What is Imperialism:
http://regentsprep.org/Regents/global/themes/imperialism/index.cfm
Practiced by
European nations
and Japan
throughout the
1800s and early
1900s. U.S, Early
1900’s. In every
case, a nation
would experience
industrialization
prior to practicing
imperialism on a
foreign nation or
region. This was
due to the nearly
insatiable (always
needing) demand
for cheap raw
materials and the
need for markets
to buy
manufactured
(finished) goods.
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IMPERIALISM AND AMERICA
• Thus began America’s
jump into Imperialism
– the policy in which
stronger
industrialized nations
take control over
weaker nations for
raw materials and
markets study.com
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Who Activities #1, 2
AMERICA CLAIMS
AN EMPIRE
SAFARI Montage chap 3 U.S. & The World
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THE U.S. ACQUIRES
ALASKA Became a state on
• In 1867, Secretary of
State William
Seward arranged for
the United States to
buy Alaska from the
Russians for $7.2
million
• Alaska is rich in
timber, minerals, oil
and gold.
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January 3, 1959
Map
U.S. TAKES HAWAII
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• Hawaii had been
economically and
militarily (Pearl
Harbor) important to
Americans for
centuries
• To avoid import taxes
(tariffs), American
sugar/fruit growers led
by Sanford Dole
pleaded for
annexation(to join the
U.S.). 1898 Annexed,
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State 1959
Alaska
Map
Hawaii
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Spanish American War
SAFARI Montage chap. 4 U.S. & The World
Who Activities #3, 4
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BACKGROUND
• Many Americans grew
sugar cane and coffee
and owned land.
• Cubans wanted
freedom from
oppressive Spanish
government.
Marti
• Their rebel leader poet
Jose Marti, needed
American help.
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WAR FEVER ESCALATES
“I’ll Bring You War Book BVd”
p. 2 Notes
Newspaper publishers Hearst (New
York Journal) Pulitzer (New York
World) “Headline Wars”
What was
Yellow
Journalism?
Exciting but
untrue stories
printed by a
newspaper to
attract more
readers and
sell more
newspapers
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U.S.S MAINE EXPLODES
4 Square Activity #4 P. 3 Notes
Call ZVD
BEGIN
Before
After
• Early in 1898,
President McKinley
ordered the U.S.S.
Maine to Cuba in
order to bring home
American citizens in
danger
• On February 15, 1898
the ship blew up in the
harbor of Havana
• More than 260 men
were killed
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Is this “Yellow
Journalism”?
Explain or
describe this
cartoon
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WAR ERUPTS WITH SPAIN
• There was no holding
back those that
wanted war with Spain
• Newspapers blamed
the Spanish for
bombing the U.S.S.
Maine (recent
investigations have
shown it was a fire
inside the Maine)
• “Remember the
Maine!” became a
rallying cry for U.S.
intervention in Cuba
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Causes or Reasons for War:
p. 4 Notes study.com
Protection of American
business interests or
economic interest in Cuba
American support of
Cuban rebels to gain
independence from Spain
The sinking of the U.S.S. Maine
in the
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Havana Harbor of Cuba
SO…
under pressure
from American
public opinion,
President William
McKinley
declared war on
Spain in 1898
The SpanishAmerican War
fought in the
Philippines…and
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Cuba.
THE WAR IN THE PHILIPPINES
• U.S. forces surprised
Spain by attacking
the Spanish colony
of the Philippines.
• 11,000 Americans
joined forces with
Filipino rebel leader
Emilo Aguinaldo.
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The United States attacked and
destroyed Spain’s Pacific fleet in the
Philippine Islands
MIDDLE
Super
Quick
By August, 1898 Spain had
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Manila.
THE WAR IN THE CARIBBEAN
MIDDLE
• A naval
blockade of
Cuba was
followed by a
land invasion
highlighted by
Roosevelt’s
Rough Rider
victory at San
Juan Hill
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1st
•17,000 troops were
sent in wool with
out-dated weapons
•The “Rough
Riders” A SPECIAL
ARMY UNIT took
San Juan Hill
outside Santiago –
led by Teddy
Roosevelt (10TH
Calvary helped)
•They were a group
of athletes, cowboys,
miners, etc.
TEDDY
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2nd
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• The American
Navy destroyed
the Spanish fleet
and paved the
way for an
invasion of
Puerto Rico
(Spanish colony)
3rd
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U.S. WINS; SIGNS TREATY OF
PARIS
Effects of
END
War:
• The U.S. and Spain signed
an armistice on August 12,
1898, ending what
Secretary of State John
Hay called “a splendid little
war.”
• The war lasted only 16
weeks. 500 died
• Cuba was now
independent.
• U.S. receives Guam,
Puerto Rico, and “bought”
the Philippines for $20
Treaty of Paris, 1898
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million .
…Now the
U.S. controls
the Pacific
islands
of
Puerto Rico,
Guam
and the
Philippines.
Pop Effects of War:
Rocks
Go
Pop
NOTE: Puerto Rico & Guam remain
territories of the U.S. today.
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The United States was now seen as a
world power. P. 5 Notes
Effects of
War:
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The Results
Manifest
Destiny Rap
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Three Presidents
Deal with our new
“World Power”
• Theodore
•
Roosevelt:
Roosevelt
Corollary
Big Stick
Diplomacy
“Political Talk”
Taft – “Dollar Diplomacy”
Let $ Talk for U.S. SAFARI
Montage chap. 8 U.S. & The World
• Wilson – “Moral Diplomacy”
Lead by example, let
people rule themselves.
“Self Determination”
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Roosevelt Corollary:
Roosevelt adds to the
Monroe Doctrine
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Monroe Doctrine
• Europe stay out of our backyard
“the America’s” and we will stay
out of yours “Europe”
Teddy added we have the
right to interfere in
economic matters of the
Americas.
We acted as international
police. “STILL DO”
Painted ships white, sailed around world
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THE PANAMA CANAL
Big Stick at Work SAFARI Montage chap. 7
U.S. & The World p. 6 Notes
• By the early 20th century,
many Americans
understood the
advantages of a canal
through Panama.
• It would greatly reduce
travel times for
commercial and military
ships by providing a
short cut between the
Atlantic and Pacific
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oceans.
“The shortcut”
BUILDING THE PANAMA
CANAL 1904-1914
• The French had
already
unsuccessfully
attempted to build a
canal through Panama
• America first had to
help Panama win their
independence from
Colombia – which it
did 2days
• Construction of the
Canal stands as one
Cost- $380 million
of the greatest
Workers– Over 40,000 (5,600 died)
engineering feats of
Time – Construction took 10 years
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How the Locks work video
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This view, provided by NASA, shows the thin blue line
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(canal) cutting across the middle of Panama.
Almost 1,000,000 ships have passed through the canal,
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which became sole property
Panama
in the year 2000.
FOREIGN INFLUENCE IN CHINA
SAFARI Montage chap. 5b
• China was a vast
potential market for
American products.
• Weakened by war and
foreign intervention,
many European
countries had colonized
in China
• In 1889, John Hay, U.S.
Secretary of State,
issued the Open Door
Policy which outlined
his plan for free trade
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Foreign
nations were
opening the
door to
China’s trade
The United States gained possession
of territories overseas…
• Guam
• Philippines
• Puerto Rico
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…and acquired new territories
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How much
do you
remember?
John Green
Crash
Course
Review on
Imperialism
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You Tube
Review Video
10 min