2. 18.1 CAUSES OF AMERICAN IMPERIALISM How many can you identify? 1.Economic Competition/Thirst for new Markets - 2.Military Competition/Steel Navy (theory of Alfred T. Mahan) 3.Cultural (similar to Social Darwinism, often referred to as the “White Man’s Burden”) 4.Missionary Which was most significant?

7. SIGNS/SYMPTOMS of IMPERIALISM “Big Sister” Policy with Latin America “Near-Wars” 0f late 1880’s and 1890’s –Germany, Italy, Russia, Chile, Britain Aggressive application of Monroe Doctrine 1893: Coup de’etat in Hawaii Sanford B. Dole becomes President of Hawaii Yellow Journalism and the Maine explosion

9. HAWAII 1875 – Hawaiian sugar sold in US w/out having to pay import tax (duties) 1887 – Voting rights in Hawaii restricted to wealthy landowners (=American businessmen) 1890 – US starts taxing Hawaiian sugar, causing economic crisis for American businessmen there 1893-Americans in Hawaii, led by Sanford B. Dole, depose Queen Liliuokalani 1898-Hawaii annexed during Spanish-American war to provide naval base in Pacific http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/images/2003/liliuokalani.jpg Another Shotgun Wedding Description: A woman (Hawai'i) and Uncle Sam are getting married, kneeling before the minister (McKinley) who is reading from a book entitled "Annexation Policy". The bride seems ready to bolt. Behind the couple stands Morgan (jingo) with a shotgun.

10. Another Shotgun Wedding Description: A woman (Hawai'i) and Uncle Sam are getting married, kneeling before the minister (McKinley) who is reading from a book entitled "Annexation Policy". The bride seems ready to bolt. Behind the couple stands Morgan (jingo) with a shotgun. http://library.kcc.hawaii.edu/~soma/cartoons/