1. Unit 3: The Rise of Modern America as a Global Power: Imperialism and World War I (1898-1920)
Expansion in the Pacific
War With Spain
Expansion in Latin America
World War I Breaks Out
The United States Goes to War
The War at Home
The War’s End and Aftermath

2. Expansion in the Pacific (Hawaii, China, Japan)
Ch. 11 (s.1)
Expansion in the Pacific (Hawaii, China, Japan)

3. Definition of Imperialism
The quest for colonial empires
Industrialized nations compete for…
New markets to sell products
Raw materials and natural resources
Cheap labor
Power, prestige, global influence
Spread democracy/Christianity
“God, Gold, Glory” = Power

4. American Imperialism Begins
Nations such as Great Britain, Germany, France, Spain, etc. had been expanding territory into areas of Africa & Asia
The US was not used to being involved on the global “stage” like this

5. Supporters of Imperialism (do not copy down the quotes)
Henry Cabot Lodge – Senator from Mass. who supported Imperialism
‘Small states are of the past & have no future…the great nations are rapidly absorbing for their future expansion & their present defense all the waste places of the earth. It is a movement which makes for civilization & the advancement of the race. As one of the great nations of the world, the U.S. must not fall out of the line of march’
Alfred Thayer Mahan – officer, U.S. Naval War College who supported Imperialism
‘Having no foreign establishments, either colonial or military, the (U.S.) ships of war…will be like land birds, unable to fly far from their own shores. To provide resting-places for them, where they can coal & repair, would be one of the 1st duties of a gov’t…’

6. US Interests in Hawaii Christian missionaries (1820s)  God
Investors—sugar cane  Gold
Control Hawaiian resources/trade  Gold
Overthrow Hawaiian government  Glory
Annexed Hawaii 1898/US territory by 1900
GOD, GOLD, GLORY = POWER!

7. US Interests in China Sec. of State, John Hay: 1899 – Open Door Policy
A policy stating that ALL nations have equal access to trade and investments in China
This policy was never formally accepted/rejected by France, GB, Russia or Japan, but the US declared it approved
Different nations divide China into separate “Spheres of Influence”
Regions where a particular country has exclusive rights over mines, railroads and trade
China tries to respond to foreign intrusions by rebelling:
Boxer Rebellion 1900 (weakens China even more)
Japan v. Russia for China 1904

8. Japan becomes a global power
In 1904, Japan attacked Russian troops in Manchuria (a hotly contested Chinese territory) and won several key battles but Russia wouldn’t give up Manchuria
In 1905, Teddy Roosevelt negotiated a peace between Japan & Russia (won the Nobel Peace Prize)

9. The Great White Fleet
To remind Japan of American power, T. Roosevelt sent 16 battleships and 4 destroyers (hulls painted white) on a world cruise, coming to a rest in Japan