Module 6 Lesson 1 Imperialism and America

Imperialism and America

Multiple Choice

The policy of a larger, more powerful nation taking over a smaller, weaker nation is

• Imperialism

• nationalism

• exploration

Multiple Choice

Which major world event caused countries to begin imperializing?

• Age of Exploration

• Neolithic Revolution

• Industrial Revolution

Multiple Choice

Which two were things Industrialized countries needed from those areas they imperialized?

• raw materials and markets

• markets and government positions

• raw materials and trade routes

Europeans - early 1800s

• Europeans focused on trading products such as gold, ivory, and rubber with Africa

• They were also looking towards China for trade and raw materials

Open Ended

Why did rubber become so popular in Europe?

In 1839 Charles Goodyear improved the process called vulcanization, which modified rubber so that it would support extreme temperatures. It was then that natural rubber became suitable for producing...

Research what products were made with natural rubber?

In the meantime in the US...

• late 19th century, advances in technology enabled American farms and factories to produce far more than American citizens could consume

• The 19th-century, the US had moved westward (Manifest Destiny)

• The western expansion meant new port cities on the Pacific

• They were also looking towards China for trade and raw materials

Multiple Select

The demand for Chinese products—___, _________, ___, and nankeen (a coarse, strong cotton cloth)—continued after the Revolution. Having seen the British make great profits from the trade when the colonies were prevented from direct trade with China, Americans were eager to secure these profits for themselves.

• tea

• porcelain

• silk

• electronics

In the meantime in Hawaii...

• In the 1820s Yankee missionaries founded Christian schools and churches on the Hawaiian islands.

• Fast Forward - many descendents of those missionaries will become sugar plantation owners on the islands.

Multiple Select

In Hawaii, the missionaries converted Hawaiian people to the Christian _____, developed the written form of Hawaiian, discouraged many Hawaiian cultural _______, introduced their Western practices, and encouraged the spread of ________.

• faith

• practices

• English

• farming

US relations with Asia

• 1840s - U.S. officials signed the Treaty of Wangxia to protect U.S. business interests in China.

• greater efforts to spread US influence around the world

• July 1853, Commodore Matthew Perry sailed into Tokyo Bay with four warships to open negotiations with the Japanese

• 1854 Treaty of Kanagawa (treaty to open economic and political relations)

• 1858 Japan signed the Harris Treaty, opening its ports to trade

• Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 in the US

In the meantime in the Pacific...

• In the mid-19th century, American-owned sugar plantations accounted for about three-quarters of Hawaii’s wealth

• 1867 the United States took over the Midway Islands in the Pacific

• 1875 - White planters profited from close ties with the United States and the US agreed to import Hawaiian sugar duty-free. 

• 1887 - The military/economic leaders pressured Hawaii to allow the United States to build a naval base at Pearl Harbor, the kingdom's best port. The base became a coaling station for refueling American ships.

Multiple Select

Select the missing words:

The United States wanted Hawaii to acquire its islands and because it was a port way to _____, East India and Asia. Not only did they want the islands, but they wanted their ____ base. They wanted their base for war so they would have another advantage to help defeat the other country.

• China

• naval

• Turkey

• space

In the meantime in Africa...

• late 19th century, Africa had emerged as a prime target of European expansionism

• 1880s, Britain and other Europeans powers had divided up most of Africa

Poll

Do you think the US was afraid of being left behind England/Europe in terms of colonial expansion?

• Yes

• No

In the meantime in Alaska...

• 1867 Seward arranged for the United States to buy Alaska from the Russians for $7.2 million

• 1959 Alaska became a state

US Imperialism

• 1880s U.S. leaders were convinced that the United States should join the imperialist powers of Europe, establishing overseas colonies and spreading America’s global influence - Imperialism

• 1883  the United States built nine steel-hulled cruisers as advocated by Alfred Mahan (he advocated for the creation of the modern U.S. Navy, construction of the Panama Canal, and the annexation of Hawaii and other Pacific islands).

Multiple Choice

Why did we build the Great White Fleet?

• For funzies

• To show the world we were in the game now

• we had $$ lying around

• Roosevelt wanted his own personal navy

Hawaiian Crisis

• 1890 - the McKinley Tariff provoked a crisis by eliminating the duty-free status of Hawaiian sugar.

• 1891 - Hawaii's King Kalakaua died and his sister Queen Liliuokalani came to power with a “Hawaii for Hawaiians” agenda. She proposed removing the property-owning qualifications for voting. Landowners revolution (with marines) overthrew the queen and set up a government headed by Sanford B. Dole.

• August 12, 1898, Congress proclaimed Hawaii an American territory

• In 1959 Hawaii became the 50th state

Open Ended

Explain how the McKinley Tariff started the chain of events that led to the overthrowing of the Hawaiian Kingdom?