did sea power fit into his vision?

 

What role did Roosevelt play in resolving the outcome of the Russo-Japanese war?

 

What was the course of relations between the US and Japan during this period?

 

Great White Fleet. Purpose?

 

What were the general and immediate motivations for the proclamation of the Roosevelt Corollary?

 

Give the details of the Roosevelt Corollary

 

Intervention in the DR

 

Platt Amendment

 

Many have called the process by which the US developed the Panama Canal as blatant imperialism. Why? Give the details.

 

Panamanian Revolution

 

How long did it take to build the canal?

 

Taftıs Dollar Diplomacy

 

Intervention in Nicaragua

 

Give a few examples of how Wilsonıs foreign policy was similar to those of Roosevelt and Taft

 

And how was his foreign policy different? Wilsonıs Moral Diplomacy (get the basics of this in class)

 

Why did Wilson take sides in the Mexican governmentıs turmoil following its revolution?  What were the results?

 

Francisco Madera

 

Victoriano Huerta

 

Venustiano Carranza

 

Pancho Villa (didnıt you always wonder who those burritos were named after?)

 

Pershingıs intervention