AMH 2020
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 expand to Africa
i. Africa had no representation in the conference to divide Africa
5. West Closed
6. Manifest Destiney
a. US is destined by God to expand from sea to sea
b. American strength needs to civilize the rest of the world
7. Christian Missionaries
Annexation
Seize control over another Geo-political region
1. Political
a. Official Territory
i. Puerto Rico
b. Unincorporated Territory
i. Guam
c. Protectorate
i. Under jurisdiction of American Law ii. Official and Unincorporated Territories
2. Economic
a. Cuba, Hawaii
Western Hemisphere
1. Monroe Doctrine – 1823
a. Western hemisphere is off-limits for European colonization
b. US will take any colonization as an act of aggression
c. US pledges not to intervene in European affairs
Hawaii
1. 1820 – first missionaries start coming to Hawaii by an Christian Association
a. Protection against whalers
b. Help with opium abuse
c. Wanted protection from US
i. 1842 - Please Annex Hawaii ( was told “no”) ii. Time of Depression in USA (1837-1843)
2. Trading post – a naval stop over
a. Lots of STDs
b. Opium is often used
3. 1875 – King Kalakua Reciprocity treaty of 1875
a. “free” no tariff/duty into US for Sugar imports to USA
i. $20 mil/year imported of sugar ii. US capitalists purchase Hawaiian sugar plantations
1. About $25 mil worth of plantations
4. 1884 – US Navy lease Pearl Harbow
a. 1887 – Pearl Harbor opens
b. 1887 – Bayonet constitution
i. Changed by the bayonet militia
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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 expand to Africa
i. Africa had no representation in the conference to divide Africa
5. West Closed
6. Manifest Destiney
a. US is destined by God to expand from sea to sea
b. American strength needs to civilize the rest of the world
7. Christian Missionaries
Annexation
Seize control over another Geo-political region
1. Political
a. Official Territory
i. Puerto Rico
b. Unincorporated Territory
i. Guam
c. Protectorate
i. Under jurisdiction of American Law ii. Official and Unincorporated Territories
2. Economic
a. Cuba, Hawaii
Western Hemisphere
1. Monroe Doctrine – 1823
a. Western hemisphere is off-limits for European colonization
b. US will take any colonization as an act of aggression
c. US pledges not to intervene in European affairs
Hawaii
1. 1820 – first missionaries start coming to Hawaii by an Christian Association
a. Protection against whalers
b. Help with opium abuse
c. Wanted protection from US
i. 1842 - Please Annex Hawaii ( was told “no”) ii. Time of Depression in USA (1837-1843)
2. Trading post – a naval stop over
a. Lots of STDs
b. Opium is often used
3. 1875 – King Kalakua Reciprocity treaty of 1875
a. “free” no tariff/duty into US for Sugar imports to USA
i. $20 mil/year imported of sugar ii. US capitalists purchase Hawaiian sugar plantations
1. About $25 mil worth of plantations
4. 1884 – US Navy lease Pearl Harbow
a. 1887 – Pearl Harbor opens
b. 1887 – Bayonet constitution
i. Changed by the bayonet militia
1. If you own land, you can vote in