1. “I controlled many city and county governments through both legal and illegal means.” What am I?

2. “I was a group of laws passed to help people injured at theirworkplaces.” What am I?

3. “I was a group that worked for equal rights for African Americans.” What am I?

4. “I granted women the right to vote.” What am I?

5. “I founded a group that became the National Woman’s Party.” Who am I?

Review from Chapter 21: The Progressive Era

What we learned in the Progressive What we learned in the Progressive Era (1868-1920)Era (1868-1920)

Progressives reacted against political Progressives reacted against political corruption and poor working corruption and poor working conditionsconditions

New amendments to Constitution New amendments to Constitution (16(16thth, 17, 17thth, 18, 18thth, 19, 19thth))

Workers rightsWorkers rights Rights of women and minoritiesRights of women and minorities

America as a World Power: America as a World Power: Expansion (1867-1920)Expansion (1867-1920)

I left these shores, at Vancouver, a red-hot imperialist. I wanted the American I left these shores, at Vancouver, a red-hot imperialist. I wanted the American eagle to go screaming into the Pacific. It seemed tiresome and tame for it to eagle to go screaming into the Pacific. It seemed tiresome and tame for it to content itself with the Rockies. Why not spread its wings over the Philippines, content itself with the Rockies. Why not spread its wings over the Philippines, I asked myself? And I thought it would be a real good thing to do.I asked myself? And I thought it would be a real good thing to do.I said to myself, here are a people who have suffered for three centuries. We I said to myself, here are a people who have suffered for three centuries. We can make them as free as ourselves, give them a government and country of can make them as free as ourselves, give them a government and country of their own, put a miniature of the American constitution afloat in the Pacific, their own, put a miniature of the American constitution afloat in the Pacific, start a brand new republic to take its place among the free nations of the start a brand new republic to take its place among the free nations of the world. It seemed to me a great task to which we had addressed ourselvesworld. It seemed to me a great task to which we had addressed ourselves

But I have thought some more, since then, and I have read carefully the treaty of Paris, But I have thought some more, since then, and I have read carefully the treaty of Paris, and I have seen that we do not intend to free, but to overpower the people of the and I have seen that we do not intend to free, but to overpower the people of the Philippines. We have gone there to conquer, not to redeem. We have also pledged the Philippines. We have gone there to conquer, not to redeem. We have also pledged the power of this country to maintain and protect the terrible system established in the power of this country to maintain and protect the terrible system established in the Philippines by the Friars.Philippines by the Friars.It should, it seems to me, be our pleasure and duty to make those people free, andIt should, it seems to me, be our pleasure and duty to make those people free, andlet them deal with their own domestic questions in their own way. And so I am an anti-let them deal with their own domestic questions in their own way. And so I am an anti-imperialist. I am opposed to having the eagle put its talons on any other land.imperialist. I am opposed to having the eagle put its talons on any other land.

  Source: From Mark Twain's Weapons of Satire: Anti-Imperialist Writings on the Philippine-American War, Jim Zwick, ed., (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1992).Source: From Mark Twain's Weapons of Satire: Anti-Imperialist Writings on the Philippine-American War, Jim Zwick, ed., (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1992).

The Expansion of America:

Support and Opposition

What we are going to learn aboutWhat we are going to learn about

Isolationism vs. ImperialismIsolationism vs. Imperialism Changing US foreign policyChanging US foreign policy US expansion into the PacificUS expansion into the Pacific Spanish-American WarSpanish-American War US expansion into Latin AmericaUS expansion into Latin America

Manifest

Destiny

The Monroe Doctrine

GeorgeWashington’s

FarewellAddress

AmericanAmericanIsolationismIsolationism

Def: avoiding involvement in the affairs of other countries

What is imperialism?What is imperialism?

-Def: the practice of extending a nation’s -Def: the practice of extending a nation’s power by gaining territories for a colonial power by gaining territories for a colonial empireempire

-Between 1870 and 1914, Europeans Between 1870 and 1914, Europeans extended their colonial empires until they extended their colonial empires until they controlled most of Africa and Southeast Asiacontrolled most of Africa and Southeast Asia

What were the roots of imperialism?What were the roots of imperialism?-The desire for raw materials to fuel The desire for raw materials to fuel industrial growth, new markets for industrial growth, new markets for manufactured goods, and increased powermanufactured goods, and increased power

British Imperialism:

-England had colonies all over the world: Canada, India, America, islands in the Caribbean, and territory in Australia

-America is a result of British territorial expansion

Examples of Imperialism:

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Examples of Imperialism:

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The “Scramble for Africa”:-European powers sought to gain African territories in order to obtain natural resources (gold in particular)

- Imperialism happens at the cost of the native population

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The question of American Foreign Policy

Isolationism? Imperialism?

Intervention?

Do you think imperialism or isolationism is the best foreign policy for the U.S.? Explain your answer.