PowerPoint covering American Imperialism

1. State Standards 7.1, 7.2, and 7.10

2. Imperialism
 Imperialism
 More powerful
countries bully smaller
ones for their resources
 Both the US and
European countries
practiced imperialism

3. Hawaii
 Originally an
independent monarchy
 US missionaries to
Hawaii became wealthy
and powerful by owning
sugar plantations
 Export sugar to US
 To avoid paying tariffs the
US wanted to annex
Hawaii
 Missionaries take control
of Hawaii (Marines help)

4. Hawaii.
 Queen Liliuokalani
 Queen of Hawaii who was
jailed when US takes over
 Became a symbol of
Hawaiian resistance
against the US
 1959
 Hawaii votes to become
the 50th state
 Many in Hawaii still want
independence

5. Target…China
 Imperialist countries
searching
 Searched for raw
materials to export
home
 China
 Divided into Spheres of
Influence
 Each country was given a
sphere in which it could
control trade

6. The Spanish-American War
 Spain ruled Cuba
 Cuba rebels in 1895
 United States declares
neutrality
 Many in Congress wanted
to intervene

7. The Spanish American War.
 Yellow Journalism
 Writers create interest
in Cuba by exaggerating
events in Cuba to boost
newspaper sales
 Joseph Pulitzer
 William Randolph Hearst

8. The Spanish American War..
 USS Maine
 American ship that was
anchored in Havana
Harbor
 Randomly blew up
 266 American Sailors die
 Yellow Journalists jump at
the chance to sale
newspapers by blaming
Cuba
 “Remember the Maine”

10. The Spanish American War…
 Fighting in Cuba
 Battle of San Juan Hill
 Rough Riders under the
command of future
President Theodore
Roosevelt
 Fighting in the Philippines
 America and Filipino
rebels capture the
Philippines
 Filipino's then revolt against
US but fail to win freedom
 Leads to the US having
increased contact with
Asia

11. The Spanish American War….
 End of the War
 Platt Amendment
 Three parts
1. Cuba given
independence
2. Cuba could not make
treaties with other
nations that were
against American
interests
3. Gave America control of
the naval base at
Guantanamo Bay

12. Panama Canal
 France
 1881-1887
 France attempts to build a
canal across Panama
 1903
 US buys the land to finish
building canal
 40,000 people work on the
canal, opens in August 15,
1914
 Canal was 50 miles across
 Decreased the trip around
South America by 8,000
miles

14. Big Stick Diplomacy
 Big Stickism
 “Speak softly and carry a
big stick”
 Teddy Roosevelt’s idea for
foreign policy
 Monroe Doctrine
 US is the policing force of
the Western Hemisphere
 Roosevelt want no
interference from
European powers in the
Western Hemisphere