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 * SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR**

Video: **Review the entire video** Crucible of Empire: The Spanish American War http://youtu.be/8g8NpQsmxj4

I certify that I re-watched the entire Crucible of Empire video.


 * Readings: Spanish-American War Timeline**

1. 1868-1878: Ten Years' War in Cuba http://www.pbs.org/crucible/tl1.html 2. 1895: Cuban War for Independence http://www.pbs.org/crucible/tl3.html 3. February, 1896: Reconcentration Policy http://www.pbs.org/crucible/tl4.html 4. March 4, 1897: President McKinley Inaugurated http://www.pbs.org/crucible/tl6.html 5. April 16, 1897: T. Roosevelt Appointed Assistant Secretary of the Navy http://www.pbs.org/crucible/tl7.html 6. December, 1897: McKinley Asks Congress for Aid to Cuba http://www.pbs.org/crucible/tl8.html 7. February 9, 1898: Dupuy de Lôme Letter Scandal http://www.pbs.org/crucible/tl9.html 8. February 16 1898: Battleship U.S.S. Maine Explodes http://www.pbs.org/crucible/tl10.html 9. March 17, 1898: Senator Proctor Exposes Spain's Brutality in Cuba http://www.pbs.org/crucible/tl11.html 10. April 25, 1898: Congress Declares War http://www.pbs.org/crucible/tl12.html 11. May 1, 1898: Commodore Dewey's Victory in the Philippines http://www.pbs.org/crucible/tl13.html 12. May 15, 1898: Theodore Roosevelt resigns as Assistant Secretary of the Navy http://www.pbs.org/crucible/tl14.html 13. June 22, 1898: U.S. troops land in Cuba http://www.pbs.org/crucible/tl15.html 14. July 1, 1898: Victory in San Juan Heights http://www.pbs.org/crucible/tl16.html 15. January 1899: Senate Debate over Ratification of the Treaty of Paris http://www.pbs.org/crucible/tl17.html 16. February 6, 1899: Treaty of Paris ratified http://www.pbs.org/crucible/tl18.html 17. March 4, 1901: McKinley inaugurated for 2nd term; Roosevelt becomes Vice-President September, 1901: President McKinley assassinated http://www.pbs.org/crucible/tl20.html

Other readings:

A Splendid Little War (Small Planet) http://www.smplanet.com/imperialism/splendid.html

The Rough Riders Storm San Juan Hill, 1898 []

Spanish-American war []

Cuba 1898 http://www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/1898/hernandez.html


 * PHILIPPINE-AMERICAN WAR**

The proposed treaty sparked an important debate: []
 * Philippines**:

1. Those in favor of acquiring Philippines: imperialist case. Advocated an empire.

Advocates of empire appealed to motives of Patriotism Manifest destiny Commerce

2. Those against acquiring Philippines: anti–imperialist case.

Many felt imperialism counter to U.S. principles. Other felt U.S. could expand markets without ruling other countries. Labor unions felt they would be undercut by importation of low–wage contract workers.


 * Philippine–American war** (1898–1902)

1. Emiliano Aguinaldo's army had helped U.S. against the Spanish.

2. Aguinaldo expected to be president of an independent Philippines.

3. U.S. decided not to permit him to be President.

4. Aguinaldo led a guerrilla war against the occupying U.S. military.

5. War foreshadowed tactics and atrocities of Vietnam.

6. Aguinaldo finally captured. The revolt ended.


 * Readings:**

"The White Man's Burden": Kipling's Hymn to U.S. Imperialism []

Philippine-American War (Historian of the State Department) https://history.state.gov/milestones/1899-1913/war

American soldiers in the Philippines write home about the war http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/58/

A Gift from the Gods (Small Planet) http://www.smplanet.com/imperialism/gift.html

Q&A: 'Honor in the Dust' Author on U.S.-Philippine History (TIME) []


 * US-CHINA RELATIONS**

Video: The Open Door https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wFjjdMHv2A&feature=youtu.be

Maps of spheres of influence http://historyworldsome.blogspot.com/2013/12/spheres-of-influence-in-china.html

Readings:

Imperialism and the Open Door (EDSITEment) [|http://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/lesson-4-imperialism-and-open-door#sect-background]

Open Door Notes (Historian of the State Department) []

Boxer Rebellion (EDSITEment) [|http://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/lesson-4-imperialism-and-open-door#sect-background]

Boxer Rebellion (Sound Smart video) Boxers were both anti-Christian and anti-foreign []

Spheres of influence, Boxer Rebellion, Fists of Righteous Harmony (Small Planet) []

U.S. Marines in the Boxer Rebellion (National Archives magazine) []


 * US-JAPANESE RELATIONS**

(Matthew Perry, growth of Japanese empire, Great White Fleet, SF school and Gentlemen's Agreement)

Japanese-American Relations, 1900-1922 (Historian of the State Department) https://history.state.gov/milestones/1899-1913/japanese-relations

First Sino–Japanese War (1894-1895) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Sino-Japanese_War

Portsmouth Treaty and the Russo-Japanese War (Historian of the State Department) https://history.state.gov/milestones/1899-1913/portsmouth-treaty

Segregation of Japanese students in S.F 1906 http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/harp/1110.html

Gentlemen's Agreement reduces Japanese immigration http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentlemen's_Agreement_of_1907

S.F. Earthquake (Today in History, Library of Congress) http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/apr18.html

Great White Fleet [read "Background and Purpose] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_White_Fleet


 * US SOUTH OF THE BORDER**

Roosevelt Corollary, Panama Canal, Mexican Punitive Expedition, John Pershing

Monroe Doctrine (Historian of the State Department) https://history.state.gov/milestones/1801-1829/monroe

Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine (Historian of the State Department) https://history.state.gov/milestones/1899-1913/roosevelt-and-monroe-doctrine

The Panama Canal (Small Planet) Read "President Roosevelt" and"Joining the Waters" http://www.smplanet.com/imperialism/joining.html

U.S. Intervention in Latin America [read "Teddy's Legacy" and "End of an era"] http://www.smplanet.com/teaching/imperialism/#intervention

General John J. Pershing http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0913.html

The United States Armed Forces and the Mexican Punitive Expedition http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/1997/fall/mexican-punitive-expedition-1.html http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/1997/winter/mexican-punitive-expedition-2.html