Goal 6.02 Webquest
Directions: Read the corresponding documents, take notes on your note sheet, and answer the following questions!
In 6.01, we saw that the U.S. wanted to follow other European nations and get more power abroad through colonizing other nations and building up their military power. In this section, we will look at how the U.S. gained more power and territories.
In 6.01, we saw that the U.S. wanted to follow other European nations and get more power abroad through colonizing other nations and building up their military power. In this section, we will look at how the U.S. gained more power and territories.
U. S. Annexes Hawaii
In the 1850s, U.S. farmers came to Hawaii, an independent nation and created sugar plantations.In the 1890s, these planters asks the U.S. to annex (take over) Hawaii.
Queen Liliuokalani:
Annexation of Hawaii: President McKinley chooses to annex Hawaii to appease sugar planters and gain more power
Queen Liliuokalani:
- last monarch before the U.S. annexes Hawaii in 1896
- Queen and many Hawaiians did not want to be annexed or taken over by the U.S.
Annexation of Hawaii: President McKinley chooses to annex Hawaii to appease sugar planters and gain more power
Hawaii Petition Exercise
Look at the document on the right and answer the following questions. Both links go the same document.
1. What is this document? (Look at the title) 2. What person or group of people do you think wrote this document? 3. Does this document support U.S. annexation of Hawaii or not? Why? |
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Hawaii Protest Activity
4. Who or what group is Queen Liliuokalani writing this protest to?
5. Why does the Queen of Hawaii think the U.S. annexing the islands is unfair? What reason(s) does she give? |
Click on the link above to answer the questions to the right.
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U.S. Gains Control of the Panama Canal
Panama Canal ExerciseWatch this video about the Panama Canal and answer the following question.
Link to Panama Canal Video 6. List one fact from this video you thought was interesting and explain why you think this fact is important about the canal. |
Panama Canal
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U.S. Purchases Alaska
Click on the link below. Read about the purchase of Alaska and fill in your notes. You need to tell me WHO purchased Alaska, WHY it was called Seward's Folly, HOW it affected the U.S. then and today, and HOW much it was bought for. You will be responsible for all this information on your test!
LINK TO INFO ABOUT ALASKA Seward's Folly: |
Spanish American War Leads to More Territory
Background: One European power that had many territories around the world was Spain. One colony of Spain, Cuba, wanted to be independent and asked for the help of the U.S. President McKinley to send troops to Cuba.
USS Maine: American warship that exploded in Havana Harbor in Cuba.
Teller Amendment: after war was declared, the U.S. promised not to control Cuba if they won the Spanish American War
Theodore Roosevelt: was Sec.of Navy. Resigned to fight against the Spanish. Led the Rough Riders
Rough Riders: 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry Regiment. Fought in Spanish-American War. Led by Theodore Roosevelt
Commodore George Dewey: Led offensive in the Philippines. Best known for victory at Manila Bay in which the U.S. won without a single loss of life
"Splendid Little War": name given to Spanish–American War by Sec. of State John Hay.
War lasted less than 100 days with less than 400 U.S. soldiers dying. Spain surrendered to the U.S.
Treaty of Paris: (1898) ended the Spanish-American War. U.S. got Puerto Rico, Cuba, Philippines, and Guam from Spain
USS Maine: American warship that exploded in Havana Harbor in Cuba.
- Caused outrage among Americans who blamed Spain
- Pushed U.S. into war with Spain that was fought in Cuba and other territories
Teller Amendment: after war was declared, the U.S. promised not to control Cuba if they won the Spanish American War
Theodore Roosevelt: was Sec.of Navy. Resigned to fight against the Spanish. Led the Rough Riders
Rough Riders: 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry Regiment. Fought in Spanish-American War. Led by Theodore Roosevelt
Commodore George Dewey: Led offensive in the Philippines. Best known for victory at Manila Bay in which the U.S. won without a single loss of life
"Splendid Little War": name given to Spanish–American War by Sec. of State John Hay.
- Northerners, Southerners, blacks, and whites fought a common foe and helped ease pains from the Civil War; public opinion was positive for war
War lasted less than 100 days with less than 400 U.S. soldiers dying. Spain surrendered to the U.S.
Treaty of Paris: (1898) ended the Spanish-American War. U.S. got Puerto Rico, Cuba, Philippines, and Guam from Spain
Primary Document Exercise
Question 7: This document is between which two groups or people?
