Concetti Chiave
- In the 1890s, the USA adopted an imperialistic policy to replace the loss of the Frontier, leading to the annexation of the Hawaiian Islands.
- The USA engaged in a brief war with Spain over Cuba, defending its economic interests, and Cuba eventually became a free republic.
- President Roosevelt expanded American influence by securing the lease of the Panama Canal Zone, enhancing strategic territorial positions.
- Industrial growth in the USA was accompanied by a surge of uneducated immigrant laborers, including ex-slaves and individuals from central and eastern Europe.
- World War I saw the USA join Britain after initially remaining neutral, driven by President Wilson's decision to send American soldiers to Europe.
The USA: the beginning of the imperialism
In the 1890s the Americans were aware of the fact that the Frontier no longer existed.
It represented an important part of the American Dream of new opportunities.
USA's policy became imperialistic to compensate the loss of the frontier, and USA annexed the Hawaiian Islands.
There was a short war between the USA and Spain in Cuba, because the US wanted defend their economic interests on the island. Cuba soon became a free republic.
The president Roosevelt obtained the lease to the Panama Canal Zone and in this way he could enlarge the American territory through strategic positions.
Industry and immigration
While the industrial enterprises were developing, a vast and uneducated immigrant proletariat was crowding the slums.
Many of these workers were ex slaves, others came from central and eastern Europe.
The first world war
in 1914, the Archduke of Austria, Ferdinand, was murdered: Austria and Germania declared war on Serbia.
France Russia and Britain were allied with Serbia against Austria and Germany.
During the war the Britain was sweep because of patriotism and hatred of the Germans.
King George V changed his German name to an English Windsor.
After Italy supported France and Britain.
Russia withdrew after the Bolshevik Revolution and the USA supported Britain.
According to the American President Wilson, the USA could not longer remain neutral, and he send soldiers to Europe.
British efforts
During the war a high number of deaths and injuries was recorded.
The war took place in the trenches of northern France and for the first time airplanes, tanks, chemical weapons were used.
This war was a shock for the generation which supported patriotism and now observed the horrors of modern warfare.
The twenties and the thirties
The vote for women
During the World War I women had taken men’s places in the factories.
The battle for the right to vote was fought by the “Suffragettes” or Women’s Suffrage Movement.
The suffragettes was forced to use violence for securing equal political rights for women.
The suffragettes were forced to use violence for securing equal political rights for women: their meeting were often broken up by police, and many of them were sent to prison.
Domande da interrogazione
- ¿Por qué Estados Unidos adoptó una política imperialista en los años 1890?
- ¿Cuál fue el impacto de la Primera Guerra Mundial en la sociedad británica?
- ¿Cómo contribuyeron las mujeres a la sociedad durante y después de la Primera Guerra Mundial?
Estados Unidos adoptó una política imperialista para compensar la pérdida de la frontera, lo que llevó a la anexión de las Islas Hawaianas y a la intervención en Cuba para defender sus intereses económicos.
La Primera Guerra Mundial causó un gran número de muertes y lesiones, y fue un shock para la generación que apoyaba el patriotismo, al enfrentarse a los horrores de la guerra moderna en las trincheras del norte de Francia.
Durante la Primera Guerra Mundial, las mujeres ocuparon los lugares de los hombres en las fábricas y lucharon por el derecho al voto a través del Movimiento Sufragista, liderado por Emmeline Pankhurst y sus hijas, enfrentándose a la violencia y la represión policial.
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