U.S. Over Seas Expansion

North to Alaska William Seward: ●Secretary of State ●Wanted the US to grow ●Alaska would increase the size of the US by 20% ●Alaska had valuable fur, mining and fising

Alaska It’s Really Big!

March 30, 1867 Alaska bought from Russia ●We paid 7.2 million dollars ●Some attacked Seward o “Seward’s Icebox” “Seward’s Folly” ●Alaska became very valuable when gold was discovered ●Today they have the largest salmon industry ●Discovery of oil in the 1970s made Alaska rich.

Hawaii

Planter’s Paradise ●Planters moved to Hawaii to grow sugar cane and pineapple

Liliuokalani first Queen of Hawaii ●She wanted foreign control out of Hawaii ●She was not going to renew agreements with US planters ●1893 she was over thrown ●Hawaii was annexed (made part of) by the US in 1898

Queen Liliuokalani

Spanish American War Causes: ●Spain controlled Cuba and Puerto Rico ●1895 Cuban’s revolted and many were imprisoned by Spain ●US angered over Cuban imprisonments and loss of US businesses in Cuba ●US Sent the battleship the Maine to Cuba ●The Maine’s goal was to protect lives of US citizens and property in Cuba. ●Feb. 15, 1898 the Maine explodes and is destroyed killing 260 ●Congress declared war April 25, 1898

Yellow Journalism ●False or exaggerated reporting to sell newspapers ●Newspapers falsely reported that Spain torpedoed the Maine ●Newspaper articles against Spain made American citizens demand war.

War with Spain ●The US destroyed Spanish fleets in Philippines ●Theodore Roosevelt led “Rough Riders” volunteer soldiers ●African American soldiers “Buffalo Soldiers” were experienced fight in the Native American Wars so they were key in helping defeat Spain.

Rough Riders/ Buffalo Soldiers

Victory ●War ended August 1898 ●US got o Puerto Rico o Philippines o Guam ●Cuba became independent ●Victory showed US was a powerful nation ●Teddy Roosevelt becomes a national hero