1. You will create a nation, then make a plan to improve it. To begin with, follow these steps. 1. Draw an imaginary country and give it a name 2. Show 4 geographical features 3. Based on your features identify 3 major resources present in your country 4. Determine living areas in your country (i.e., cities, towns, villages, etc.) 5. Based on your resources what are two finished products which you could export

2. Walking around the room, find from others at least 4 products/ resources that you would like to have. (5 minutes max) What will make your nation Stronger?

3. Walking around the room, find from others at least 4 products/ resources that you would like to have. (5 minutes max) What will make your nation Stronger?

4. Develop a 5 point plan (bullets work fine) to get those wanted items under your control to benefit your country. The goal is, as brainstormed before, is to make your country strong.

5. Develop a 5 point plan (bullets work fine) to get those wanted items under your control to benefit your country. The goal is, as brainstormed before, is to make your country strong.

6. Set up Cornell Notes

7. IMPERIALISM: one people or country ruling the affairs of another people or country (“mother country”) Around the turn of the 20 th century, American interest in imperialist expansion grew for a number of reasons.

8. 1. Economics: U.S. industry needed (as always) raw materials and new markets for American goods

9. 2. Nationalism: Extreme devotion to one’s own nation, coupled with the idea that nations benefit from competition To prove its greatness, the U.S. needed to compete with European countries. In order to compete with Europe, the U.S. needed colonies.

10. 3. Social Darwinism: The idea that some people and ways of life are better – “more fit” – than others America should expand because: 1) it deserved to; and 2) expansion would be good for those “other people”.

11. The purchase of Alaska (Gold!)p.680 Opening of Japan (Trade!)p. 680 Annexation of Hawaii (Location, Location, Location!)p. 683 Cuba: The Spanish American War (“Safety”, $$$, and Control)p.688-691 Panama (Canal = $$$ & Control!)p. 694 Use your text to take notes on these events