1. Unit 5: Imperialism & WWI

2. 1877: Railroad Strike
1879: Thomas Edison invents the lightbulb
1882: Chinese Exclusion Act passed
1890: Sherman Anti-Trust Act passed
1892: Ellis Island Immigration Station opens
1898: Spanish-American War
: Philippine-American War
1901: President McKinley assassinated
1902: Ford installs the first assembly line
1911: Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire

3. Hawaii Take notes in your notebook:
Who was involved in taking over Hawaii?
What did they do to make it happen? What did others do to resist?
When did this take place?
Why did some people want Hawaii to be part of the US?
You can bring me the reading when you finish 

4. Review - Hawaii Bayonet Constitution of 1887
Limited the power of the monarchy
Liliuokalani becomes queen in 1891
Tries to establish a new constitution
1893: US Marines & businessmen stage a coup
Provisional government lead by Sanford Dole
Queen under house arrest
1895: Supporters of Liliuokalini stage a revolt, she agrees to abdicate in exchange for their pardon
1898 US annexes Hawaii

5. Panama
Panama Canal project first attempted by the French (1888 funding is pulled)
1902: Treaty between US and Colombia rejected
US decides to support Panama independence movement
1903: Deal between US and new Panama government
Opened in 1914