Transcript Chapter 22
Chapter 22 Becoming A World Power 1880-1914 Monday Bell Work • LT: I will be able to explain how America came to be a world power through imperialism • BW: What are the three main characteristics to American Imperialism. • Write down three facts from CNN Student News Friday Bell Work • LT: I will be able to describe and explain the war in the Philippines • BW: List the U.S. possession and protectarates during imperialism. • List three facts from CNN Student News Monday Bell Work • LT: I will be able to explain America’s Open Door Policy regarding China • BW: Who is George Dewey? • What territories does America gain from Spain? Imperialism in the Pacific • America seeks to expand the size of the nation • Begin looking overseas for additional sources of wealth • Financial prosperity, strengthen the nation's military, and spread democratic ideas. American Acquires Alaska • William Seward Secretary of State purchases Alaska from Russia in 1867 for 7.2 million • .02 cents an acre • 1884 Alaska is annexed American Imperialism Seward’s Ice Box or Seward’s Folly – name that was mockingly given to the purchase of Alaska. Many people felt that it was a waste of money, that Alaska was nothing but tundra The Annexation of Hawaii • 1800’s American missionaries in Hawaii • Descendants started sugar plantations, late 1800’s wealthy American planters dominated Hawaii’s economy • Queen Liliuokalani felt Americans had too much power and tried to limit their influence. • American sugar planters revolt in 1893 and overthrew the Queen and set up their own government. Time Line • Your task: • Your are responsible for recreating the timeline from chapter 22 “ Becoming A World Power ”pg. 692 • Also Include: • Pearl Harbor pg 697 • Planters Revolt pg 697 • U.S.S. Maine (sec 2) pg 700 Short Response to a Sentence • Your Task: Re-read this sentence (p.695) • “ The Hawaiian pear is now fully ripe, and this is the golden hour for the United States to pluck it.” • Write 3-5 sentences that a Hawaiian leader might include in a speech responding to this statement. Vocabulary 2/19 You’re responsible for defining the following vocabulary words from chapter 22. Located on Pg. 694,698,706 • 1. • 2. • 3. • 4. • 5. • 6. • 7. • 8. Imperialism Yellow journalism U.S.S Maine Platt Amendment Anti-Imperialist League Roosevelt Corollary Open Door Policy Panama Canal Graphic Organizer • Your Task: • Create a three-column chart listed Imperialism • Column headings Economic, Military, and Cultural • Use the text to list important phrases in each column • Be specific don't not use provided example from chart on pg.696 Think, Pair, Share • Your task • You and your partner are to discuss these three questions • How did supporters of imperialism view themselves compared with nonwestern, or non industrial, cultures? • If you were Queen Liliuokalani what would have you done to limit the power of the American planters? • Imagine you are William Seward. How would you have gained support for buying Alaska? The War in the Philippines • George Dewey- Was an American Commodore • May 1st Dewey gives orders to attack the spanish fleet at Manila, had the support of Filipino rebel forces. • 380 spanish sailors were dead or wounded no Americans died • Dewey instantly becomes a hero The War in the Caribbean • When the spanish american war begins the U.S. army only has 28,000 men. Four months later over 200,000 • Teddy Roosevelt helps to organize 1st U.S. Cavalry nicknamed the Rough Riders • Leads a march on Santiago’s port and the march up San Juan Hill they attacked the spanish on July 1 1898 • two days later American ships destroyed spanish fleet as it tries to escape Santiago The War in the Caribbean • August 12, 1898 Spain signed a truce to U.S. secretary of state • Although Americans declared war to secure Cuba’s independence U.S. leaders began demanding that Spain also give up its other colonies. • Treaty of Paris in 1898 makes Spain give up Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines to the U.S. The United States and China • In 1899, Secretary of State John Hay asked nations involved in the region to follow an Open Door Policy • This means no single country should have a monopoly on trade with China. • Boxers Rebellion- 1900 Chinese resentment led to a violent uprising known as the Boxer Rebellion • The rebellion was put down by an international force from 8 different nations • About 230 foreigners and thousands of chinese christians and rebels were killed as a result. The Panama Canal • A canal connecting the Atlantic and Pacific would mean that U.S. ships would not have to travel around the coast of South America. • The Canal is originally a part of Colombia, but they were unwilling to give up the land so Roosevelt sends the navy to support a revolution in this area and a new nation of Panama is created 1903 • 1921 The U.S. pays Colombia 25 million for the lost of Panama. Building the Panama Canal • Building the Canal was a huge challenge • Land was swampy causing Malaria which was an infectious disease marked by cycles of chills and fever • 44,000 workers • Cost between 350- 380 million to build • Most expensive construction project in the world • More than 5,500 canal workers died from disease or accident. • The Canal opened in 1914 U.S. Involvement in Latin America • Interest in the resources of their southern neighbors in South America. • Roosevelt’s foreign policy “ Speak softly and carry a big stick” • Monroe Doctrine- The policy that barred european nations from intervening in Latin America. • Roosevelt Corollary added in 1905 authorized the United States to act as a “policeman” in the region.