Imperialism

Imperialism

Multiple Choice

What is imperialism?

• A weak country resisting being taken over by a stronger country

• A stronger country taking over a weaker country by diplomacy, making agreements, or by military force

• A strong country being cool to weaker countries, by leaving them alone

Multiple Choice

What does it mean to be a stronger country in terms of imperialism?

• A country that has more military and industrial power compared to another country

• A country that works out more than another country

• A country that has more people than another country

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Which of the following are reasons the US practiced Imperialism?

• Economic - to sell American goods to other places around the world

• Economic - to take resources from other countries

• Political - To show that the United states has military power

• Social - To spread christianity

• Social - To "educate" or take care of people they considered to be weak

Alaska and Hawaii

• While we look at how the US gained these two states in class we will focus on the following ideas

• Interest - Why did the US want these lands

• Action - What did the US do to take over these lands

• Outcome - What was the effect after the US took over

Alaska - Purchased by the United States in 1867

Alaska Interests

• The United States becomes interested in Alaska for two reasons.

• First - The US did not want Russia or Great Britain to control Alaska

Russia owned Alaska until the year 1867.

Alaska is closer to Russia than it is to the United States!

Alaska - Actions

• The US purchases Alaska from Russia in 1867 for $7.2 million

• “Seward’s Folly” - Making fun of the man who purchased Alaska, because it was seen as a bad decision

• The U.S. doesn’t even set up a government until 1884

  People begin to be interested in Alaska when gold is discovered in 1896

Alaska - Outcome

• Weakens Russia and Great Britain's control over North America, the United States becomes stronger

• Alaska has natural resources that the US acquires like gold, diamonds, oil

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How does the United States acquire Alaska?

• The US fights for Alaska in a war with Russia

• The US annexes Russia, they take it over

• The US buys Alaska from Russia

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Which of the following are reasons the US practiced Imperialism by Purchasing Alaska?

• Economic - to sell American goods to other places around the world

• Economic - to take resources from other countries

• Political - To show that the United states has military power

• Social - To spread christianity

• Social - To "educate" or take care of people they considered to be weak

Multiple Choice

What Natural Resources were the United States able to take from Alaska?

• Polar Bears, Penguins and Moose

• Oil, Gold, Diamonds and Furs

• Steel, Iron and Coal

Multiple Choice

The United States gains more control over North America because they purchase Alaska?

• True

• False

Hawaii is annexed by the United States in 1898.

Vocabulary - Annexation

Forcibly taking land from another group.

The US forces the Queen of Hawaii to give up control of the island to the United States.

Natives of Hawaii

Native people of Hawaii have their own culture, usually referred to as Polynesian culture. Polynesian describes people who live on islands in the Pacific ocean, which there are more than 1000 of them. These natives settled in Hawaii and lived isolated for over 500 years.

Hawaii - Interests

• In 1820 white missionaries, for the first time, arrived in Hawaii to spread Christianity to the native peoples.

Hawaii - Interest

• Businesses quickly moved into Hawaii to take their natural resources

• Sugar plantations = $$$, Hawaiian sugar was allowed to enter U.S. markets tax-free

• The U.S. also leases Pearl Harbor as a naval base in 1887

• Hawaii can make no trade agreements with other countries

Hawaii - Actions

• In 1887 a new tax was created to be enforced on sugar from Hawaii

• This tax would make sugar more expensive to be brought into the United States

• U.S. citizens who own sugar plantations decide they want U.S. to annex (or take) Hawaii

Hawaii - Actions

• Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii refuses - she resists the businesses owners attempts to take her land

Hawaii - Actions

• U.S. business leaders encourage and lead a rebellion against the Queen

Hawaii - Outcomes

• Queen Liliuokalani is overthrown, becomes a territory of US

• Hawaii is annexed, or taken by the United States as a territory in 1898

• Hawaii becomes a state in 1959

Hawaii - Outcomes

• Pearl Harbor is still an important naval base

We still import sugar and other products like pineapples from Hawaii today.

Multiple Select

Which of the following are reasons the US practiced Imperialism by annexing Hawaii?

• Economic - to sell American goods to other places around the world

• Economic - to take resources from other countries

• Political - To show that the United states has military power

• Social - To spread christianity

• Social - To "educate" or take care of people they considered to be weak

Multiple Choice

How does the United States acquire Hawaii?

• The US fights for Hawaii in a war with the Hawaiian people

• The US annexes Hawaii, they take it over after they treated to overthrow the queen

• The US buys Hawaii

Multiple Choice

The word annexation, in social studies, means to take over land

• True

• False