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AP U.S. History The U.S. Becomes a World Power

Section 7: Period 7: 1890 - 1945: Lecture 3 | 56:01 min

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The U.S. Becomes a World Power

U.S. foreign policy began to abandon the policy of neutrality/isolationism (no clear policy during the Gilded Age) & instead the U.S. began to acquire influence & territories abroad
In the U.S., the economy had a surplus of goods, its GDP quadrupuled & businesses needed to expand markets where commodities could be sold (Singer, GE, & Standard Oil had overseas factories)
The U.S. purchased Alaska in 1867 from Russia although some mocked Secretary of State Seward’s $7.2 million purchase
U.S. opens Japan to trade by sending Commodore Matthew Perry, and the U.S. took possession of the Midway islands and other islands in the Pacific
U.S. annexes Hawaii mainly due to pressure from sugar plantation owners who disliked the tariff that hurt their business: the U.S. overthrew the queen & Hawaii was annexed; by 1898, Hawaii became an official U.S. territory
U.S. also intervened in Cuba and the Philippines as Spain was a declining imperial power in the Caribbean & in the Pacific
Yellow journalism exaggerated events surrounding the explosion of the Maine helped make the case for U.S. intervention in the Spanish-American-Cuban War
Treaty of Paris ended the war & as a result the U.S. bought the Philippines for $20 million & Spain gave up control of Cuba, PR, & Guam

The U.S. Becomes a World Power

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Intro

Overview

The Roots of U.S. Imperialism

Economics Interests

The Economy of Expansion

The Purchase of Alaska

U.S. In Asia and in the Pacific

Perry's Squadron in Japan

U.S. Possessions in the Pacific

The U.S. Annexes Hawaii

William McKinley and Imperialist Influences

Causes of Spanish-American War

Yellow Journalism

Hearst and Pulitzer

War with Spain

The Duty of the Hour

Spanish-American Cuban War

Two Theaters of War

Battle of San Juan Hill

Treaty of Paris and Aftermath

Anti-Imperialist concerns

Filipinos Rebel Against U.S. Rule

U.S. Policy in Puerto Rico and Cuba

The Platt Amendment

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Example 2

Example 3

Intro 0:00
Overview 0:08
The Roots of U.S. Imperialism 2:12

Abandon the Policy of Neutrality
Upgraded Navy
The Influences of Sea Power Upon History
Latin America and Asia

Economics Interests 8:54

Extractive Economies
Natural Resources and Raw Material
GDP Quadrupled and Businesses
Imperialist Nations

The Economy of Expansion 11:40
The Purchase of Alaska 13:19

William Seward
Natural Resources

U.S. In Asia and in the Pacific 15:05

Commodore Matthew Perry
Hawaiian Islands
Midway Islands
Pearl Harbor

Perry's Squadron in Japan 17:31
U.S. Possessions in the Pacific 17:54
The U.S. Annexes Hawaii 19:05

Sugar Plantations
Voting Rights
McKinley Tariff
An official U.S. Territory

William McKinley and Imperialist Influences 22:55

Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Henry Cabot Lodge
William Jennings Bryan and Grover Cleveland

Causes of Spanish-American War 26:10

Spain as a Declining Imperial Power
Cuban Independence Movement
Guerilla Tactics

Yellow Journalism 28:52

Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst
Yellow Press
The Maine

Hearst and Pulitzer 31:03

Cartoon of Hearst and Pulitzer
You Furnish the Pictures, and I'll furnish the war
Jingoism
Maine Blows Up

War with Spain 33:19

Remember the Maine
The Teller Amendment
Enlisted in the Army

The Duty of the Hour 34:36
Spanish-American Cuban War 35:54
Two Theaters of War 37:18

Commodore Dewey
The Rough Riders
Deaths in the War

Battle of San Juan Hill 38:38
Treaty of Paris and Aftermath 38:51

The U.S. bought Philippines
An Imperial Power
Splendid Little War
U.S. Foreign Policy

