1. Unit 3—Chapters 5 – 6 Imperialism and World War I CSS 11.4 Students trace the rise of the US to its role as a world power in the 20 th century

2. Part One CS 11.4.2 Describe the Spanish-American War and US expansion in the South Pacific Essential Question: How and why did the US take a more active role in world affairs?

3. Imperialism Definition domination of a country for the political, economic, or cultural benefit of another country or region

4. Imperialism Nations needed raw materials to build an empire Nations needed to sell their goods to other countries Africa, Asia, South Pacific Nations replaced the local culture of the country with their own British empire covered ¼ of the world “The Sun Never Sets on the British Empire”

5. Imperialism, con’t Nations want places to put military bases The Influence of Sea Power upon History, 1660-1783 Capt. Alfred Thayer Mahan argued that a strong navy was key to world power Britain, Germany, Russia, US, and Japan

6. Imperialism

10. Causes of American Imperialism (1880s – 1900) The US didn’t want to get left out The US sought more markets for US goods US wanted to expand into China, Hawaii, South Pacific and Latin America The US wanted more raw materials coaling stations, rubber, sugar T.R. developed the Great White Fleet to build up the US military sent it on a world tour to intimidate our potential enemies in 1917 Belief in Social Darwinism

11. Can you identify three factors that lead the U.S. towards imperialism? Economic Political Cultural

12. American Imperialism

13. Imperialism in Hawaii American sugar planters gained control of Hawaii’s government and economy they didn’t like paying import taxes to the US American business groups deposed Queen Liliuokalani in 1893 Sanford Dole became the first president of Hawaii until it became a US territory in 1898 Hawaii became a state in 1950

17. Essential Question: How and why did the US take a more active role in world affairs?