WORLD HISTORY

1. The Rise of American
Imperialism
Cuba, Panama, The Philippines, and Hawaii

2. Constructed Response Questions
1. What motivated America to start acting
as an imperial power?
1. Describe the Roosevelt Corollary.

3. What we will learn…
1. Reasons for American Imperialism
2. Annexation of Hawaii
3. Spanish American War
4. Roosevelt Corollary
5. Building the Panama Canal

5. Motivations for American Imperialism
1. European Imperialism
a. Why?
2. Social Darwinism
a. White Man’s Burden
3. Desire for sea power
4. Foreign trade and
competition

6. A New Assertiveness
During the late 1880s,
American foreign policy
makers began to display a
new assertiveness. The
United States came close to
declaring war on Germany,
Chile, and Great Britain.
’Murica

7. The Annexation of Hawaii
In 1893, a small group of sugar
and pineapple-growing
businessmen, backed by the
U.S. military, deposed Hawaii's
queen, conspired for U.S.
annexation of the islands,
which was achieved in 1898.
Hawaii became a state in 1959. Queen Liliuokalani

8. Spanish American War
US joins → Spanish American War
● Lasted four months
● Cuba was independent by name and hated
US for intervention → relationship still
strained today
Spain gave up PR, Guam, Philippines
Most Americans disliked the idea of
colonizing other nations
Yet some Americans were outspoken
why they should colonize:
Need to fulfill destiny as a world power

9. Filipino War for Independence
● Thanks to the Spanish-American war,
the US received the Philippines, Puerto
Rico, and Guam
● Led to Emilio Aguinaldo (Filipino) asking
for immediate independence like the US
promised
● US engaged in a struggle with Filipino
nationalists
● US would help them prepare for self-rule
1. Built roads, railroads, hospitals, schools, but
exploited economy for cash crops

10. Roosevelt Corollary
Theodore Roosevelt
announced the Roosevelt
Corollary to the Monroe
Doctrine, declaring that the
United States would be the
policeman of the Caribbean
and Central America.

11. Building the Panama Canal
● Panama Canal Connects Oceans
● Land travel long and difficult
● Idea of canal across Panama
● Teddy would pay $10 million plus
yearly payment to build canal to
Colombia
● They said more $$, then US helped
Panamanian rebels and won a 10 mile
zone to build it
Teddy Roosevelt was the first
American President to leave the
country while in office.

12. Teddy Roosevelt throws dirt on the capital of Columbia

13. Constructed Response Questions
1. What motivated America to start
acting as an imperial power?
1. Describe the Roosevelt Corollary.