“THE UNITED STATES BECOMES A WORLD POWER” SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR 1960s EDUCATIONAL FILM XD47724

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website “The United States Becomes A World Power” traces America’s rise to becoming a global superpower over the course of the late 19th and early 20th century. Produced for McGraw-Hill Book Company by Sandler/Wald Documentary Associates, this film uses a combination of still portraits and narration to convey its story. Advised by Dr. John Hope Franklin, a professor of history at the University of Chicago, the film credits the explosion of the USS Maine and the beginning of the Spanish-American war as a turning point for American foreign policy. The war marked divisions domestically between imperialists and anti-imperialists and set a precedent of the United States being an interventionist power that seeks to protect and preserve liberty and freedom. The film also discusses territorial expansion during this period that caused the United States to be considered a “global empire.” Sound and image quality checks (0:10). Explosion of USS Maine in Cuba’s Havana Harbor (1:15). Cover of The New York World newspaper (1:37). Cover of The New York Journal newspaper (2:00). President McKinley (2:11). Territory of original 13 states (2:37). George Washington (3:12). Thomas Jefferson (3:43). Louisiana Purchase (3:57). James Monroe (4:31). The Monroe Doctrine (4:45). Topographical map of Western Hemisphere (5:54). American whalers (5:12). American Clipper Ships (5:22). American traders and missionaries go to Hawaii (5:30). Yankee ships seeking markets in China (5:37). Portrait of Commodore Perry - success in opening up Japan to foreign trade (5:41). Post-Civil War industry growth in the United States (5:59). Alaska Purchase (6:19). US acquisition of harbor privileges in Samoa, Wake, and Midway (6:26). Pearl Harbor acquired as Naval Base (6:44). Scramble for Africa and European Imperialism - French Algeria, Belgian Congo, German East Africa etc. (7:21). “American Progress” of manifest destiny by John Gast (7:53). Captain Alfred Thayer Mahan (8:18). Cover of book “The Influence of Sea Power on History” (8:19). Isthmian Canal Commission 1899 (8:44). Theodore Roosevelt (9:13). Senator Henry Cabot Lodge (9:18). German Kaiser Wilhelm II (9:20). Armament of Germany and changing relationships between US and England (9:30). Cover of The New York Tribunal: US invasion of Hawaii (10:19). Hawaiian Queen Liliuokalani (10:34). President Harrison (10:42). US Senate deliberates annexation of Hawaii (10:47). President Grover Cleveland (10:49). Cuban Revolution (11:05). Spanish officer General Valerian Whaler or “The Butcher” (11:37). Newspaper magnate William Randolph Hurst (12:12). Joseph Pulitzer (12:14). Article in The New York Journal written by Spanish ambassador to Washington Enrique de Long (12:50). USS Maine in Cuba (13:36). Sensationalist political cartoons: imperialists vs anti-imperialists (14:12). Theodore Roosevelt, secretary of The Navy, criticizes President McKinley (15:00). Spanish-American War (15:24). First battle of Spanish-American war in the Philippines (15:50). Commodore Dewey and asiatic squadron on standby in Hong Kong (16:04). Painting of Commodore Dewey’s fleet in Manila Harbor (16:16). End of Spanish-American war (17:12). Hawaii accepted in Congress as US territory (17:50). American forces occupy the Philippines (18:06). Treaty of Paris - United States gets Puerto Rico, Guam, Philippines (18:37). American Secretary of State John Hay (19:26). Political cartoon of America’s Open Door Policy with China (19:32). Philippine American War (19:59). American Anti-Imperialist League (20:20) and its members Grover Cleveland (20:23) Andrew Carnegie (20:25) Mark Twain (20:27) William Jennings Bryan (20:33). Assassination of McKinley (21:02). Contributions of Theodore Roosevelt in making America a great power (21:08). Roosevelt, Strenuous Life speech (21:56). Platt Amendment - Guantanamo Bay (22:38). The addition of the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine (22:54). Roosevelt brokered settlement between Russia and Japan (23:45). Roosevelt awarded Nobel Peace Prize (23:51). Cover of Los Angeles Times announcing Philippine’s independence (24:43). Goodwill tour of The Great White Fleet (25:29). We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: “01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference.“ This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit