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Wars of the United States
American Revolution
War of 1812
Mexican War
Civil War
Spanish-American War
World War I
World War II
Korean War
Vietnam War
Gulf War
Iraq/Afghanistan War
1775 – 1783
1812 – 1814/15
1846 – 1848
1861 – 1865
1898
1917 – 1918
1941 – 1945
1950 – 1953
1964 – 1973
1991
2003 - now
Commercial/Business Interests
U. S. Foreign Investments: 1869-1908
Commercial/Business Interests
American Foreign Trade:
1870-1914
Closing the American Frontier
Military/Strategic Interests
Alfred T. Mahan  The Influence of Sea Power on
History: 1660-1783
“Yellow Journalism” & Jingoism
Joseph Pulitzer
William Randolph Hearst
Hearst to Frederick Remington:
You furnish the pictures,
and I’ll furnish the war!
Spanish Misrule in Cuba
De Lôme Letter
Dupuy de Lôme, Spanish
Ambassador to the U.S.
Criticized President
McKinley as weak and a
bidder for the admiration
of the crowd, besides
being a would-be politician
who tries to leave a door
open behind himself while
keeping on good terms
with the jingoes of his
party.
USS Maine
Havana, Cuba – February 15, 1898
Remember the Maine
and to Hell with Spain!
Funeral for Maine
victims in Havana
Theodore Roosevelt
Assistant Secretary of the Navy
in the McKinley administration.
Criticized the President:
“McKinley has no more
backbone than a chocolate
éclair!”
Sent message to Commodore
Dewey, leader of Fast East Fleet
– “In the event of war with Spain,
proceed at once to Manila Bay,
Philippines, and attack the
Spanish squadron there.”
Imperialist and American
nationalist.
Resigns his position to fight in
Cuba.
Battle of Manila Bay
Dewey Captures Manila!
May 1, 1898
USS Olympia – Commodore Dewey’s flagship
In the Philippines
Emilio Aguinaldo
Leader of the Filipino
Uprising.
July 4, 1946:
Philippine independence
The Spanish-American War (1898):
“That Splendid Little War”
How prepared was the US for war?
Unloading horses in Cuba
Troop K of the Roughriders
The Roughriders in action
Map of Santiago campaign
Charge up “San Juan” Hill – July 1, 1898
The
“Rough
Riders”
Kettle Hill from San Juan Hill
View of San Juan Hill and blockhouse, showing the camp of
the United States forces
USS Oregon
Crew of the USS Oregon at Battle of Santiago Bay – July 3, 1898
Battle of Santiago Bay – July 3, 1898
Spanish-American War veterans
The Treaty of Paris: 1898
Cuba was freed from Spanish rule.
Spain gave up Puerto Rico and the island of
Guam to the USA.
The U. S. paid Spain
$20 mil. for the
Philippines.
The U. S. becomes
an imperial power!
(this means the US has an Empire)
America as a Pacific Power
Panama Canal
TR in Panama
(Construction begins in
1904)
Constable of the World
Speak Softly,
But Carry a Big Stick!
U. S. Interventions in
Latin America: 1898-1920s
The Great White Fleet: 1907
Uncle Sam: One of the “Boys?”