1. Thursday 10/30 RAP What were the concerns of labor protesters during the late 1800s? What are some concerns of protesters, in major cities in the US, today? Today –Reading like a historian—Chinese exclusion—15 minutes –Review Reaching for an Empire; 7.4-pages 218-223—20 minutes –Review for Unit 2 Test –Ch. 5, 6, & 7 on Friday Objective: –Understand similarities between the protesters of the 1800s with protesters today. –Describe the desire to expand US interests to areas in the western hemisphere. –Understand how the idea of Manifest Destiny related to the expansion of the country’s boundaries.

2. Ch. 7.4 Questions Please open your textbook to page 218. –As a class read the intro. Get out your questions on Ch. 7.4 –Read and complete the questions and notes on Ch. 7.4 U.S. 7. 4REACHING FOR AN EMPIRE

3. Ch. 7.4 Vocabulary to know Expansionism-the process of increasing the territory of the U.S. Missionary-religious teachers who went to foreign countries to convert native peoples. Armistice-cease fire.

4. Ch. 7.4 Notes Monroe Doctrine –1823-message to European powers: no more European colonies in the Western Hemisphere. –Foreign military would be seen as a threat to the U.S. –“police force” protecting emerging nations in the entire hemisphere. –Polk implemented the Monroe Doctrine 20 years later.

5. Polk and Manifest Destiny #1 Sea to shining sea –Settlers moving into foreign owned areas—Oregon, Texas, and California. –Polk supported expansionism (process of increasing the territory of the U.S) –Americans supported Manifest Destiny-U.S. superior country and had the right to invade, conquer, and occupy. –1846, land above the forty-ninth parallel went to Great Britain and the U.S. would retain what is south. –1848, U.S. acquire parts of Mexico with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and Gadsden purchase.

6. Police the Hemisphere #2 Spain, Britain and France all sent troops into our hemisphere when the U.S was busy with the Civil War. U.S. troops after the Civil War went to the Mexican border to help push French troops out…by 1867 France left.

7. Worldwide Ambitions #3 Why expand? –Some felt it would increase our glory and prestige around the world. –U.S. was a model country and felt a moral obligation. –Spread democracy and Protestant Christian values. Missionaries sent out. –Biggest reason---New economic markets.

8. Japan and China Treaties with China in 1844 opened up export of cloth, iron, and fur in exchange for tea, silk, porcelain, and jade. Commodore Matthew Perry opened up Japan in 1854. –Japan had coal…we needed coal for transportation and machinery. Korea was opened to the U.S. in the 1880s.

9. New Lands #4 Secretary of State William Seward –1867, U.S. seize Midway islands in the Pacific… it is strategically located along the trade route to China and Japan. –Also, buys Alaska from Russia for 7.2 million. Newspapers mocked him…calling Alaska “Seward’s folly” Later riches like gold, copper, and oil stopped that.

10. Pacific #5 1878, U.S. acquire naval rights to a naval station in Somoa. –Trade route to Australia. Hawaii, sugar entered the U.S. duty free after American planters were allowed there in 1875.Hawaii By 1887, pressure on the King granted the U.S. rights to build a naval base at Pearl Harbor to protect American interests in the Pacific. Queen Liliuokalani did not like this…”Hawaii for the Hawaiians.” Marines surrounded the palace, and missionaries took control of the islands. Took five years for congress to official annex the islands.

11. War with Spain #6 1895, Cuban rebels fought for independence from Spain.Cuban rebels fought for independence from Spain. –Spanish forced some 300,000 rebels into concentration camps where tens of thousands died. –Battleship Maine blows up in the waters near Cuba. –Headlines scream “Remember the Maine! To Hell with Spain!” This is an example of yellow journalism. Later came out that it was an accident. –Rough riders go into fight. (Teddy Roosevelt) –By July 17 th of 1898, the U.S had secured Cuba. –On August 12, Spain signed an armistice.Spain signed an armistice. Spain granted independence to Cuba, and ceded Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines to the U.S for $20 million.Spain granted independence to Cuba, and ceded Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines to the U.S for $20 million

12. Philippines #7 U.S. was claiming to fight to liberate the Philippines. Philippines. –Wanted independence! –President McKinley felt it would be “cowardly and dishonorable” to return the island to the Spanish. Also, argued that the Filippinos were unfit for self government. Americans should keep to uplift and Christianize the people. –Philippines were really wanted for resources, markets in the Orient, and close to areas in S.E. Asia.

13. Study guide for unit 2 test Please work quietly on the study guide for unit 2 test

14. Unit 2 Test Get out a piece of paper. –Title: Unit 2 Test Name Period Test ID– A or B Number 1-

15. Review—Ch. 5 Lewis and Clark Louisiana Purchase Manifest Destiny Henry Clay Andrew Jackson William Lloyd Garrison Frederick Douglass War with Mexico

16. Review Ch. 6 Civil War Advantages of the North Sharecropping Gerrymandering Enslaved life Why sectionalism developed Poll taxes Underground railroad exodusters

17. Review Ch. 7—New Frontiers Northwest Ordinance Mary Harris Jones John D. Rockefeller Andrew Carnegie James K. Polk Social Darwinism National Market Strikes Midway Islands Spain's treaty after Spanish-American War. Resources in the west Vertical Integration Horizontal Integration Dawes Severalty Act First land rush Homestead Act Philippines Independence

18. Thursday Unit 2 Test Begin reading Ch. 8.1; pages 234-239—take notes on –Shame of the Cities--what was it? immigration social problems political corruption –industrial disorder--hurting small businesses and workers-what happened?

19. Thursday 11/7 RAP- What does Manifest Destiny mean? Today: -Stamp; Review and turn in 7.4 Questions -Review for Unit 2 Test –Ch. 5, 6, & 7 on Friday