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Entering the World Stage

Entering the World Stage. America Becomes an Imperialist Power. What is Imperialism?. Reasons for imperialism:. Industrial Revolution New markets for goods Raw materials for manufacturing Naval refueling stations. US Foreign Investment 1869-1908.

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Entering the World Stage

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  1. Entering the World Stage America Becomes an Imperialist Power

  2. What is Imperialism?

  3. Reasons for imperialism: • Industrial Revolution • New markets for goods • Raw materials for manufacturing • Naval refueling stations

  4. US Foreign Investment 1869-1908

  5. Alfred T. Mahan  The Influence of Sea Power on History: 1660-1783

  6. Reasons for imperialism: (con’t) • Power & prestige • Nationalism

  7. Reasons for imperialism: (con’t) • Ideology • Social Darwinism • Missionaries

  8. American Missionaries in China

  9. Imperialist nations: • Great Britain • France • United States • Belgium • Germany • Japan

  10. Alaska

  11. “Seward’s Folly” 1867 • Purchased from Russia for $7.2 million

  12. “Seward’s Icebox”

  13. Hawaii

  14. Hawaii • 1778—James Cook explored HA

  15. Hawaii • American Missionaries Imiola Church – first built in the late 1820s

  16. Hawaii • Ideal for fueling station & for trade • Sugar cane plantations

  17. Hawaii • King Kalakaua—negotiates treaty w/ US to import sugar • Queen Liliuakalani—overthrown by sugar planters • Sanford Dole—becomes president of HA • 1898—HA becomes US territory

  18. US view of Hawaii

  19. Hawaiian annexation

  20. China

  21. China • Europe—carves out spheres of influence • Open Door Policy—proposed by John Hay

  22. China • Boxer Rebellion

  23. Japan

  24. Japan • Began the 1800s isolated & unindustrialized • Matthew Perry opened trade w/ Japan • Japan industrializes & begins trading

  25. Gentlemen’s Agreement • US & Japan agree to end Japanese immigration to US • CA ends segregation of Japanese schools children

  26. Treaty of Portsmouth:1905 • Ends Russo-Japanese War • Earns Roosevelt Nobel Peace Prize

  27. Spanish American War

  28. Causes of Span-Amer War • Cubans revolt against Spain • José Marti & yellow journalism • Spanish General Valeriano Weyler • De Lome letter • USS Maine

  29. Joseph Pulitzer Image from Gen. Weyler’s “Reconcentration Camps” William Randolf Hearst Hearst to Frederick Remington: You furnish the pictures, and I’ll furnish the war!

  30. Dupuy de Lome, Spanish Ambassador to US Criticized President McKinnley

  31. Remember the Maine, to Hell with Spain!

  32. Spanish American War • Cuba • Strategy: control port city of Santiago • Teddy Roosevelt & the Rough Riders • Battle of San Juan Hill • US Navy sinks entire Spanish fleet • Philippines • Commodore Dewey • Manila Bay • Emilio Aguinaldo: leads rebels against Spanish • Surrounded by Dewey & Aguinaldo, Spanish surrender

  33. Results of the Span-Amer War • Spain gives up all claims to Cuba • US gains Puerto Rico & Guam • Spain gives up Philippines for $20 million • US seen as strong militarily & financially

  34. The Philippines

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