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The Age of Imperialism http://www.smplanet.com/imperialism/gift.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/hawaii/
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Imperialism Definition = Expansion of a nation’s influence, by acquiring territory or by controlling another country.
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Isolationism Definition = Avoiding involvement of the affairs of other countries.
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Possession Definition = land that is acquired by: 1. purchase 2. discovery 3. conquest
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Protectorate Definition = a small or weak country that is protected by a stronger country.
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Reasons for Imperialism 1. Raw materials: sugar cane; oil, coal; etc. 2. Bragging rights: “keeping up with the Joneses”
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Reasons for Imperialism 3. Markets: places to sell our surplus (extra) goods 4. Defense: places to refuel our battle ships and to spy on the enemy
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Reasons for Imperialism 5. White Man’s Burden: “let’s civilize and Christianize the cannibals” 6. Manifest Destiny: “America is meant to expand.”
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White Man’s Burden http://www.pbs.org/crucible/ The White Man's Burden By Rudyard Kipling McClure's Magazine 12 (Feb. 1899). Take up the White Man's burden-- Send forth the best ye breed-- Go, bind your sons to exile To serve your captives' need; To wait, in heavy harness, On fluttered folk and wild-- Your new-caught sullen peoples, Half devil and half child. http://www.boondocksnet.com/ai/kipling/kipling.html
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The Age of Imperialism The time has come, wrote Captain Alfred Mahan, for Americans to turn their "eyes outward, instead of inward only, to seek the welfare of the country."
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Cartoon Views on Cuba
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More Cartoon Views
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Interpreting Political Cartoons (313)
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Panama, Panama!!
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Puerto Rico pop. 3,927,188
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Guam pop. 171,019
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U.S. Virgin Islands pop. 108,605
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American Samoa pop. 57,794
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Northern Marianas Islands pop. 82,459
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Midway Islands pop. 0
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Wake Island pop. 0
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Johnson Atoll chemical weapons dump site
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Expansion and Imperialism William H. Seward purchases Alaska for 7.2 Million Dollars 2 cents per acre Alfred T. Mahan The United States needs a strong navy to protect economic interests abroad The Influence of Sea Power upon History
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Hawaii 1 In 1787 Captain James Cook is the first European to discover Hawaii Missionaries go to Hawaii to convert the Hawaiians and open businesses raising sugarcane In 1875, sugar can be shipped duty free to the United States
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Hawaii 2 1890 – McKinley Tariff allows countries to ship sugar duty free to the United States Tariff also gives a subsidy to U.S. sugar producers causing the price to plummet and destroy the Hawaiian economy 1893 – planters revolt against Queen Liliuokalani when she tries to restore power to the monarchy
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Hawaii 3 U.S. sends 150 marines in to support the planters although no shots are fired 1898 – Islands become annexed 1900 – U.S. territory 1959 – 50 th U.S. state
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The Opening of Japan Prior to 1850’s Japan is an isolationist country. WHY??? Millard Fillmore sends Commodore Matthew Perry to open up Japan 1853 – 4 US warships arrive in Japan 1854 – Perry’s second expedition to Japan 1858 – Japanese sign trade agreement 1868 – Restoration of the Meiji Dynasty
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Commodore Mathew Perry
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Foreign Powers in China With a partner, in your textbooks read pages 292-293 and complete the next section in your notes.
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