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Gold was discovered in Alaska causing inflation under the money supply of the gold standard. This raised the prices of farms, the tariff, factory production, and the stock market
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The book explained the history and importance of sea power.
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an intense nationalism calling for the US to become a world power, eventually leading towards a demand for war with Spain.
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Cuban nationalists fighting to overthrow colonial Spanish rule sabotaged and destroyed Spanish plantations. In response to the Cuban revolution, Spain sent General Valeriano Weyler and 100,000 troops to stop the revolts.
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“yellow journalism” went to extremes by exaggerating and falsifying accounts of Spanish brutality in Cuba, thus leading to Americans believing what they read and going to Congress to try and intervene in Cuba
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with the overthrowing of Queen Liliuokalani, aided by American settlers, and catalyzed by the war in the Philippines
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A Spanish diplomat’s letter written to the US that was critical of McKinley. It was considered an official Spanish offense to the US
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The US battleship the Maine was harbored off of Havana, Cuba when it exploded killing 260 Americans. The yellow press blamed the Spanish for this, although it was eventually concluded to be an accident
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an authorization of war, declaring that the US would not take control of Cuba and after peace was restored the Cubans would rule with their own government
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the first shots of the war were fired in Manila Bay in the Philippines, and the last shots were fired a few months later in August. From how short the US victory was, the Secretary of State John Hay called it “a splendid little war.”
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Although president McKinley and Spain agreed to a ceasefire on certain conditions, McKinley yielded to the pressure from the public and appealed to Congress for war. His appeals were to stop the awful things happening in Cuba, to protect Americans living in Cuba, to end the damage to trade and commerce
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commanded the fleet of ships sent to the Philippines by president Roosevelt to gain control of the Spanish run islands
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The US fleet opened fire on the Spanish on land as well as sea. The war lasted around 3 months until the US, with assistance from Filipino rebels, captured the city of Manila
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Hawaii becomes a territory of the US
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as nationalism and fear and hatred of foreigners grew in China, a secret society of Chinese nationalists, the Boxers, attacked foreign settlements and murdered Christian missionaries. US troops went into China and succeeded in crushing the rebellion. China was also forced to pay indemnities
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As a sequel note to the one he wrote about an open door trade with China, John Hay wrote again to the imperialistic powers in an effort to preserve China’s territorial integrity and independence
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After President McKinley was killed, Teddy Roosevelt was sworn into presidency
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Congress decided to use Panama as a route, however the Colombian senate would not accept the 10 million dollars for the six mile area. The people of Panama wanted to rebel because they wanted the peace that they hoped the construction of the canal would bring
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To end rebellions the United States’ naval forces stopped Colombian soldiers from crossing Panama
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Both countries wanted to have control of Port Arthur in Australia.
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The President of Cuba sent an appeal to the US to bring in the marines to halt revolutionary disruption.
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In order to boost American political interests abroad, Taft used American investments
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General Victoriano Huerta took power in Mexico
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Due to opposition from rebellious forces, Huerta fell from power
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By warning the British that ships entering the war zone were endangered by German submarines, the Germans were able to counteract the blockades
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German submarines sunk a British passenger liner. Most of the passengers died, 128 being Americans
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The Arabic, another passenger ship, was attacked by the Germans
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America declared war against Britain and Germany
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Any profane or disloyal speech said about the form of the US government was prohibited
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Communism and anarchism were being spread widely throughout the world
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Wilson gave a speech to Congress and to troops to inspire them to keep fighting
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Anything poorly spoken about the US government or war efforts was prohibited
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Hawaii became the 50th state in the United States.
