3. Emergence as a World Power
AIM: What caused the shift in U.S. foreign policy?

4. I. Paradigm Shift
ISOLATIONISM
IMPERIALISM

5. REASONS FOR U.S.
IMPERIALISM

6. II. Beginnings of U.S. Imperialism
Alabama Claims
1. U.S. insists G.B. pay $2 billion for
damages caused during the Civil
War.
2. Arbitration awards U.S. $ million

7. 3. U.S. British Relations

8. B. Alaska Sec. of State William Seward: Expansionist
Purchases it for $7.2 million
“Seward’s Folly”

9. Seward’s Folly

10. C. Hawaii Treaty of Wanghai- 1844 Missionaries flock to China
Hawaii is a “way station”
Sugar Plantations
1854- First overture towards statehood

11. Recipriocity Treaty – 1875
Hawaiian sugar enters U.S. duty free in exchange for Pearl Harbor
McKinley Tariff hurt Hawaiian economy

12. Planters overthrow Queen Liliuokalani
“The Hawaiian pear is now fully ripe, and this is the golden hour for the United States to pluck it.”
8. President Cleveland declined annexing due to the undue influence of American sugar planters

13. Pres. McKinley used a Joint Resolution
Pres. McKinley used a Joint Resolution of Congress to annex before Japan gained control of it.
Hawaii annexed