Professor edwards all right. Today we are talking about u. S. Empire abroad. And im going to start with the question like always. So lets start with a question. So the question for today is why did the u. S. Become a global empire . Why did the u. S. Become a global empire . Why did the u. S. Become a global empire . Ok. Why did the u. S. Become a global empire . Ok. Before we get too far. Im going to start with the first slide here. This is a political cartoon from a magazine in 1899. It says school begins. Uncle sam to his new class in civilization. Now, children, youve got to learn these lessons whether you want to or not. But just take a look at the class ahead of you, and remember that in a little while, you will feel as glad to be here as they are. All right. So it might be hard for you to see. But the students are labeled, cuba, puerto rico, hawaii and the philippines. And these are supposed to be students that are named for the states that were already part of the United States
Ms. Fraser very busy for the last two days, and we have had a wonderful crowd turn out each time. We sold out of the book. Its been really satisfying to it has been really satisfying, and to have cspan here taping this to show on television is the icing on the cake. It is such a wonderful feeling to know something so positive representing Jefferson County will be on national television. My job tonight [applause] peoplentroduce the two on the podium who will be conducting this conversation. Jane henderson is the editor at book editor at the st. Louis postdispatch. She granted waited from the university it graduated from the university of columbia with degrees in journalism and english literature. She worked as a copy editor for the st. Louis globe democrat in the mid1980s, and after three years in the newsroom of the hartford post in connecticut, she returned to st. Louis and has been an editor and writer with their features department for 30 years. She has signed and edits edited book
Next a visit to Smithsonian National portrait gallery. In the second of a two part program, American History tv is given a guide id tour mark the centennial of the 19th amendment. Miss lemay examines the tactics under the leadership of alice paul. Hi. Im the curator of votes for women. Its on view at the National Portrait gallery at the smithsonian institution. Im standing in front of what we call your title treatment. Its a large blow up of a german born actress. She was acting as columbia, a figure which represents the United States during the conclusion of the 1913 parade in washington, d. C. And thats just one event of the long Suffrage Movement that this exhibit highlights. We have 124 objects that goes into the long history beginning in 1832 and bringing it right up to 1920, but the then also declaring the 19 th amendment which it didnt do which was enfranchise all women including women of color and i took it up to the Voting Rights act of 1965. If youll come with me, well go and
All right. Today we are talking about u. S. Empire abroad. And im going to start with the question like always. So lets start with a question. So the question for today is why did the u. S. Become a global empire . Why did the u. S. Become a global empire . Why did the u. S. Become a global mpire . Ok. Why did the u. S. Become a global mpire . Ok. Before we get too far. Im going to start with the first slide here. This is a political cartoon from a magazine in 1899. It says school begins. Uncle sam to his new class in civilization. Now, children, youve got to learn these lessons whether you want to or not. But just take a look at the class ahead of you, and remember that in a little while, you will feel as glad to be here as they are. All right. So it might be hard for you to see. But the students are latered, cuba, puerto rico, hawaii and the philippines. And these are supposed to be students that are named for the states that were already part of the United States. And if you will in
Empire . Why did the u. S. Become a global empire . Ok. Before we get too far. Im going to start with the first slide here. This is a political cartoon from a magazine in 1899. It says school begins. Uncle sam to his new class in civilization. Now, children, youve got to learn these lessons whether you want to or not. But just take a look at the class ahead of you, and remember that in a little while, you will feel as glad to be here as they are. All right. So it might be hard for you to see. But the students are labeled, cuba, puerto rico, hawaii and the philippines. And these are supposed to be students that are named for the states that were already part of the United States. And if you will in the back this is supposed to be an africanamerican cleaning the windows, an indigenous student at the back, and this is supposed to be a Chinese Student that are excluded entirely. This is whats summing up the stuff were going to talk about in this class. Background. Lets do the definition of