Post Spanish American War Period

The United States has faced many conflicts from the 18th century to the mid 20th century on the road to becoming the country it is today. Wars have been part of many conflicts that have broken out between the United States and various other powers during this time. The wars have cost many lives and allowed for the United States to rise to superpower status and stay a powerful nation in today’s world. But, the United States actions caused them to become part of many wars because they increased tensions between themselves and other countries causing war to be inevitable. The United States actions led to war by increasing tensions making war inevitable in many situations from the 18th century to the mid 20th century by the idea of imperialism,

The Spanish-American war was fueled by many things, including the main idea of expanding the “manifest destiny” ideology. This war differed from the civil war because it was not for freedom or rights; it was the impact yellow journalism made on U.S citizens. Hearst and Pulitzer from New York slandered the news of the guerilla warfare happening in Cuba. They distorted the news in their newspapers; and this worked because at the time newspapers were the prime source of communication. As soon as the citizens began tuning in on the newspapers, citizens felt involved in the aid of the Cubans. They wanted to stop them from being suppressed by the Spanish. If they did this, they would not only have a more secure investment in the coal and sugar

1. The story line I am going to talk about is power and oppression, throughout California 's history there has been many events of power and oppression that has shaped California’s history in many ways. I selected this storyline because I am able to relate many of these events that have happened throughout history. I will described the Spanish and Mexican period, the Americanization period, the early 20th century, and the late 20th century to today.

Throughout the history of the United States, America had a desire to expand its boundaries. The United States acquired most of it's land during the nineteenth and early twentieth century with a brief break during the Civil War and Reconstruction. However, the way America went about graining new lands drastically changed from non-aggressive means in the beginning to extremely aggressive means towards the end. This essay will depict the extent to how late nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century United States expansionism was a continuation

The Spanish American War, also known as “The Splendid Little War,” was a short-lived conflict between the United States and Spain in 1898. This war was a pretext for the Philippines War. During this time period Spain had control over several territories within the Caribbean because they were still a colonial power. Although Spain had control of the territories of Cuba and the Philippines, the inhabitants began to grow more and more rebellious as time passed. With the tension building between Spain and its territories, the United States was in a position to become their ally and help them fight to win their independence and gain territory within the Caribbean and Pacific at the same time. United States involvement is said to have risen

After the Civil War, the United States began to prosper and get stronger, ultimately because of the second Industrial Revolution. As time went on, the urge for overseas expansion became a big must and began to spread throughout many Americans of the time. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, overseas expansion played a big role, from new rules to new policies. And not all people, especially the Americans, like these new rules and policies.

Through the last quarter of the nineteenth century the United States foreign policy set out to gain overseas power in an attempt to obtain the status of a global superpower capable of controlling international trade. The United States attempted to reach that status through military force, international trade and the obtainment of land. An example of this attempt to gain the global superpower status was the Spanish-American War, which was fought from April 1898 to August 1898. The United States achieved victory in this war and gained the ability to control the Philippines, Guam and Puerto Rico. After this victory the United States was able to set its sights on gaining control in the Asian region of the world, which would have been a huge success and a game changer for the American region.

The quote "A Splendid little war" by Secretary of State John Hay summarizes the Spanish American War in 1898. While this war could be seen as an act of aggression by the 20th century standards this war was beneficial to the United States of America while being deviating to the Kingdom of Spain for many reasons.

During the time between the late 19th century and early 20th century, America was going through significant changes. Following a revolution in Cuba against the Spanish, and the Americans intervening to start the Spanish-American War, the Americans received several territorial concessions from their defeated opponent. Thus, America started on the path to imperialism. McKinley and Roosevelt gained several territories in a short amount of time, and would look to continue America’s success since they had a strong navy and intelligent leaders. To a large extent, United States expansion continued in a social and cultural aspect through Manifest Destiny, yet it differed in how the new land was acquired and for what purpose.

The mid-1800s through the early 1900s was known as the Age of Imperialism; dominant nations were all contesting to expand their power throughout much of the world. America was looking to expand out to the Pacific a, “New Manifest Destiny”. America was expanding its trade rapidly obtaining new grounds. In order to gain America as an ally, in 1898 The Cubans tried to inflame the relation between the Americans and Spain and succeeded by fueling American jingoism. America expanded in the late 19th century because of Social Darwinism, Economic Gain, Militarism, and the 1890’s Depression.

In addition to commerce, the growth and movement of people was also significant to the development of the United States. The birth rate decreased because people wanted prosperity for their children. However, this didn’t stop the population from growing at a swift pace. The pace was so fast that the Americans “spread themselves over half a continent … (and) that astonished everyone”. In fact, between 1790 and 1820, the population of New York quadrupled, whereas that of Kentucky multiplied over eight times. In general, the “Americans occupied more territory than they occupied during the entire 150 years of the colonial period”.

Former President of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt stated, “Of all the questions which can come before this nation, short of the actual preservation of its existence in a great war, there is none which compares in importance with the great central task of leaving this land even a better land for our descendants than it is for us.” Theodore Roosevelt did in fact accomplish leaving the land a better land for his descendants for the United States. He did this in various ways, but the most effective way he did this was by war. Going to war is a risk because the outcome is always unknown. Each side often has to sacrifice something in order to gain something in return. The outcomes of the war also significantly affect

American expansion was justified because it improved the economy and helped the foreign territories that were involved. Expansionism is a nation’s practice or policy of territorial expansion. In the late 1800s and early 1900s, many Americans believed the United States had to expand to keep its economy strong. In order to do this, they had to follow a foreign policy of imperialism. Imperialism is building an empire by founding colonies or conquering other nations. During this time period, the United States acquired quite a few new territories such as Hawaii, the Philippines, and Puerto Rico.

In 1898 the Spanish American War or nicknamed “The Splendid Little War,” began and was short lived lasting roughly four months forever changing our country for the better and the worse. Although the war might have seemed focused on freeing Cuba from Spain and gaining independence for Cuba and the Philippines, it was actually stimulated by nationalism and commercialism. Commercialism was a major factor when declaring war because the United States depended on Cuba and the Philippines for trade and business with other countries, especially in Asia and Latin America. The young nation gained wealth and strength. Other minor motives for the war include the United States coming to the aid of the Cubans in their revolt against Spain and the feeling that the United States had the right to go into the Philippines because it had a superior culture. How could such a “little” war have such a large impact on American society at the turn of the 20th century?

They sailed southwards until they discovered a strait where they can pass through, he named it after him and we now call it the Strait of Magellan.