Define imperialism
to extend a country power
When did McKinley ask Congress to declare war on Spain?
April 20, 1898
When was the treaty signed?
December 10th
Industrial expansion requires coal, oil, rubber, steel
Need for Raw Materials
Manifest Destiny
19th century belief that the expansion of the US throughout the US continent
When did congress vote to declare war?
April 21, 1898
What does the US and Spain sign?
Armistice resulting in a cease-fire
Increasing production requires new places to sell stuff
Need for Markets
What is foreign policy?
A nations policies toward other countries
What were two of the major newspapers that covered the story?
Joseph Pulitzers New York World and William Randolph Heart's New York Journal.
Spain agrees to give Cuba independence from____
Spanish rule
The need for naval bases around the world to be around the world to refuel and resupply
Strategic Reasons
Define Yellow Journalism
unbalanced reporting/fake news
Entire villages and towns in Cuba were forced into what?
camps surrounded by barbed wire and starved into submission.
Expansion show that the US is world power to be admired and responded
Nationalism
Belief that Americans were superior to other people and that we needed to educate/train
Attitudes toward other people