Imperialism and Diplomacy: Historians Flashcards
Walter LaFeber
Argued that McKinley was devious because he pushed into war knowing full well that our navy could crush spain’s McKinley didn’t want to seem aggressive.
Jose Marti
Didn’t want the U.S. to intervene in Cuba because he thought the U.S. would just take Spain’s place. Referred to as the apostle of Cuban Independence.
Carl Degler
Argued that the U.S. went to war with Spain for Economic reasons, to protect their investments in Cuba.
H.W. Brands (Spanish-American War)
Argued that the US had no real reason to get into war with Spain other than assertion of power, especially following the depression in 1893 when the U.S. was in need of foreign markets.
George C. Herring
Believed that McKinley had planned to take over the Philippines as early as May, 1898, because he sent 20,000 troops to the Philippines before Dewy even defeat the Spanish Fleet.
Joyce P. Kaufman
Believed that the reason the U.S. had gotten involved in the Spanish-American war was to protect American Business.
Kristin L. Hoganson
Argued that one of the main reasons for the US going to war with Spain was that men sought new outlets (war) for their manliness since they could no longer conquer the frontier (Manifest Destiny).
Laura Rodriguez
argued that the Spanish people and their government were united in their determination to keep Cuba a Spanish colony.
Paul Johnson
Said that the U.S. saw a duty to Christianize place that didn’t practice it.
Walter A. McDougall
Religious sentiment was instrumental in winning U.S. support for war.
Niall Ferguson (Annexing the Philippines)
McKinley felt responsible to annex the Philippines because they were helpless.
Niall Ferguson (Countries we tried to help out)
Argued that the territories that we had actually annexed had done better than the countries in which we directly intervened. It allows us to think about and look at the whole situation in a different perspective.
