1. What were the causes of U.S. expansion overseas in the late 1800s?
Becoming a World Power – 1917 Causes and effects of the United States interest in overseas expansion
What were the causes of U.S. expansion overseas in the late 1800s?
Causes Effects
Economic leaders sought new markets and raw materials.
Political leaders wanted to establish a military presence overseas.
Establishing refueling stations
Americans’ belief in the superiority of culture also fueled expansion.
United States gain territories in the Caribbean and the Pacific (Hawaii, Soma, Cuba)
United States purchased Alaska
The United States issues an Open Door Policy which allows all nations to trade with China.

2. America Spreading its Wings
In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, the United States began to extend its power around the world. The impetus for this global expansion was a combination of enterprising capitalism, a vibrant patriotism, and missionary impulse.

3. Becoming a World Power
Where was the focus of U.S. expansion before the late 1800s?
• How did William Seward contribute to U.S. expansion?
• Why did the American planters’ request for the annexation of Hawaii fail in the early s?

4. Reasons for Overseas Expansion
Economic Interests
Expanded market to global community
Made more MONEY

5. Access to Resources Access to resources
Alaska: oil, timber, gold, copper and furs
Hawaii: sugar cane and pineapple
Cuba: sugar cane

6. United States interest in the Pacific
Refueling stations
Pacific islands were ideal for ships to stop and refuel when headed west
Guam
Midway Island
Wake Island
Hawaii
Samoa Islands

7. Trade routes Quicker way to get to Asia and the West Coast of the U. S
Trade routes Quicker way to get to Asia and the West Coast of the U.S Increased global market Trade Routes

8. Why did the United States Look overseas?
Opening japan to Trade – page 680
Purchasing Alaska – page 680 (“Seward’s Folly”)
Manifest Destiny – page 681
Samoa - page 683
Annexation of Hawaii - page 683

9. Effects of Overseas Expansion
Open Door Policy
Secretary of State John Hay wanted all countries to trade with China on an equal basis
Most countries responded NEITHER yes or no
Hay publicly announced all countries were on board