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America’s First Steps Toward Global Superpower
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I. Motivations for Intervention
• A. Economic: Industry Desires Resources and Markets
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B. Humanitarian: To Civilize and Christianize
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C. National Pride & Global Competition
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D. Racial: “Little Brown Brothers”
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E. Political Pressure & Yellow Journalism
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II. The Spanish American-War
A. Causes of the War:– Sugar
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-- The Sinking of the USS Maine
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-- Spanish “Brutalities” and Yellow Journalism
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B. A Short War: Roosevelt, the Rough Riders, and Victory in 15 Weeks
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C. An American Puppet: Cuba & the Platt Amendment
“The government of Cuba consents that the United States may exercise the right to intervene for the preservation of Cuban independence, the maintenance of a government adequate for the protection of life, property, and individual liberty….”
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III. The Philippine-American War
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A. Spain Sells the Philippines
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B. Revolution, Race, and Guerilla Warfare
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C. “The Wolf by the Ears”: 50 Years Until Independence
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The U.S. in Latin America: Good Neighbor or Imperialist?
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A. Puerto Rico as Permanent Colony
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B. The Roosevelt Corollary Allows American Intervention in Latin America
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C. Panamanian Independence & The Panama Canal
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