tailieunhanh - SAT II History Episode 2 Part 1

Tham khảo tài liệu 'sat ii history episode 2 part 1', ngoại ngữ, ngữ pháp tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | REVIEWING THE NATION S GOALS AND IDEALS THE 1890S TO THE 1920S Fast Facts Annexation of Hawaii By 1887 American planters controlled the Hawaiian legislature. When Liliuokalani became queen four years later she attempted to wrest control from the planters. The planters demanded that she renounce the throne. When she refused the planters set up their own government and asked the United States to annex Hawaii. Cleveland who opposed imperialism declined. The change in the presidency from Cleveland to McKinley who embraced imperialism opened the way for annexation in 1898. The Spanish-American War Review Strategy Keep track of the events that resulted from the . s acquiring territory in the Spanish-American War. The year 1898 also saw the short-lived Spanish-American War. Fired up by the yellow journalism of competing New York newspapers many Americans demanded that the United States stop Spain s abuses in Cuba. When the . Maine blew up in Havana harbor the United States declared war. After an easy victory in the summer war the United States and Spain negotiated the Treaty of Paris. Senate debate over ratification focused on the Philippines. Americans were not concerned about tiny Guam and Puerto Rico was close to the mainland but the Philippines were 8 000 miles away. Arguments against the treaty included 1 the fear that the United States might be dragged into a war in Asia to defend the Philippines 2 the problems that would be created by trying to integrate Filipinos into American society if they were granted citizenship and allowed to emigrate to the United States without restriction 3 the competition that Filipino products would create in . markets if import duties were waived 4 the concern that the Philippines would request statehood and 5 the idea that colonialism was not compatible with the Constitution. Supporters of the treaty rejected the notion that the Constitution follows the flag. There was no obligation on the part of the United States they .