Seven Reasons for the Expansion of the American Empire 1. World Markets (McKinley’s) a. 1865 US export $400 million dollars’ worth of stuff b. 1890 US export $1.6 billion dollars’ worth of stuff 2. Capital Investments a. 1870 zero investments in world markets b. 1900 $500 million investments in world markets 3. Protection a. Stronger military i. 1883 - US navy 1. USS Atlanta‚ USS Boston 2. Naval bases 4. European Example a. Franco-Prussian war yields Germany b. Germany‚ Great Britain‚ France‚ Italy
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“A Message to Garcia” Based off of an event that took place during the Spanish-American war‚ “A Message to Garcia” was written by Elbert Hubbard to sermonize work ethics and obedience. It wasn’t but two days before President McKinely’s “war message” to congress that the president needed to establish contact with the Cuban General‚ Garcia. Before declaring war‚ President McKinley met with Colonel Arthur Wagner‚ head of the Bureau of Military Intelligence for the United States‚ to ask “Where can
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The Challenges to Spanish Colonization in the Borderlands How did the Spanish establish colonies on the borderlands? While France and England were building colonies in North America‚ Spain’s colonies in the Americas were already hundreds of years old. The Spanish established colonies on the borderlands by building missions‚ presidios‚ and pueblos. Early in the 1500s‚ Spanish explorers reached Florida‚ but at first they did not build permanent settlements. Fearing that France might take over the
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The Civil war was the bloodiest war in American history. The South had many advantages at the beginning of the war but they were short term advantages. The South relied heavily on trade from the North but didn’t realize it until the North stopped buying their cotton. The North had population and industry on their side of the war. The problem with the North is that not all northerners wanted to go to war. The reason the south took four years for the North to win‚ among other reasons‚ is because they
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endeavoring to train some rather delinquent villagers to abjure the comatose state and get radioactive. The immediate suggestion‚ though‚ came from a little argument over the teacups‚ when my boy Bert suggested that Rowan was the real hero of the Cuban War. Rowan had gone alone and done the thing-carried the message to Garcia. It came to me like a flash! Yes‚ the boy is right‚ the hero is the man who does his work--who carries the message to Garcia. I got up from the table‚ and wrote "A Message to Garcia
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Free African American during the post-revolutionary war era experienced violence‚ prejudice‚ segregation and disenfranchisement. Many states had laws prohibiting free blacks from residing in them at all or required registration and bonds. Free black men and women feared capture and being sold into slavery‚ as they had a difficult time proving their status. Prominent black leaders became social activist and petitioned the Congress‚ state governments and ultimately the people for fair treatment of
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Adams that such a Doctrine was necessary. First‚ The Russians built Fort Ross close to Spanish San Francisco and the Czar in 1821 ordered foreign ships to stay 100 miles clear of Russian American shores. The second‚ yet more important problem Adams saw‚ was the chance that Austria and France would send troops to the Western Hemisphere to help Spain regain her lost colonies in South America‚
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After the Civil War blacks were still faced with many different prejudices. Although they were now considered freedpeople and by law were entitled to all of the same rights as whites‚ they still had many limitations on the things they did or even owned. Many blacks were not respected or treated in the same manner as whites and the equality between the two races was still questionable. Under the 13th Amendment blacks were supposed to be freed from slavery and granted all the rights that whites had
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Effect • Commodore George Dewey sent 7 ships to the Manila Bay in Philippines and the Spanish Naval force had powerful ships • The U.S and the Spanish commander‚ Admiral Montojo‚ had his hope up that the shore battery will support them from the attack against the U.S. • The Spanish was still preparing for the attack until Dewey’s ship came on April 30 and attacke them on May 1st and destroy the Spanish force. • United States waited for the landing force to come. • The landing force came and
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Conflicts widened between the North and the South as two sides collided in every event before the Civil War. The North and the South were very different in many ways. They were known as two different countries because of their cultural and economic differences. The disagreements between the North and the South aggravated the separation that was soon to follow. When the North gained the control of the government‚ the South seceded. The North was industrialized and had many factories. It also included
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