1. U.S. Expansion in the Pacific
Reasons for expansion in the Pacific?
Why there?
Mini-simulation: Setting sail…

2. Major Acquisitions Midway Samoa Islands “Bird Poop” Islands Hawaii
Pago Pago
“Bird Poop” Islands
Hawaii
8 Major Islands
Pearl Harbor

3. HAWAII Brainstorm: What comes to mind when you hear the word: Hawaii
Discuss formation of the islands.
Continental drift
Plate tectonics
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4. Hawaii
Homework (Footholds in the Pacific)

5. The Situation in Asia
China
Japan

6. China Throughout the 1800’s countries competed for influence in China…
Why?
Japan, Germany, Russia, Great Britain, Austria, Italy, and France all hold land in China.
“Spheres of Influence”

7. Modern China…

8. Boxer Rebellion An uprising in China directed against foreigners.
Rebellion is eventually crushed by foreign forces…
…but the message is clear.
RESULT: Practice of carving out Spheres of Influence comes to an end.
“Open Door Policy”
But…

10. Japan
In the years after the Boxer Rebellion, tensions between Japan and Russia begin to rise.
Both have interests in Manchuria and Korea.
Negotiations between the two countries break down.
Russo-Japanese War.
The matchup…
SURPRISE!!

11. 18000 miles

12. Treaty of Portsmouth
President Theodore Roosevelt offers to help settle the conflict.
Japan gets rights to Korea – promises to halt expansion in the region.
Russia gives up ports in China and evacuates forces from Manchuria.

13. Results
Japan is now considered the naval power in the Western Pacific.
First time an Asian nation had defeated a European power.

15. 10) Shanghai, China 16,650,000
9) Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto, Japan 17,375,000
8) New Delhi, India 18,600,000
7) São Paulo, Brazil 18,850,000
6) Jakarta, Indonesia 18,900,000
5) Mumbai-Bombay India 19,200,000
4) New York City, USA 19,750,000
3) Mexico City, Mexico 20,450,000
2) Seoul, South Korea 20,550,000
1) Tokyo, Japan 32,450,000