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The White Man’s Burden
• Take out a sheet of paper & fold it vertically to create TWO columns.
• Left Column: Label “White Man’s Burden”• Right Column: Label “Beliefs About Race &
the Other”• LISTEN to the film and jot down notes related
to the above concepts…think about meanings/ideologies, causes & effects of these ideas…
The White Man’s Burden
• What role did beliefs about race play in the American colonization of Mexican territory, Cuba, the Philippines, Guam and Puerto Rico?
• Organizers of the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair put on display people whom they defined as “other.” What characterizes those who are defined as different?
Why did America join the imperialist club at the end of the 19th century?
New Manifest Destiny Developments
1. Subjugation of Indian tribes established a precedent for “control over dependent people.”
New Manifest Destiny Developments
2. Closing of the Frontier – Fear of natural resources dwindling; Overseas adventures might offer outlet/safety valve for restless Americans (Social Protest…)
New Manifest Destiny Developments
3. Commercial and Business Interests: Looking for new markets abroad as a result of Depression in 1890s
Alfred T. Mahan
The Influence
of Sea Power on History:
1660-1783
Alfred T. Mahan
The Influence
of Sea Power on History:
1660-1783
New Manifest Destiny Developments
4. Naval Power: Strong navy crucial to a country’s ability to secure foreign markets and become a world power.
American Missionaries
in China, 1905
American Missionaries
in China, 1905
New Manifest Destiny Developments
5. Religious Motives – Missionaries: “Duty” to colonize other lands for purpose of spreading Christianity and Western Civilization.
The White Man’s Burden
The White Man’s Burden
The Hierarchy of RaceThe Hierarchy of Race
New Manifest Destiny Developments
6. International Darwinism: Strong nations will (should) dominate weak ones…survival of the fittest.
• Cuba a colony of Spain• Cuban Revolt:
– Bands of Cuban nationalists fighting for 10 years to overthrow Spanish colonial rule
– 1895, adopt the strategy of sabotaging and destroying Cuban plantations to either force Spain’s withdrawal or involve the United States• Why would the U.S. be interested? Up until this point…American people
sympathized with Cubans but the U.S. never intervened…• BUT…American companies owned several sugar mills and plantations in Cuba!• Now they’re INTERESTED…Cleveland did not react but McKinley does.
– Spain responds with placing the rebels in guarded camps (Reconcentration camps) – dismal conditions
– Estimated 200,000 Cubans died in the camps
Valeriano Weyler’s “Reconcentration” Policy
Valeriano Weyler’s “Reconcentration” Policy
“Yellow Journalism” & Jingoism
“Yellow Journalism” & Jingoism
Joseph PulitzerJoseph Pulitzer
William Randolph HearstWilliam Randolph Hearst
Hearst to Frederick Remington: You furnish the pictures, and I’ll furnish the war!
Jingoism – extreme patriotism that includes war as foreign policy measure
Jingoism – extreme patriotism that includes war as foreign policy measure
De Lôme LetterDe Lôme LetterDupuy de Lôme, SpanishAmbassador to the U.S.
Criticized PresidentMcKinley as weak and abidder for the admirationof the crowd, besidesbeing a would-be politicianwho tries to leave a dooropen behind himself whilekeeping on good termswith the jingoes of hisparty.
Theodore RooseveltTheodore RooseveltAssistant Secretary of the Navy in the McKinley administration.
Imperialist and American nationalist.
Criticized PresidentMcKinley as having the backbone of a chocolate éclair!
Eventually, resigns his position to fight in Cuba.
Remember the Maineand to Hell with Spain!Remember the Maineand to Hell with Spain!
Funeral for Maine victims in Havana
Funeral for Maine victims in Havana
The Spanish-American War (1898):“That Splendid Little War”
The Spanish-American War (1898):“That Splendid Little War”
McKinley’s War Message:1. “Put an end to the barbarities,
bloodshed, starvation, and horrible miseries” in Cuba
2. Protect the lives and property of U.S. citizens living in Cuba
3. End “the very serious injury to the commerce, trade, and business of our people”
4. End “the constant menace to our peace” arising from the disorders in Cuba
• Congress passed a resolution authorizing war…(but the Teller Amendment stated the U.S. had no intention of taking political control of Cuba and that, once peace was restored, the Cubans would control their own government…)
Dewey Captures Manila!Dewey Captures Manila!
The “Rough Riders”
The “Rough Riders”
The Invasio
n of Cuba
The Invasio
n of Cuba
The Treaty of Paris: 1898The Treaty of Paris: 1898Cuba was freed from Spanish rule.
Spain gave up Puerto Rico and the island of Guam.
The U.S. paid Spain$20 mil. for thePhilippines.
The U.S. becomesan imperial power!