HIS 106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Gilded Age, Platt Amendment, Filipino Americans
Document Summary
Capitalist economy requires new markets and needs to spread for our own economic self interests. 1880"s-1890"s: eurpoean countries have territories outside of their actual borders. Us wants to join with euro countries to expand their borders. Goes to africa, asia and south america. These people were considered savages and euro countries saw it as their responsibility to make them christians, civilize them, etc. Hawaii: first territory conquered was hawaii, american business men saw opportunities in hawaii, bayonette constitution. Forced the hawaiians to accept american governance and rule. Wanted the money-especially the sugar- but was covered up by idealism: now have expanded beyond our borders. Cuba: cuba was originally a spanish colony (belonged to spain, duh, cubans wanted their independence from spain. Americans were going to help the cubans gain independence from spain. We were once subjects of britain, so lets help the cubans out .
