Wish-class-was-longer Wednesday

Today, we went over the responses to the data retrieval chart discussing similarities between US involvement in Hawaii, Cuba, and the Philippines.

EXAMPLES	FOCUS QUESTIONS
	What nations are involved?	How does the “superior” nation BELIEVE they are better, politically AND culturally/socially?	How does the “superior” nation establish political dominance?	How does the “superior” nation benefit economically AND  militarily?	What type of military/economic force is used to establish dominance?
HAWAII	Hawaii, U.S.	Politically because it is replacing a monarchy with a democracy; US vs island Culturally/Socially: Native Hawaiians need to be assimilated according to American and Christian values	U.S. supports American businessmen overthrowing  Queen, replacing her with Sanford B. Dole; U.S. annexes HI in 1898, HI becomes 50th state in 1959	Economically: Tax and profit from trade (sugar, pineapple, etc.) Militarily: naval bases in the Pacific	Threat of violence from U.S. marines
CUBA	Cuba, U.S., Spain	Politically: U.S. needs to spread democratic beliefs to colony; U.S. vs. island colony (inability for Cuba to control itself); Culturally/Socially: Fear of leadership by black population	U.S. “rescues” Cuba from Spain Teller Amendment Platt Amendment	Economically: trade, sugar, mining, iron, war supplies Militarily: Guantanamo Bay	Spanish American War
THE PHILIPPINES	Philippine Islands, U.S., Spain	Politically: U.S. needs to spread democratic beliefs to colony; U.S. vs. island colony (inability for PI to control itself) Culturally/Socially: White man’s burden, need to Christianize “children”	U.S. “rescues” PI from Spain Territorial Gov’t until 1946	Economically: door to China/Asia for trade; natural resources (wood, rice, coffee, hemp, tobacco, sugar, etc.) Militarily: Naval base	Philippine American War