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Imperialism in Practice:The Spanish-American War
• Spanish Empire
Imperialism in Practice:The Spanish-American War
• Spanish Empire
• Cuba’s Civil War
Imperialism in Practice:The Spanish-American War
• Spanish Empire
• Cuba’s Civil War
• Anti-Imperial League
Imperialism in Practice:The Spanish-American War
• Spanish Empire
• Cuba’s Civil War
• Anti-Imperial League
• Sinking of the Maine
“A Splendid Little War”
“A Splendid Little War”
Did U. S. Win the War But Lose the Peace?
• Treaty of Paris: Control Cuba, Take Philippines
• Treaty Debate: Do We Annex Philippines?
• Rebellion Against U.S. in Philippines: 4,200 U.S. Lives, $160 Million.
• Brutal Tactics Undermined Altruistic Motives
It was inevitable that the U.S. would become an imperial power.
• A. True
• B. False
Boxing and the Progressive Era
The Progressive-Era Crisis of Masculinity
• Little Manual Labor or Independence; Less Masculine Workplace.
The Progressive-Era Crisis of Masculinity
• Little Manual Labor or Independence; Less Masculine Workplace.
• Nuerasthenia: Excessive Brain Work
The Progressive-Era Crisis of Masculinity
• Little Manual Labor or Independence; Less Masculine Workplace.
• Nuerasthenia: Excessive Brain Work
• Worries Over “Race Suicide”
Example of Crisis:TR and the “Strenuous Life”
• Early Career: “Jane Dandy”
Example of Crisis:TR and the “Strenuous Life”
• Early Career: “Jane Dandy”
• Moved West to Become Cowboy
Example of Crisis:TR and the “Strenuous Life”
• Early Career: “Jane Dandy”
• Moved West to Become Cowboy
• Philosophy of the Strenuous Life
TR on the Racial Element of the “Strenuous Life’
“All the great masterful races have been fighting races, and the minute a race loses the hard fighting virtues. . . it loses its proud right to stand as the equal to the best.”
Theodore Roosevelt
The Crisis in Masculinity Resulted in…
• A. The advent of football as a key national pastime.
• B. The growth of body-building and weight-lifting.
• C. Renewed interest in older sports such as boxing.
A Popular Sport: Boxing
Boxing in 1860Boxing in Progressive Era
Jack Johnson and the Politics of Race
• Jack Johnson: Black Champion
Jack Johnson and the Politics of Race
• Jack Johnson: Black Champion
• Jim Jeffries Refuses to Fight
Jack Johnson and the Politics of Race
• Jack Johnson: Black Champion
• Jim Jeffries Refuses to Fight
• Tommy Burns vs. Jack Johnson (1908)
Johnson vs. Jeffries:The Fight of the Century
• Biggest Sporting Event in Progressive Era
Johnson vs. Jeffries:The Fight of the Century
• Biggest Sporting Event in Progressive Era
• “Hope of the White Race” vs. “The Negroes Deliverer”
Johnson vs. Jeffries:The Fight of the Century
• Biggest Sporting Event in Progressive Era
• “Hope of the White Race” vs. “The Negroes Deliverer”
• The Fight Itself
White Reaction to Johnson’s Victory
• TR: “A blot on our twentieth century American civilization”
• Days of Rioting; Eighteen Killed and Hundreds Injured.
• Congress Banned the Interstate Sale of Boxing Films.
• The FBI and the Mann Act
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