1. Bell Ringer
List 1 word that describes imperialism.

2. AMERICA CLAIMS AN EMPIRE

3. THE U.S. ACQUIRES ALASKA in 1867
Alaska was purchased from Russia for $7.2 million
2 cents an acre
“Steward’s Icebox” because people thought it was a dumb idea
Alaska

4. U.S. TAKES HAWAII
America’s love for sugar leads to rich plantation owners
Ideal for navy bases
Pearl Harbor
Captain Cook first brought interest to the islands. Chief Kamehameha united the 8 major island under his leadership and started a monarch & trading sandal wood. US brought traders & missionaries. Missionaries stayed and brought disease. Started harvesting sugarcane and Americans wanted more. So Americans established large plantations and even brought in workers from China, Japan, & Phillipines

5. U.S. TAKES HAWAII
Led by Sanford Dole, American plantation owners form a secret group, Hawaiian League
Goal: overthrow the monarchy
Force King Kalakaua to sign a new constitution by gunpoint, “bayonet constitution”
Deprived most Hawaiians the right to vote & forced Hawaii to give the US Pearl Harbor has a military base

6. MONARCHY OVERTHROWN
Queen Liliuokalani becomes queen & announces she is not going to follow the bayonet constitution
US Marines surround the royal palace, aiming machine guns & cannons
Liliuokalani surrenders

7. Hawaii becomes a state
President Cleveland was upset & wanted to restore the queen
President McKinley annexed Hawaii in 1898 (Congress voted)
formally became a state in 1959
Congress formally apologized in 1993