HIST 121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Platt Amendment, Constitution Of Cuba, American Imperialism
19 Sep 2018
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First attempt to make us like an european empire. Manifest destiny- theory that we have a destiny as a country to expand o. Open door policy- as european empires begin taking over china and k decide to have free trade within china because we can produce more compared to other countries. Believe in a need to export more goods. Can also be considered spanish-american and cuban war because the cub. Brings together former union and confederate soldiers d our borders a and keeping it closed off, americans duce more things for a cheaper price e cubans were already fighting the. Platt amendment- written into the cuban constitution, states that the us. Cuban government if they don"t approve of it. Admiral alfred mahan- the influence of sea power upon history. Naval power is the best way to secure the world. Believes the us is trying to help free them, then realizes the us just fight back with guerrilla warfare.