Anti-Imperialist concerns 41:39
Filipinos Rebel Against U.S. Rule 43:36

Emilio Aguinaldo
An Insurrection Against U.S. Rule
Death in the Fighting

U.S. Policy in Puerto Rico and Cuba 45:32

Puerto Rico
The Foraker Act
Insular Cases
The Jones-Shafroth Act

The Platt Amendment 47:56

The Platt Amendment
Lease Naval Stations to U.S.
Cuban Constitution

Example 1 50:01
Example 2 51:18
Example 3 53:21

AP US History Online

Section 1: Period 1: 1491 - 1607
	The First Americans	53:30
	Interactions of Europeans, Native Americans and Africans	55:00
	The Protestant Reformation, Early Dutch and British Colonization and The Price Revolution	45:42
	A Comparison of Colonization and Settlement Patterns	57:28
	England's Tobacco Colonies, Jamestown, Bacon's Rebellion	55:26
Section 2: Period 2: 1607 - 1754
	Puritan New England, The Pequots And Metacom's Rebellion	1:03:53
	The British Empire in North America, Part I	1:03:58
	The British Empire in North America, Part II	1:00:58
	Freehold New England and Diverse Middle Colonies	32:29
	The Enlightenment and the Great Awakening in America	44:04
	The Great Awakening Spreads to the South and the French and Indian War	39:53
Section 3: Period 3: 1754-1800
	British Reorganization After the French and Indian War and Colonial Protest	42:59
	The Road to Revolution	42:03
	Independence Declared and the Revolutionary War	30:41
	Creating Republican Institutions	44:52
	The Constitutional Convention and Debate Over Ratification	45:59
	The Early Nation and the Washington Administration	43:18
Section 4: Period 4: 1800-1848
	Adams and The Jeffersonian Era	48:14
	Period IV: James Madison and the War of 1812	44:36
	Period IV: The Growing Economy, The American System and The 'Era of Good Feelings'	35:25
	John Marshall, the Federalist Legacy and James Monroe's Foreign Policy	35:22
	John Quincy Adams, Growing Sectional Tension, and the Capitalist Commonwealth	47:41
	Republicanism, The Second Great Awakening and Antebellum Reform Movements	40:04
	Utopian Communal Societies, the Temperance Movement, and Nativism	47:18
	Jacksonian Democracy	40:25
	Jackson, The Removal of Native Americans and The Bank Veto	43:48
	Democrats, Whigs, and the Second Party System	36:37
	Transcendentalists and the American Renaissance	37:43
	Abolitionism	46:20
	Women's Rights Movement and Antebellum Reform	46:20
Section 5: Period 5: 1844-1877
	Manifest Destiny, Westward Expansion, And Increased Sectionalism	43:51
	The Expansion of Slavery and Resistance to its Expansion	1:05:00
	The Civil War, Part 1	44:00
	The Civil War, Part 2	43:47
Section 6: Period 6: 1865-1898
	Reconstruction, Part 1	49:57
	Reconstruction, Part 2	50:00
	The American West	58:16
	The Rise of the Industrial U.S.	50:27
	Working People and the Labor Movement in the Gilded Age	38:41
	Immigration, Urban, Culture and Politics	48:51
	The New South and The Farmers Mobilize	45:21
	Politics of the Gilded Age	48:01
Section 7: Period 7: 1890 - 1945
	Progressive Era, Part 1	45:01
	Progressive Era, Part 2	38:58
	The U.S. Becomes a World Power	56:01
	U.S. Foreign Policy Under Theodore Roosevelt, William H. Taft, and Woodrow Wilson	47:55
	The Great War	45:12
	The End of the Great War, Its Effect, and The Interwar Period	40:27
	The Interwar Period	47:07
	The Foreign Policy During the Interwar Years, The Great Depression and The First New Deal	34:04
	The Second New Deal	48:10
	World War II	55:16
	The End of World War II and Cold War America	51:21
Section 8: Period 8: 1945-1980
	The Red Scare and The Eisenhower Years	49:04
	Postwar Prosperity and The 'Other' America	51:55
	1960s, The Kennedy Years and The Liberal Consensus	55:17
	Lyndon B. Johnson, Civil Rights, and The Vietnam War	52:54
	The Rise and Fall of Richard Nixon and The End of the Vietnam War	35:50
	1970s, Ford and Carter	44:35
	The Conservative Resurgence and The 1980s	46:05
Section 9: Period 9: 1980-present
	The End of the Cold War and a Global Society	1:06:56
Section 10: AP Practice Exam
	AP Practice Exam, Section I: Multiple Choice and Short Answer	38:33
	AP Practice Exam, Section II: Free Response	29:24

Elizabeth Turro

The U.S. Becomes a World Power

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Section 1: Period 1: 1491 - 1607

The First Americans

53m 30s

Intro