HIST 1351 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Platt Amendment, Teller Amendment, Yellow Journalism
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Reasons for expansion: we needed room. Development of naval fleet: alfred thayer mahan. Influence of sea power upon history, 1660-1783 (published in 1892) Strong navies are needed to protect international imports. Spanish-american war 1898: cuba, yellow press, explosion of maine, feb. 1898. Boat explodes while docked in the harbor. The steam engine inside of the maine is what really caused the ship to blow up: cuban independence, teller amendment, 1898; platt amendment 1903. U. s. has no intention to annex cuba and use the u. s. navy to remove all spanish from the island. U. s. has the right to intervene with cuban affairs when they see fit and they can dock their boats in the bay: war in cuba. Often referred to the splendid little war. U. s. was nowhere near ready to fight a war: spanish-american war. You can pay for someone else to go fight for you: battle of santiago de cuba, 1898, battle of san juan hill, f. u. s.
