1. The Lure of Imperialism
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2. I. Imperialist Activities
Several European countries were expanding their empires in the late 1800s.
They controlled areas in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, and they were joined by Japan and the United States who also wanted large empires.

3. I. Imperialist Activities
Each country wanted to expand their economies, protect themselves and expand their navies, and their sense of nationalism and their duty to improve the culture of the areas they conquered contributed to imperialism.
The U.S. had focused its attention on Manifest Destiny, and once that was achieved they looked to new areas outside of the continent.

4. II. Taking Control of Hawaii
Captain Cook was the first white person to reach Hawaii in Shortly after, the islands were united under King Kamehameha.
The U.S. first came to the islands in the 1820s. Missionaries came and they began to grow crops like sugarcane.
They also brought disease that decimated the native population.

5. II. Taking Control of Hawaii
More Americans came to grow sugar, but they had to bring in workers from China, Japan, and the Philippines because the Hawaiians were declining in population.
The Americans were controlling the land and economy of Hawaii when King Kalakaua took over in He wanted to end the Americans control of Hawaii.

6. II. Taking Control of Hawaii
He had signed a treaty with the U.S. that allowed the sugar to enter the U.S. tax free, but when they U.S. wanted to renew the treaty, they wanted Pearl Harbor as well.
Kalakaua refused, but the sugar growers had formed a group called the Hawaiian league to overthrow the monarchy, and they forced him to sign the treaty and give up his power.

7. II. Taking Control of Hawaii
His sister took over when he died, and Liliuokalani wanted to make Hawaii free again.
John Stevens was the U.S. minister to Hawaii and he stepped in by sending Marines to force Liliuokalani to surrender.
Sanford Dole was appointed president of the Republic of Hawaii, and work began to annex Hawaii by the U.S.

8. II. Taking Control of Hawaii
President Cleveland did not support annexation because of the events in Hawaii. He wanted to put Liliuokalani back in power, but he did not want to use the military to do it.
McKinley, the next president, did approve annexation, and Hawaii became a U.S. territory in 1898.

9. III. Influence in China
China was always a place that Europeans wanted to control. The Chinese had limited foreign contact until the British forced them to open more ports for trade.
Soon, other countries would become involved with China, including the U.S. They all began to fight for control of the Chinese trade.

10. III. Influence in China
The U.S. was afraid they would get blocked out of China, so they proposed the Open Door Policy that would allow for open trade in China for everyone, not just the countries that controlled their own areas.
No one said no, so the U.S. joined in the exploitation of China.

11. III. Influence in China
There was an antiforeigner movement in China led by the Boxers that began to attack Christian missionaries and Chinese Christians.
The Boxers then took over the capital Beijing, so the Western countries sent in troops to crush the “Boxer Rebellion”. The Chinese were forced to sign a treaty that made them pay the countries off for the next 40 years.

12. IV. Influence in Japan
The Japanese had been isolated by their own choice from outside influences. The U.S. decided to change that in the mid 1800s.
The navy was sent to Tokyo, and they forced Japan to open its doors for trade with the U.S.
The Japanese saw the need to industrialize or else they would be conquered, so they created industries and built up their military.

13. IV. Influence in Japan
In the late 1800s they began to increase their empire by taking over Taiwan and looking at Chinese territory and Korea.
Russia also wanted these lands, and a war between Russia and Japan broke out.
They fought for a year, and then Japan asked the U.S. to broker a peace deal.

14. IV. Influence in Japan
Japan was the clear winner in the war, and became a major power in Asia. Japan needed more resources and they wanted to compete against the U.S. for territory.
Teddy Roosevelt wanted to show the power of the U.S., so he sent the Great White Fleet on a trip around the world, to prove the U.S. was a world power.

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