UNIT #4 – BECOMING A WORLD POWER LESSON #1 – Imperialism (142-145)

LESSON #1 – Imperialism ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS Why did America start pushing for an overseas empire? What regions of the world did the USA come to control in the late 1800s to early 1900s? VOCABULARY Imperialism (142) Protectorates (142) Anglo-Saxonism (143) Commodore Perry (144) Treaty of Kanagawa (144) Queen Liliuokalani (145) Pan-Americanism (145)

Overseas Markets What changed from 1865 to 1900? Compare the amount of exports from 1870-1890. How much was the increase?

Overseas Markets Analyze what this graph is showing us. What is it saying about our interaction with the rest of the world?

Overseas Markets Why might a bigger navy be handy? Without a big Navy, what might happen to our overseas investements?

Imperialism Definition: (142) Two types: (142) Colonies protectorates a policy of extending a country's power through use of military force. It creates an unequal human and territorial relationship, based on ideas of superiority and practices of dominance. - a territory which is governed by another country. There is no independence for a colony, it is under the direct rule of another country. - weak territories protected (and partly controlled by stronger ones). A country defends its protectorate, but it doesn't own it, and it doesn't meddle with the protectorate's internal affairs.

What’s happening here? What does this suggest about how England and France see the rest of the world? British King French Emperor That’s the world

What are all the guys with knives doing? What’s happening here? Chinese Emperor He’s not happy) What are all the guys with knives doing? That’s a map of China German King Russian Czar What is this suggesting about the relationship of China with England, Germany and Russia? British Queen Japanese Emperor

America Expanding What gave England and the USA the right to conquer other lands and people? They thought they were superior to other [less technological) regions, like Africa, Asia, and islands in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean. Anglo-Saxonism – Belief that English speaking nations were superior to other regions of the world, in… Character Creativity Systems of government What do you think motivated Americans to think in this racist way? Were they trying to justify some actions they were about to take?

The Spanish Empire

World Empires, around 1775 What do you think America will want to start doing, once they settle in and feel strong as a nation? Why would America have a problem with this map of the world?

American Expansion Step #1 Explain what’s being suggested here

American Expansion Step #2 Explain what’s being suggested here

The new American Navy Americans started modernizing in early 1800s Americans used Navy to expand influence into the Pacific islands Example: Japan (144) Explain what we did, and what we got. (Japan) 1853 – US Warships sailed into Tokyo Bay. 1854 – Japan signed TREATY OF KANAGAWA giving USA special trading rights with Japan

Taking Hawaii Step #1 – American investors moved into Hawaii and set up sugar plantations Step #2 – American government allowed American investors to not have to pay tariffs in America to sell their sugar Step #3 – America convinced Hawaii to grant America the exclusive right to build a Navy Base at Pearl Harbor Step #4 – American plantation owners in Hawaii forced Hawaiian king to accept a constitution that limited his power over them Their goal: for USA to annex Hawaii Step #5 – Planters overthrew Hawaiian Queen Liliuokalani Step #6 – USA annexed Hawaii in 1898 Was America justified in the way they took Hawaii? England got control of China by forcing then to go to war. People died. What’s different about the way we got our protectorate?

Diplomacy in Latin America United States wanted Latin America to purchase more products from USA They’d been buying most of their goods from Europe USA suggested PAN-AMERICANISM, which meant all the American nations should work more closely together. Latin American nations felt like USA was forcing them into treaties. They agreed ONLY to form an Organization of American States Why would USA want Latin America to buy more from them, than from Europe?

Plessy vs. Ferguson (1896) What did Adolph Plessy do? (135) What “doctrine” did this lead to? (136) He was a partially black man (1/8 black, and very light skinned) who took a seat on a train in a car designated just for whites The doctrine was known as “separate but equal,” and led to legal discrimination in the South that lasted for more than 50 years