ESSAY OUTLINE MEMORIZATION – Flashcards

Anti-Imperialists and Socialists failed to attract widespread support simply because their interests did not match up with the majority of the population's interests. INTERESTS V INTERESTS

preaching immorality --> employers who wanted to cut wages Racists dont want imperialism--> People need to recover from 1893 so they don't give a ****

"Wobblies" Prreaching --> WCTU 1873 Striking --> WW1

The rise of the Social Darwinist belief in 1870-1914 then evolved into American Exceptionalism, as seen through Latin American interference, treatment of the working class and immigrants, and the justification of the second manifest destiny movement. AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM, LA, IMMIGRANTS, AND MANIFEST DESTINY

1) Triangle Shirtwaist Fire 2) "The Jungle" - Upton Sinclair 3) Tenements- Jacob Riis

1) British Venezuela 2) German Venezuela --> TR corollary

2nd Manifest Destiny 1) John Fiske's Magazine & Josiah Strong Missionary 2) Enforcing institutions on Samoa, PR, Cuba, Philippines, & Hawii, Burgess enforcing institutions

The Monroe Doctrine became the cornerstone of the US foreign policy because of its ability to gain widespread support; economically because of its ability to allow for market oversea expansion, politically because it justified the US intervening in European intrusion in the Western Hemisphere, and socially because it was "morally right" to protect Latin America. ECONOMICAL, SOCIAL, & POLITICAL

BUSINESS GAIN 1) Fredrick Turner- resources dwindle 2) James Blaine- Surplus for market expansion and trade in LA

WRITERS CAN SWAY 1) "Remember the Main"- Writers can easily sway people to support Monroe Doctrine to kick out Spanish for blowing up their ship 2) Yellow Journalism- like Pulitzer and Hearst can make people think its morally right to protect Cuba and kick Spanish out with Monroe Doctrine by giving bias reports

POLITICAL USE OF MD 1) Venezuela and Britain 2) Germany and Venezuela --> Roosevelt Corollary

When the debates over American expansionism are reviewed in the 1840s and the 1890s, it seems that the differences are mainly the motivation, and the similarities lay in the effects of expansion. MOTIVATION AND EFFECTS

MOTIVATION 1) 1840s- the western frontier, sea to shining sea, coast to coast, G-d's Will, Nationalism! 2) 1890s- Closing Frontier, dwindling Resources, Social Darwinism and imperialistic fervor, panic of 1893

ECONOMIC GAIN, POLITICAL SPLIT 1) 1840 = more land to cultivate for agriculture, and gold rush in California 1890 = to recover from the Panic of 1893, to expand markets, to increase foreign trade for economic gain 2)1840 for and against slavery (racist) 1890 for and against imperialism (racist)

Teddy Roosevelt's presidency from 1901-1909 changed fed gov't's goal to make America the superior nation, and to regulate good and bad trusts.

1) Big Stick Diplomacy-- Great White Fleet 2) TR's Corollary-- Germany vs. Venezuela, set up America as ruling nation of Western Hemisphere 3) Russo-Japanese War- America= official mediator and sets up trade with Japan

1) 1902 Northern Securities-- gov't sues JP Morgan RR Trust with Sherman Anti Trust Act 2) Files 40 additional anti-trust suits 3)During the Panic of 1907, Roosevelt agreed to JP Morgan's proposal to create a monopoly called the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company. --> Shows gov't power to sort through goo and bad trusts for the good of the NATION as a whole not just one corporation

Through analysis, muckrakers' and yellow journalist's goals lay in profit and social justice, their methods including political cartoons and big headlines, and their social impact appears to be a bias and uninformed audience.

SOCIAL JUSTICE & PROFIT 1) Ida Tarbell (Standard Oil Trusts) Charles Adams (RR Barons) and Lincoln Steffens ("McClure's" Magazine reporting government corruption) 2) "You furnish the pictures, and I'll furnish the war."- William Randolph Hearst - showing that it didn't matter much to them whether or not the story was that important, or even that true, just so long as it brought in the money. Goal is to make a buck.

BIG HEADLINES/EMOTION & POLITICAL CARTOONS 1) "Remember the Maine!" And Letters from Spanish Minister 2) Cartoon got attention of lower class and increased profit among them, figures like "The Yellow Kid" were popular

UNINFORMED AND BIAS 1) Philippine War was not what the public wanted to hear, so one of the bloodiest wars turns into one of the most forgotten 2) Uninformed about the truth of the Maine ship and Spanish action in Cuba-- leading to bias opinions about Spanish.