HIST 1025 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: W. E. B. Du Bois, Jim Crow Laws, White Supremacy
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In some ways, it appeared to be a quick and simple war. But it led to a drawn out conflict across two oceans that had a lasting impact on what it meant to be american. Victory and confusion at san juan hill. Teddy roosevelt charged up into the teeth of spanish defenses on horseback. Roosevelt comes home to being a hero, and soon to be president. Roosevelt: history of the world as a struggle for racial supremacy. 1889: winning of the west by roosevelt (cid:862)ra(cid:272)ial triu(cid:373)ph is o(cid:374)l(cid:455) a(cid:448)aila(cid:271)le to people (cid:449)illi(cid:374)g to fight for it. (cid:863) (cid:862)a pea(cid:272)eful a(cid:374)d (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)er(cid:272)ial (cid:272)i(cid:448)ilizatio(cid:374) (cid:863) He worried about the american race becoming weak - e(cid:374)(cid:272)ouraged the (cid:862)stre(cid:374)uous life. (cid:863) Good for all young american men to join boy scouts, go hunting, etc. Pushing for america to get in the imperialist game. 1895-98: cuba and the philippines rebel against spain. Cubans would eventually gain independence, spanish would not.