Unit 4: Imperialism
Bellwork:
Skip today.
Organize/grade your
notebook (what you
can).
What We Will Learn:
10.4 Students analyze patterns of global change in the era of New Imperialism in at least two
of the following regions or countries: Africa, Southeast Asia, China, India, Latin America, and
the Philippines.
12.2 Modernization in Japan
Objectives
Explain why Japan ended its
isolation.
Trace the Growth of
Japanese Imperialism.
Essential Question
How did Japan begin its
quest to build an Empire?
The Big Idea
Japan followed the model of
Western powers by industrializing
and expanding its foreign influences.
Japan’s continued development of
its own way of life has made it a
leading world power.
Japan
Japan Practices
Isolationism
• Japan wished to be
isolationist, or shut
themselves off from
other countries.
• British, French, and
American officials tried
to dock in Japan, but
Japan refused to receive
them.
Japan opens up
• U.S. Commodore Matthew
Perry was sent on behalf of
President Millard Fillmore
to open trade with Japan.
• U.S. threatens Japan
• Japan is intimidated and
eventually opens trade to
foreign nations.
Matthew Perry
Japan industrializes
Japan very quickly industrializes.
Japan imitates best ideas from west.
Built thousands of factories, thousands of miles of
railroads, etc.
Japan builds an army similar to Germany’s, a navy
like Britain’s.
Now Japan can build an empire!
Japanese
Imperialism
• Japan got in fights with
China and Russia regarding
its interest in Manchuria
(China).
• Japan eventually conquered
Korea and Taiwan.
– They were brutal rulers.
– No free speech, replaced
Korean language with
Japanese, took away farms,
etc.
Japanese Empire
Summary: Japan
Check for Understanding
What is isolationism?
Check for Understanding
Economically, what enabled Japan to become a
colonial power after 1894?
Check for Understanding
Could Japan have become an imperial power
had they not modernized?
Check for Understanding
What lands did Japan add to its empire?
Check for Understanding
Who traveled from America to Japan to force
Japan to open trade?
Refresher:
This is Latin
America
The Monroe Doctrine
• The US did not want
countries in Latin America
to be taken over by
European powers.
• In 1823, President Monroe
issued the Monroe
Doctrine, declaring all of the
Western Hemisphere off
limits to European powers.
• Cuba, controlled at the time by Spain, declared
themselves independent in 1868.
• America, wanting to protect business interest in
Cuba, joined the war on the side of Cuba.
• This was the Spanish-America War.
• America fights and
defeats Spain in Cuba
and in the
Philippines.
• America adds the
Philippines, Guam,
and Puerto Rico
(former Spanish
colonies) to its
empire.
• Cuba becomes a US
protectorate.
Panama is an isthmus. An isthmus is a narrow strip
of land which has water on each side and connects
two larger bodies of land.
An area of water that is dug across land.
Canals connect bodies of water so that ships
can travel between them.
The World’s Most Important Shortcut
• The Spanish-American War
brought the need for a short
cut between the Atlantic and
Pacific oceans.
• The United States supported a
revolution in Columbia to secure
the right to build a canal
through Central America
Hawaii
• Hawaii was important
because of its location and
abundant sugar plantations.
• The US removed Queen
Liliuokalani from power
using force.
• Hawaii was annexed for
economic reasons.
Checking for Understanding
What kind of imperialism did the US
practice?
Economic imperialism – or imperialism
in the interest of raw materials and
new markets
Checking for Understanding
According to the Monroe Doctrine, who had
to stay out of the Western Hemisphere?
Europe
Checking for Understanding
What new lands were added to the
American empire after The SpanishAmerican War?
Guan, Puerto Rico, the Philippines.
Cuba becomes protectorate.
Checking for Understanding
Why was the US interested in Hawaii?
Sugar plantations; strategic location
Imperialism Study Guide
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Imperialism Study Guide
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Common Quiz
Homework
1. Practice test (NEW ONE! This is the multiple
choice question test)
2. Post it note (last one)
3. Grade/organize your notebook. Be ready
when you come in the door.
4. World Map #2 (use numbers instead of
writing places)