The Imperialist Tailor
Spanish Misrule in Cuba
Valeriano Weylers Reconcentration Policy
Yellow Journalism & Jingoism
Joseph Pulitzer
Hearst to Frederick Remington: William Randolph Hearst
You furnish the pictures, and Ill furnish the war!
De Lme Letter
Dupuy de Lme, 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.
Theodore Roosevelt
Assistant Secretary of the Navy in the McKinley administration. Imperialist and American nationalist. Criticized President McKinley as having
the backbone of a chocolate clair!
Resigns his position to fight in Cuba.
The Rough Riders
Remember the Maine and to Hell with Spain!
Funeral for Maine victims in Havana
The Spanish-American War (1898):
That Splendid Little War
How prepared was the US for war?
The Spanish-American War (1898):
That Splendid Little War
Dewey Captures Manila!
Is He To Be a Despot?
Emilio Aguinaldo
Leader of the Filipino
Uprising.
July 4, 1946: Philippine independence
William H. Taft, 1st Gov.-General of the Philippines
Great administrator.
Our Sphere of Influence
The Treaty of Paris: 1898
Cuba was freed from Spanish rule.
Spain gave up Puerto Rico and the island of Guam.
The U. S. paid Spain $20 mil. for the Philippines. The U. S. becomes an imperial power!
The American Anti-Imperialist League
Founded in 1899.
Mark Twain, Andrew Carnegie, William James, and William Jennings Bryan among the leaders. Campaigned against the annexation of the Philippines and other acts of imperialism.
Cuban Independence?
Teller Amendment (1898) U.S. could not annex Cuba
Platt Amendment (1903)
Senator Orville Platt
1. Cuba was not to enter into any agreements with foreign powers that would endanger its independence. 2. The U.S. could intervene in Cuban affairs if necessary to maintain an efficient, independent govt. 3. Cuba must lease Guantanamo Bay to the U.S. for naval and coaling station. 4. Cuba must not build up an excessive public debt.
Puerto Rico: 1898
1900 - Foraker Act.
PR became an unincorporated territory.
Citizens of PR, not of the US. Import duties on PR goods
1901-1903 the Insular Cases.
Constitutional rights were not automatically
extended to territorial possessions.
Congress had the power to decide these rights. Import duties laid down by the Foraker Act
were legal!
Puerto Rico: 1898
1917 Jones Act.
Gave full territorial status to PR.
Removed tariff duties on PR goods coming
into the US.
PRs elected their
own legislators & governor to enforce local laws.
in US presidential elections.
PRs could NOT vote A resident commissioner was sent to
Washington to vote for PR in the House.
Uncle Sam: One of the Boys?
