Seizing an American
Empire (Key Events That Continue Today)
Lesson
4------------------------------------------------------------- 17. The shift to colonies off the continent ·
Manifest
destiny, racism, imperialism ·
Alfred
Thayer Mahon, Influence of Sea Power ·
Yellow
journalism, Pulitzer and Hearst 18. Hawaii, coup by Sanford Dole, annexation 19. Spanish colony of Cuba ·
Events:
The Maine, Rough Riders ·
and the
Teller Amendment ·
and the
Platt Amendment (and Guantanamo) 20. Territories gained from Spanish American War ·
Philippines
(Anti-Imperialist League), Guam ·
Puerto
Rico 21. China- Open Door Policy and John Hayes |
Color coding in Chronologies to help you spot changes:
<Future |
Something
that continues to ripple in time—and including to your current one |
Pink |
China |
Dark Grey |
Hawaii/Pacific
(including Alaska) |
Light Grey |
Latin
America/Caribbean |
Background:
1860s - Alaska – Seward’s “Folly” (but later gold and oil)
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Presidential
Election |
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1865-04 |
A. Johnson, President |
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1867-02 |
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Date |
Presidential
Election |
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US Land |
US Economy |
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1882 |
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Chinese Exclusion
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1887-02 |
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Hawaii-US treaty renewed & sugar |
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1888-11 |
Benjamin Harrison v. Grover Cleveland |
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1889-04 |
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Oklahoma Land Rush |
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Hull House– Jane Addams |
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1890 |
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Sherman Anti-Trust |
Wounded Knee, South Dakota |
McKinley
Tariff &
sugar in Hawaii |
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1890 |
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A.T. Mahan - The Influence of Sea Power on History |
<Future |
Census Bureau: end of
frontier |
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Sherman Silver Purchase Act |
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1892 |
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Chinese – new 10
year extension |
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1892-01 |
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Coup, Hawaii – Sanford B. Dole,[i] elected President; US minister to Hawaii declaration of US
protectorate– |
Ellis Island opens |
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Homer A. Plessy, case begins |
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1892-02 |
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Hawaii annexation treaty proposed |
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1892-11 |
Benjamin Harrison v. Grover Cleveland v. James B. Weaver |
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1893-03 |
Cleveland’s decision |
Hawaii investigation |
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1893-08 |
Cleveland, special session -Why? |
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1893-11 |
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Sherman Silver Purchase Act
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1893-12 |
Cleveland’s decision |
Hawaii annexation treaty not submitted |
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1894 |
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Republic of Hawaii recognized |
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Pullman Strike – American Railway
Union Strike – E.V. Debs |
“Legal Tender” Jacob Coxey’s Army – petition for road
building (jobs) |
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1895 |
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US Bond sale - handled by J.P.
Morgan |
Atlanta Exposition[ii]
speech – Booker T. Washington |
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1895 |
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Cuban rebellion |
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1896 |
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Plessy V. Ferguson |
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Date |
Presidential
Election |
Beyond
America |
Gov.
Institutions |
US
Land |
Issue/Organization
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Political
Party |
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1896-11 |
William McKinley vs. William Jennings Bryan –Issues in this election: list |
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Populist support for Bryan - What are the Populists’
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1898-01 |
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Cuban riot |
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1898-028-01 |
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Battleship Maine |
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1898-02 |
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Maine explosion |
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1898-04 |
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War authorized with the Teller Amendment |
< Caution
US can’t take Cuba |
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1898-05 |
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Dewey in Manilla – Notice this
and this list on the
Spanish American War and its images |
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1898-07 |
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Hawaii annexation – by joint
resolution (not treaty)-
WHY? |
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1898-11 |
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Anti-Imperialist League formed- key
issue will be the Philippines |
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1899 |
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Treaty ending war - Senate approval |
Notice Cuba is not in this list > |
Guam Philippines Puerto Rico |
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Filipino resistance - Emilio Aguinaldo |
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<Caution
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1899 |
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Open Door – China - trade |
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Annexation - Wake
Island - Eastern Samoa
Islands- US splits Samoa with Germany |
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1900-08 |
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Boxer Rebellion and US troops |
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1901 |
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Aquinaldo capture (resistance through 1902, 1906) – end military rule;
Taft, governor. |
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<Caution
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1901-03 |
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Platt Amendment –Cuba - Guantanamo and our right to intervene |
< Notice
US indirectly took Cuba |
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Panic of 1893
–
Called the Great
Depression until the one beginning in 1929 started
Quantities and the
Panic of 1893: 17-19% unemployed 600 banks fail 119 railroads
bankrupt 15,000 business closed 100s of millions – losses in stock market |
- McKinley
Tariff (too high to buy—thus lower revenues for the government) - British
bank failures (Britishers need their cash—thus sell their American
investments and take gold, not paper dollars) - Government
pensions (too many given out by Harrison) - Gold
below $100 million, then $80 million (perceived
as too little—thus too much fear) Cleveland, however, focuses on only one cause: The Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890. He is wrong. Repeal of the act does not stop the
depression. |
Copyright C. J.
Bibus, Ed.D. 2003-2018 |
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Last Updated: |
2018 |
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