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America’s First Steps Toward Global Superpower. I. Motivations for Intervention. A. Economic: Industry Desires Resources and Markets. B. Humanitarian : To Civilize and Christianize. C . Racial : “Little Brown Brothers”. D . National Pride & Global Competition.
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I. Motivations for Intervention • A. Economic: Industry Desires Resources and Markets
II. The Spanish American-War • 4 Causes of the War: • Sugar (Economic) • Spanish Cruelties (Humanitarian)
-- The Sinking of the USS Maine (Self-Defense/National Pride)
-- Spanish “Brutalities” and Yellow Journalism (Political Pressure)
B. A Short War: Roosevelt, the Rough Riders, and Victory in 15 Weeks
C. An American Puppet: Cuba & the Platt Amendment “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….”