Updated September 2014 Documentarios AMERICAN IMPERIALISM DOCUMENT BASED QUESTION 11.4.1 American Imperialism DBQ STANDARD What role did imperialism play in American foreign policy in the late 19th TOPIC and early 20th century? In the late 1880s to early 1900s the United States began to look over seas to expand their territorial control for political, military, and economic gain. QUESTION BACKGROUND DOCUMENT 1 "general loosening of the ties of civilized society may in America, as elsewhere, ultimately require intervention by some civilized nation, and in the Western Hemisphere the adherence of the United States to the Monroe Doctrine may force the United States, however reluctantly, in flagrant cases of such wrongdoing or impotence, to the exercise of an international police power play and we y Categi The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, 1904. Chicago Metro History What is a Documentary A History Far documentary reflects your ability to use satovisual equipment to communicate your topics tigrulcanon Through a documentary you will be able to incorporate still images, moving images, narration, and other opes of media into * 10-minde original production. When imagining DOCUMENT 2 DOCUME CO 0 1000 0 2000 mi. United States Acquisitions and Annexations, 1857–1904 "Artic foreis 1000 2000 km pretende Alaska 1867 ASIA auth nay United States possessions (with date of acquisition) Spheres of influence of the United States 2 en Midway Is. 1867 ay. Wake 1. 1899 UNITED STATES Philippine Is. 1898 Hawakan is. 1898 Puerto Rico 1898 HAM Ques Johnston L. 1858 Guam 1898 Palmyra I. 1898 the research areful Jarvis I. 1857 DOMINICAN GUATEMALA ASPURUC HONDURAS NICARAGUA PANAMA SOUTH AMERICA Panama Canal Zonc 1904 N Howland 1. Baker I. 1857 American Samoa 1899 AUSTRALIA 180'E 180 PACIFIC OCEAN 1400W 100 W United States Acquisitions and Annexations, 1857-1904 57-1904 cump Upds ed on sc possessions cquisition) DOCUMENT 3 ino "Article I: The Government of Cuba shall never enter into any treaty or other compact with any foreign powers which will impair or tend to impair the independence of Cuba, nor in any manner authorize or permit any foreign power or powers to obtain by colonization or for military or naval purposes, or otherwise, lodgment in or control over any portion of said island. research "Article III: The Government of Cuba consents that the United States may exercise the right to intervene for the preservation of Cuban independence, the maintenance of a government adequate for the protection of life, property, and individual liberty, and for discharging the obligations with respect to Cuba imposed by the Treaty of Paris on the United States, now to be assumed and undertaken by the Government of Cuba... "Article VII: To enable the United States to maintain the independence of Cuba, and to protect the people thereof, as well as for its own defense, the Government of Cuba will sell or lease to the Unites Sates lands necessary for coaling or naval stations, at certain specified points, to be agreed upon with the President of the United States." The Platt Amendment, 1903. DOCUMENT 4 "First. Will in no way interfere with any treaty port or any vested interest within any so- called "sphere of interest" or leased territory it may have in China. "Second. That the Chinese treaty tariff of the time being shall apply to all merchandise landed or shipped to all such ports as are within said "sphere of interest" (unless they be "free ports"), no matter to what nationality it may belong, and that duties so leviable shall be collected by the Chinese Government. ... "Third. That it will levy no higher harbor dies on vessels of another nationality frequenting any port in such "sphere" than shall be levied on vessels of its own nationality, and no higher railroad charges over lines built, controlled, or operated within its "sphere" on merchandise belonging to citizens or subjects of other nationalities transported through such "sphere" than shall be levied on similar merchandise belonging to its own nationals transported over equal distances." First Open Door Note, Department of State, Washington, September 6, 1899. What is a Documentary? A History Fair documentary reflante a... Updated September 2014 fair Documentaries DOC DOCUMENT 5 ...We earnestly condemn the policies of the present National Administration in the Philippines...We denounce the slaughter of the Filipinos as a needless horror. We protest against the extension of American Sovereignty by Spanish methods. "We demand the immediate cessation of the war against liberty, begun by Spain and continues by us. We urge that congress be promptly convened to announce to the Filipinos our purpose to concede to them the independence for which they have so long fought and which is right of theirs. "The United States have always protested against the doctrine of international law which permits the subjugation of the weak by the strong. A self-governing state cannot accept sovereignty over an unwilling people. The United States cannot act upon the ancient heresy that might makes right... When the white man governs himself, that is self-government, but when he governs himself and also governs another man, that is more than self-government -- that is despotism.' The Anti-Imperialist League, 1899. DOCUMENT 6 Un Uncle Sam: "By Gum, ! Rather Like Your Looks" (Denver Rocky Mountain News, 1900.) ALASTI: HAWAII CAROUXE CUBA ISIANDS SPORTOCANARY BRICO ISLANDS PILIPPINE QISLANDS "Uncle Sam Wished to Add Another Star to His Flag" Denver Rocky Mountain News, 1900 What is a Documentary? Chicago Metro History Fai A History Fair documentary reflects your ar use audiovisual equipment to communi topic's significance. Through a docv will be able to incorporate still im images, narration, and other 10-minute original produs History Fair doc nk about ministration in the DOCUMENT 7 Fait less horror. We protest against y. "Take up the White Man's burden-- Send forth the best ye breed-- ın by Spain and continues e Filipinos our purpose to and which is right of Go, bind your sons to exile To Serve your captive's need; To wait, in heavy harness, On fluttered folk and wild-- onal law which permits cept sovereignty over Your new-caught sullen peoples, Half devil and half child... at might makes n he governs t is despotism." "...Take up the White Man's burden, And reap his old reward-- The blame of those ye better The hate of those ye guard -- is exa Howe The cry of those ye humor (Ah, slowly!) toward the light:-- By Gum, 1 ur Looks" ountain "Why brought ye us from bondage, Our loved Egyptian night?"... "...Take up the White Man's burden! Have done with childish days-- The lightly-profered laurel, The easy ungrudged praise: Comes now, to search your manhood Through all the thankless years, Cold, edged, with dear-brought wisdom, The judgment of your peers. 11 The White Man's Burden; McClure's Magazine, February, 1899.
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