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US History II
SOL USII.4
The Spanish American War
• Economic interests
and public opinion
often influence U.S.
involvement in
international affairs.
The Spanish American War
• The United States
emerged as a world
power as a result of
victory over Spain in
the Spanish American
War.
USII.4A
• What were the causes for the Spanish
American War?
Reasons for the Spanish American
War
• Protection of
American business
interests in Cuba.
• What kinds of
businesses was the
U.S. trying to protect?
• (coffee and sugar)
Reasons for the Spanish American
War
• American support of
Cuban rebels to gain
independence from
Spain.
• Why do you think
Americans supported
the Cuban rebels?
http://cordova.lib.il.us/Vet-spanishAmerican.jpg
Reasons for the Spanish American
War
• Rising tensions as a
result of the sinking of
the U.S.S. Maine in
Havana Harbor.
• "WARSHIP MAINE WAS
BLOWN UP . . . HAVANA
. . . FEB. 15 . .."
16 February 1898, State Journal
Reasons for the Spanish American
War
• Exaggerated news
reports of events
(yellow journalism)
http://nhs.needham.k12.ma.us/cur/Baker_00/2001_p4/baker_rb_kk_cl_p4/exflag.jpg
What were the results of the
Spanish-American
Results of the Spanish American
War
• The United States
emerged as a world
power.
• How did the United
States emerge as a
world power? Who
did they defeat?
Results of the Spanish American
War
• Cuba gained
independence from
Spain.
http://www.cubaflags.com/images/cuban-flag-old.jpg
Results of the Spanish American
War
• The United States
gained possession of
the Philippines,
Guam, and Puerto
Rico.
http://www.solarnavigator.net/geography/geography_images/Philippines_physical_map.jpg
Results of the Spanish American
War
http://images.nationmaster.com/images/motw/americas/puerto_rico.jpg
http://kiteboardingguam.andrewsupdates.com/images/guam_map_kitespots.jpg
Results of the Spanish American War
http://www.tcnj.edu/~miller47/world%20map.jpg
Guam
Cuba
Philippines
Puerto Rico
What was Theodore
Roosevelt’s foreign policy?
The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe
Doctrine.
•asserted the United States’ right to
interfere in the economic matters of other
nations in the Americas
•Claimed the U.S. rights to exercise
international police power
•Advocated Big Stick Diplomacy (building
of the Panama Canal)
U.S. Involvement in World War I
• The United States involvement in World
War I ended a long tradition of avoiding
involvement in European conflicts and set
the stage for the United States to emerge
as a global superpower late in the 20th
century.
• There were disagreements about the
extent to which the United States should
isolate/separate itself from world affairs.
MAIN factors leading to WWI
• Militarism - building up armed forces,
getting ready for war
• Alliances - an agreement or promise to
defend or help other countries
• Imperialism - trying to build an empire
• Nationalism - having pride in your country
and willing to defend it
Who were the Allies?
“Good Guys”
• Great Britain
http://www.hertfordshire.com/pages/maps/images/great-britain-map.gif
Allied Powers
• France
http://www.francegetaways.com/images/maps/france_main.jpg
Allied Powers
• Russia
http://atlas.mapzones.com/russia/russia.jpg
Allied Powers
• Serbia
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/europe/serbia.jpg
Allied Powers
• Belgium
http://www.state.gov/cms_images/map_belgium.jpg
Who were the Central Powers?
“Bad Boys”
• Germany
http://www.acu.edu/academics/cas/fl/german/german/a1914eu.gif
Central Powers
• Austria-Hungary
http://cache.eb.com/eb/image?id=64951&rendTypeId=4
Central Powers
• Bulgaria
http://www.mapsofworld.com/bulgaria/maps/bulgaria-map.jpg
Central Powers
• Turkey
• (Ottoman Empire)
http://www.bugbog.com/images/maps/turkey_map.jpg
Allied Powers vs. Central Powers
http://freepages.military.rootsweb.com/~worldwarone/WWI/TheGeographyOfTheGreatWar/images/Figure19-Page22-sm.jpg
Reasons for U.S. involvement in
WWI
• Inability to remain
neutral. (1917)
• German submarine
warfare: the sinking
of the Lusitania.
(1915)
• U.S. political and
economic ties to
England.
http://www.uidaho.edu/student_orgs/arthurian_legend/england/sites/images/ENGLAND.gif
http://www.shapesoftime.net/FileSystem/upfile/j00013/lusitania2.jpg
Reasons for U.S. involvement in
war
• The Zimmerman
Telegram
U.S. Leadership as the War Ended
• At the end of World
War I, President
Woodrow Wilson
prepared a peace
plan known as the
Fourteen Points that
called for the
formation of the
League of Nations, a
peace-keeping
organization.
http://www.archives.gov/calendar/images/woodrow-wilson.jpg
U.S. Leadership as the War Ended
• The United States
decided not to join the
League of Nations
because the U.S. Senate
failed to ratify the Treaty
of Versailles.
• Why did the U.S. decide
not to join the League of
Nations? Who did join?
Is it really a
peacekeeping
organization if not all
nations have joined?
http://library.thinkquest.org/C008616/site/pics/League%20of%20Nations%20opening%20session.jpg
The opening session of the League of Nations.