Question 8: What three things were agreed upon? Question 9: What term you read about above do you think this document is? |
Read the following document and answer the following questions:
"The United States of America and Her Majesty the Queen Regent of Spain, who, having assembled in Paris, agreed upon the following articles: Article I. Spain relinquishes all claim of sovereignty over and title to Cuba. Article II. Spain cedes to the United States the archipelago known as the Philippine Islands…..The United States will pay to Spain the sum of twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) Article III. Spain cedes to the United States the archipelago known as the Philippine Islands…..The United States will pay to Spain the sum of twenty million dollars ($20,000,000)" |
McKinley's War Message
Read the following speech by President William McKinley who declared war on Spain and answer the following questions.
"The grounds for such intervention may be briefly summarized as follows: First, we owe it to our citizens in Cuba to afford them that protection and indemnity for life and property which the Spanish government has not given to them.
Second, the right to intervene in Cuba may be justified by the very serious injury to the commerce, trade, and business of the U.S. and its people.
Third,the present condition of affairs in Cuba is a constant menace to U.S. peace.
In view of these facts and of these considerations, I ask the Congress to authorize and empower the President to take measures to secure a full and final termination of hostilities between the government of Spain and the people of Cuba, and to secure in the island the establishment of a stable government, capable of maintaining order and observing its international obligations, insuring peace and tranquility and the security of its citizens as well as our own, and to use the military and naval forces of the United States as may be necessary for these purpose"
Question 10: In this document, what does President William McKinley want the U.S., specifically Congress, to do?
Question 11: Explain in your own words, the three reasons President McKinley feels the U.S. should intervene in this country.
Question 12: What term above that you read about does this document apply to?
"The grounds for such intervention may be briefly summarized as follows: First, we owe it to our citizens in Cuba to afford them that protection and indemnity for life and property which the Spanish government has not given to them.
Second, the right to intervene in Cuba may be justified by the very serious injury to the commerce, trade, and business of the U.S. and its people.
Third,the present condition of affairs in Cuba is a constant menace to U.S. peace.
In view of these facts and of these considerations, I ask the Congress to authorize and empower the President to take measures to secure a full and final termination of hostilities between the government of Spain and the people of Cuba, and to secure in the island the establishment of a stable government, capable of maintaining order and observing its international obligations, insuring peace and tranquility and the security of its citizens as well as our own, and to use the military and naval forces of the United States as may be necessary for these purpose"
Question 10: In this document, what does President William McKinley want the U.S., specifically Congress, to do?
Question 11: Explain in your own words, the three reasons President McKinley feels the U.S. should intervene in this country.
Question 12: What term above that you read about does this document apply to?
U.S. Gains Colonies and Becomes an Empire
U.S. took Cuba, Guam, and the Philippines from Spain and made them the colonies of the U.S. Cuba and the Philippines wanted their own independence and didn't want to be ruled by the U.S. or any country and fought back. U.S. is now an empire.
Platt Amendment:
Filipinos Fight Back
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Yellow Journalism Guides the Spanish American War
Yellow Journalism:
William Randolph Hearst: creator of newspaper New York Journal
Joseph Pulitzer: creator of newspaper New York World
*******Yellow Journalism helped start the Spanish American war because papers printed sensational and misleading news stories that demonized Spain and made the American public want to go to war with Spain. When the USS Maine blew up, Hearst and Pulitzer immediately blamed Spain without even knowing all the facts
- news articles that have sensational headlines with little facts or research done
- meant to grab people's attention
William Randolph Hearst: creator of newspaper New York Journal
- published De Lome letter in which the Spanish President made fun of the U.S.
Joseph Pulitzer: creator of newspaper New York World
*******Yellow Journalism helped start the Spanish American war because papers printed sensational and misleading news stories that demonized Spain and made the American public want to go to war with Spain. When the USS Maine blew up, Hearst and Pulitzer immediately blamed Spain without even knowing all the facts
Newspaper Activity
There are a few characteristics of yellow journalism including:
1. large scary headlines in huge print 2. use of fake interviews, pseudoscience, and false information from so-called experts 3. lavish use of pictures and illustrations that are exaggerated Look at the two newspapers to the right and give three characteristics of how each constitutes yellow journalism. Explain each one! Question 13: New York World Characteristic 1: Characteristics 2: Question 14: The Sun Characteristic 1: Characteristic 2: |
The image above is also a copy of the magazine article!
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TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE
Below, is a series of quotes and pictures. Test your knowledge about what you have learned today by telling me the term you read about today that goes with each picture or quote.
World Map Exercise
Use the online atlas below to help you answer questions on the map exercise sheet!!
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