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American Empire Drivers Capitalism - an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state. Capitalists Private Property a natural right Private Property leads to pursuit of profits Economic Growth is left on its own (Laissez-Faire) Pursuit of profits leads to true freedom Anti-Capitalists Private Ownership = exploitation of workers Capitalism evolutionary state Tribal Primitive Communism Feudal/Estate Economy Capitalism Alienation of worker (proletariat) Anti-Capitalists Alienation from the means of production Means of production = Private Property Wage = Freedom? Does the worker see the wealth from his work? Drivers Capitalism - an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state. American Capitalism Manifest Destiny Manifest Destiny Monroe Doctrine - 1823 Christian Overtones Great Awakenings American Exceptionalism John O’Sullivan “Our manifest destiny to overspread the continent allotted by Providence for the free development of our yearly multiplying millions” John O’Sullivan Expansion Through War Texas Independence Mexican - American War Southern Pivot Southern Pivot Spanish-American War Spanish American War Purchase of Cuba Ostend Amendment Trade between Atlantic and Pacific Jose Marti - Cuban Independence U.S.S. Maine U.S.S. Maine Spanish American War Declaration of War - President McKinley Teller Amendment "... hereby disclaims any disposition of intention to exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction, or control over said island except for pacification thereof, and asserts its determination, when that is accomplished, to leave the government and control of the island to its people." Teller Amendment Spanish American War Declaration of War - President McKinley Teller Amendment Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines U.S. Victory Platt Amendment 1. Outlaws colonization of Cuba by any country 2. Country cannot assume public debt – the country cannot owe the people money. 3. The United States can intervene any military action if Cuba requires it – to preserve independence 4. The United States is fully approved of any acts while they preserve a military presence in Cuba. 5. Cuba must be sanitary in order to protect the people from disease and to protect commerce of Cuba and anything coming from the Untied States 6. The Isle of Pines (Isla de La Juventud) is exempted from these rules 7. The United States, in order to protect Cuba, will sell or lease lands on Cuba to the United States for the establishment of a Naval Base (Guantanamo Bay) 8. These laws will be part of a permanent Treaty with the United States Roosevelt Corollary Roosevelt Corollary Big Stick Diplomacy Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick Good Neighbor Policy Dominican Republic Dollar Diplomacy Banana Wars Cuba 1906 - 1909 Nicaragua 1909 - 1910 Haiti 1915 - 1934 Mexico 1914 Pacific Hawaii Sanford B. Dole China - Second Opium Wars Japan Commodore Matthew Perry What is the purpose of expansion?
