Imperialism and America
Guided Notes
Background
 After Civil War, Americans interested in
- Reconstructing the ________
- Settling the ________
- Building up ____________
 Not wanting to expand
Change of Course
 Opinion on expansion begins to shift in the 1880’s  Why?
- The U.S. has a desire to become a _____________________
 Imperialism: Where a stronger country __________ their way of life onto a ___________ country
Has the US done this already?
•____________ Doctrine: told Europe to stay out affairs in Western Hemisphere
•____________ Destiny: God-given right to expand from Atlantic Ocean to Pacific Ocean
•Frederick Jackson Turner’s Thesis
–US will expand beyond its ____________ to continue the frontier
Why did America join the imperialist club in the early 1900s? (3 Reasons)
1. Thirst for New Markets
 According to the chart, how much did the U.S. invest overseas by 1908?
 What did we need in order to sell our goods that we overproduced?
 _______________________ were needed to run our factories.
2. Desire for Military Strength
 The following locations were either U.S. possessions or protectorates:
- Hawaii (_________)
- Midway Island (__________)
- Wake Island/Guam/Philippines/Cuba (_________)
- American Samoa (___________)
- Panama Canal Zone (__________)
 Who wrote “The Influence of Sea Power on the World”?
 Mahan argued that control of the ______ was key to world dominance
 US builds up ________ to get this control
 What kind of race does the world engage in?
 The US Navy’s flagship was named ________________
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The Great White Fleet and Japan
 How many ships did the United States send out to show their strength to the world?
 Commodore _______________________ brings US ships into Japan
Had Japan been open or closed to foreigners?
 Perry ________________ Japan to open trade with US
 Japan worked out a deal to open trade to the ________________________
In 1854, The Treaty of ________________ was established.
3. Cultural Superiority
 Social Darwinism
- Survival of the ________________
- What did the US say they need to do with the inferior people of the world?
- The _______________ race is at the center of “The Hierarchy of Race”?
- Whose “burden” is it to take care of the WORLD?
Religious/Missionary Interests
 In 1905, the United States set up missionaries in _____________
Closing the American Frontier
 Who said the American Frontier was closed and we need to go beyond that?
Hawaii: “Crossroads of the Pacific”
 The U.S. had ____________________ in Hawaii
- When was the Imiola Church first built in the Hawaii?
 How does the U.S. view Hawaiians?
- Hawaii becomes a U.S. ____________________ in 1849.
 The Queen of Hawaii is __________________________
- Using the map, name three areas that link to the Hawaiian Islands?
 U.S. Business Interests in Hawaii
- What did the Reciprocity Treaty make tax free in 1875?
- Why did the McKinley Tariff (1890) place a tax on imported sugar?
- In 1893, _________________________ backed an uprising against Queen Liliuokalani
- Who proclaims Hawaii as a republic in 1894?
 To the Victor Belongs the Spoils
- In what year was Hawaii annexed as a U.S. territory?
 The U.S. naval base in Hawaii is called ________________________
Alaska
 Acquiring “Seward’s Icebox”
In what year did William Seward convince the United States to purchase Alaska?
- The United States paid ______ million to Russia
- Why did people call it “Seward’s Folly”?