Today’s Topics
• The Segregated South & Texas
• The U.S. as a World Power
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The Segregated South
• The Elimination of Black Voting
– Between 1890 and 1906 every southern state
enacted laws or constitutional provisions meant to
eliminate the black vote.
• The Law of Segregation
– In 1896, in the landmark decision in Plessy v.
Ferguson, the Supreme Court gave its approval to
state laws requiring separate facilities for blacks
and whites.
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African Americans of all ages were required to
abide by segregation laws
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Becoming a World Power
• The New Imperialism
– After 1870 European powers scrambled to
dominate Africa, Asia, and the Middle East.
– Bringing “civilization” to the supposedly backward
peoples of the non-European world.
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1854 Matthew Perry in Japan
Camphor Tree
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Becoming a World Power
– A small group of late-nineteenth-century thinkers
actively promoted American expansionism.
• Josiah Strong
• Alfred T. Mahan
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• The Lure of Empire
– 1893, Americans planters overthrow Queen
Liliuokalani.
– Hawaii was long sought after by Americans and
was annexed by the United States in 1898.
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Becoming a World Power
• The “Splendid Little War”
– Cuba had fought for independence since 1868.
– The United States went to war with Spain to win
Cuba’s liberty and freedom.
• Maine, American battleship, destroyed in Havana
• Teller Amendment
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Map 17.4a The Spanish American War: The Pacific (left)
Map 17.4b The Spanish American War: The Caribbean (right)
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Charge of the Rough Riders at San Juan Hill
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Spanish-American War 1898
Captain Maximiliano Luna
Cuba & d. Philippines
Rough Riders
• 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry
• Capt. Luna
• George Washington Armijo
Becoming a World Power
• An American Empire
– In the treaty with Spain ending the war the United
States acquired the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and
the Pacific island of Guam.
• Platt Amendment for Cuba
– Guantanamo Bay
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Questions
1. What kind of sources is it? Is it a primary
sources.
2. When was it written? Who wrote it?
3. What is the historical context of the primary
source?
4. Why does Aguinaldo think that the U.S. is
betraying its own values?
5. In what ways does Aguinaldo think that
Americans misunderstand the Filipinos?
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Crucible of Empire: The SpanishAmerican War
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urtm4Gpj
Fu4&list=PLB3636AA005CB6A7C
• 15 mins
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svEBBr3Ev
Nk&list=PLB3636AA005CB6A7C
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Becoming a World Power
• An American Empire
– In 1899, Secretary of State John Hay announced
the Open Door policy with China.
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Map 17.5 American Empire, 1898.
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Becoming a World Power
• Citizens or Subjects?
– American rule brought with it American racial
attitudes.
• “White man’s burden”
– America’s triumphant entry into the ranks of
imperial powers sparked an intense debate over
the relationship between political democracy,
race, and American citizenship.
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School Begins, an 1899 cartoon from Puck
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