2. November 29, 2011 M11.E.4.1.1 Estimate or calculate to make predictions based on a circle, line, bar graph or given situation. –Turn to page 295 in book use map to answer questions 1.What is the total number of imports from Cuba in the years 1891-1894? 2.Which year has the least amount of exports from Cuba and how much was it? 3.How much more was imported in 1893 then exported?

3. Imperialism Extending a nations power by gaining territories Three reasons: Raw materials (copper,tin,rubber) New markets Source of power and national pride

4. Isolationism Avoiding involvement in affairs of other nations “Steer clear of permanent alliances”

5. Alaska 1867 Purchased from Russia $7.2 million less than 2 cents per acre Size 600,000 square miles Fur Timber Gold

6. Midway Islands 1867 Half way between United States and Japan Naval station for United States would prove beneficial in WWII William Seward

7. Hawaii Sugar plantations Missionaries –Converting Hawaiians to Christianity Annexed –2.1.1893 through military coercion by USA 50 th state in 1959 Queen Liliuokalani

8. 1899 cartoon. Uncle Sam balances his new possessions, which are depicted as savage children. The figures are identified as Puerto Rico, Hawaii, Cuba, Philippines, and "Ladrones" (the Mariana Islands)