Transcript Chapter_22-2 - team

Section 2
Imperialism
in the
Pacific
• Secretary of State William
H. Seward believed the
United States could build its
peaceful
empire through ________
trade
means, with American ____
leading the way.
• Seward acquired __
2 small
Pacific islands of _______.
Midway
1. Hawaii
• The Hawaiians lived in
independent communities,
each with their own _____.
chief
• American ships would
supplies
stop here for ________.
• Because of their ports,
Honolulu and Lahaina grew
________
in importance to trading.
• However, Americans
diseases to the
brought _______
islands that harmed the
Hawaiians.
A. Missionaries and Sugar
Growers
• In 1820 ________
Christian
missionaries came to Hawaii
to build _______,
schools made an
alphabet and a
Hawaiian ________,
Hawaiian Bible.
• An American firm
introduced _____
sugar to Hawaii
in the 1830s.
• Missionaries began buying
land
____.
• Gradually Americans took
land and
control of most of the _____
businesses.
• In 1875 the United States
agreed to allow Hawaiian
sugar to enter the country
without ______.
tariffs
• In return for renewal of the
trade agreement, the United
States pressured King
Kalakaua into allowing a
naval base at _____
Pearl _______.
Harbor
• American sugar growers
pressured Congress into
tariffs
renewing the _____.
• Facing financial ruin,
Hawaiian planters decided to
territory of
make Hawaii a _______
the United States.
B. American Planters’ Revolt
• Queen Liliuokalani
became queen she wanted
Hawaiians to regain
economic
________ control of their
island and took away power
_____
Americans had held.
• White planters _________
overthrew
the queen and set up their
own government in 1893.
C. Annexation
• The white planters had
support from American
Stevens
diplomat, John _______,
who had arranged for
U.S.
Marines from the
___________
warship USS Boston to
assist in the uprising.
Marines
USS Boston
• _______
Stevens immediately
recognized the new
government.
• The new government sent a
delegation to Washington,
D.C., to seek a treaty of
annexation
_________.
• President Benjamin
_______ signed the treaty and
Harrison
sent it to the Senate for
approval.
failed to ratify
• The Senate _____
the treaty before he left office.
President Benjamin Harrison
• President Grover _________
Cleveland
opposed annexation.
• Most _________
Hawaiians and ______
Asian
immigrants in Hawaii oppose
annexation.
President Grover Cleveland
• It made no difference, a
powerful group of American
sugar _______,
______, and
growers traders
missionaries and their
Hawaiian allies had the final
word.
• Congress approved the
annexation of Hawaii after
President William ________.
McKinley
President William McKinley
2. The Islands of Samoa
• About ______
3,000 miles south
of Hawaii lay the ______
Samoa
Island.
Samoa Islands
• In 1878 Samoa agreed to
give Americans special
trading rights and permission
to build a naval base at the
port _____
Pago _____.
Pago
Pago Pago
• ________
Germany and _____
Great ______
Britain
also wanted a port in Samoa.
• In 1899 the United States,
Great Britain, and Germany
divided up the
met and _______
islands.
3. China and the Open Door
• Torn apart by warring
factions, China was too
weak
_____ to resist the efforts
of foreign governments that
wanted to exploit its
resources and markets.
A. Rivalries in China
• By the late 1890s, Japan,
________,
Germany Great Britain,
France, and ______
Russia had
moved into China.
China divided
• Worried about not having a
part of China trade, Secretary
of State John ____
Hay proposed
Open _____
Door _______
Policy
an _____
where each foreign nation in
China could trade _____
freely in
the other nation’s area.
John Hay
B. The Boxer Rebellion
• A secret Chinese martial
art society, known as the
Boxers
______, led a violent
uprising against the
foreign ______”
devils in China.
“______
Boxer Rebellion
• About ____
200 foreigners died
and hundreds were trapped in
the capital of _______
Beijing during
the Boxer Rebellion.
Beijing
4. Japan
A. Russo-Japanese War
• Japan and Russia fought
over ______
natural resources in
China.
• By 1905, both sides wanted
peace
_____.
• President Theodore
________ offered to meet
Roosevelt
with leaders from both sides
Portsmouth New
in __________,
Hampshire.
• Japan and Russia signed
the Treaty
_____ __
of __________.
Portsmouth
• _____
Japan emerged from the
war as the strongest naval
power in the Pacific and it
challenged the United States
for influence in the region.
B. Strained Relations
• During the Russo-Japanese
War, Japanese immigration
to the United States,
California
especially to _________,
increased.
C. The “Great White Fleet”
• In 1907, President
Roosevelt sent ___
16 new
white battleships on a cruise
around the world to display
America’s naval power,
known as the “_____
_____
Great White
Fleet
_____.”
Great White Fleet