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D O N OW Should bigger and stronger countries take over smaller weaker countries for their resources? Explain 5 lines H OMEWORK Guided reading 10-1 December 20, 2011

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D O N OW R EVIEW Pair Share your do Now response!

L EARNING G OALS Learning Goals are the purpose of our lesson. As you advance in this course, the goals should become easier and easier to achieve. If you ever wonder why we are doing something in class, take a look at the learning goals and think about how our activity might help you achieve our goals. Our goal is to Explain the economic and cultural factors that fueled the growth of American imperialism. Our goal is to Describe how the United States acquired Alaska. Our goal is to Summarize how the United States took over the Hawaiian Islands.

T ODAY WE WILL : Listen: America Claims an Empire, Notes Questions, Comments, Concerns Class Closing

W ARM -U P Does the U.S. have a duty to fight for freedom in neighboring countries? Explain your answer. When should the U.S. intervene in the affairs of another country? In what ways do dramatic headlines influence American opinion?

CORNELL NOTES Section Notes Topic (What am I taking notes on?): AMERICA CLAIMS AN EMPIRE What I already know about this topic is… New Vocabulary (to look up later): Chapter # 10 Section #: 1

IMPERIALISM IMPERIALISM - The policy in which stronger nations extend economic, political or military control over weaker territories. By the 1880’s, many American leaders thought the U.S. should establish colonies overseas Questions/Main Ideas/ Vocabulary Notes/Answers/Definitions/Examples/Sentences

3 FACTORS FUELED AMERICAN IMPERIALISM: 1) Desire for military strength 2) Thirst for new markets 3) Belief in the superiority of American culture Questions/Main Ideas/ Vocabulary Notes/Answers/Definitions/Examples/Sentences

NAVAL POWER Admiral Alfred T. Mahan of the U.S. Navy Supported growing American naval power so the U.S. could compete w/other nations Questions/Main Ideas/ Vocabulary Notes/Answers/Definitions/Examples/Sentences

U.S.S. Maine & Oregon U.S. built modern battleships like the Maine & the Oregon. The new ships made the U.S. the world’s largest naval power. Questions/Main Ideas/ Vocabulary Notes/Answers/Definitions/Examples/Sentences

Surplus U.S. was producing more than Americans could consume….. U.S. needed foreign trade. American businesses needed markets for their products & raw materials for their factories Questions/Main Ideas/ Vocabulary Notes/Answers/Definitions/Examples/Sentences

Superiority of American Culture The 3 rd root of American imperialism was a belief that the people of the U.S. were better than the people of other countries Believed they had a duty to spread their culture & Christian religion among other people. Questions/Main Ideas/ Vocabulary Notes/Answers/Definitions/Examples/Sentences

U.S. Acquires Alaska William Seward purchases Alaska, for the U.S., from Russia in The price? $7.2 million!! Questions/Main Ideas/ Vocabulary Notes/Answers/Definitions/Examples/Sentences

United States acquires Hawaii The Background ….. The Hawaiian islands had been important to the U.S. since 1790’s. Merchants stopped there on their way to China & India. In 1920’s, American missionaries founded Christian schools & churches on the islands Questions/Main Ideas/ Vocabulary Notes/Answers/Definitions/Examples/Sentences

Hawaiian sugar plantations… Because of American owned sugar plantations, by 1900, foreign laborers outnumbered Hawaiians 3 to 1 This weakened the influence of native Hawaiians. Questions/Main Ideas/ Vocabulary Notes/Answers/Definitions/Examples/Sentences

Sugar growers Powerful Hawaiian sugar growers called for the U.S. to annex Hawaii to avoid the tariffs. In 1887, U.S. military forced Hawaii to let it build a naval base at Pearl Harbor ….Hawaii’s best port. Questions/Main Ideas/ Vocabulary Notes/Answers/Definitions/Examples/Sentences

HAWAIIANS LOSE CONTROL OF THEIR ISLANDS: American business groups organized a revolt against Queen Liliuokalani U.S. ambassador John L. Stevens helped them revolt. Planters took control of the island They established a temporary government Made American businessman Sanford B. Dole the president Questions/Main Ideas/ Vocabulary Notes/Answers/Definitions/Examples/Sentences

QUEEN LILIUOKALANI In 1893, Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii gave up her throne. Hawaii was about to be taken over by the U.S Questions/Main Ideas/ Vocabulary Notes/Answers/Definitions/Examples/Sentences

1898, HAWAII BECOMES A U.S. TERRITORY Stevens urged U.S. government to annex Hawaiian Islands. President Grover Cleveland refused unless majority of Hawaiians favored that. 1897, William McKinley became president McKinley favored annexation. 1898, Hawaii became a U.S. territory. Questions/Main Ideas/ Vocabulary Notes/Answers/Definitions/Examples/Sentences

Summary (this is what I read in my own words) How can we say this all in one or two sentences in our own words? Questions, Comments, or Concerns for the good of the cause (I still do not understand…, I wonder…):

L EARNING G OALS Our goal is to Explain the economic and cultural factors that fueled the growth of American imperialism. Our goal is to Describe how the United States acquired Alaska. Our goal is to Summarize how the United States took over the Hawaiian Islands.

W HAT DID WE LEARN TODAY ? H OW DOES THIS HELP US ACHIEVE OUR LEARNING GOALS ?

A RE YOU READY TO GO ? Clean-up your area Follow classroom procedures for returning books, computers, and folders Wait quietly to be dismissed Push in your chair, final class of the day put chairs up Have your homework written, agenda out, and ready to be signed at the door