Overseas Expansion

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Overseas Expansion
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Isolationism

• Having little to do with the
• political affairs of other nations.
• It is our true policy to steer
• clear of permanent alliances
• with any portion of the foreign
• world
• George Washington, 1796
• Americans followed this policy until the 1800s.

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Expansionism

• The policy of extending a nations natural
  boundaries.
• Between 1803-1854, the US expanded westward. By
  1854
• Manifest Destiny
• was complete.

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Imperialism

• The policy of one nation extending it's authority
  over another through territorial acquisition and
  control over the government and economy in the
  conquered nation.
• The period between 1870 and 1914 has
• often been called The Age Of Imperialism
• Between 1870 and 1914, most of Africa and
  southern Asia was taken over by the more powerful
  countries of Europe

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Reasons For American Imperialism

• The U.S. had to keep up with the European race
  for colonies. European powers England, France,
  Germany, Italy
• The U.S. needed new foreign markets for its
  products (cotton, corn, wheat, steel etc.)
• The American frontier was settled. New lands were
  needed for settlement
• Overseas naval bases were needed for the growing
  American navy
• Many Americans believed that it was their duty to
  civilize the uncivilized cultures of the world-
  to bring them to democracy and Christianity. This
  act was labeled as The White Mans Burden

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The White Mans BurdenBy Rudyard Kipling
The cry of hosts ye humour (Ah, slowly!) toward
the light-- "Why brought ye us from bondage,
Our loved Egyptian night? Take up the White
Man's burden Ye dare not stoop to less Nor
call too loud on Freedom To cloak your weariness.
By all ye will or whisper, By all ye leave or
do, The silent sullen peoples Shall weigh your
God and you. Take up the White Man's burden! Have
done with childish days-- The lightly-proffered
laurel, The easy ungrudged praise Comes now, to
search your manhood Through all the thankless
years, Cold, edged with dear-bought wisdom, The
judgment of your peers
Take up the White Man's burden The savage wars
of peace-- Fill full the mouth of Famine, And
bid the sickness cease And when your goal is
nearest (The end for others sought) Watch sloth
and heathen folly Bring all your hope to
nought. Take up the White Man's burden No iron
rule of kings, But toil of serf and sweeper--
The tale of common things. The ports ye shall
not enter, The roads ye shall not tread, Go,
make them with your living And mark them with
your dead. Take up the White Mans burden, And
reap his old reward The blame of those ye
better The hate of those ye guard--
Take up the White Man's burden-- Send forth the
best ye breed-- Go, bind your sons to exile To
serve your captives' need To wait, in heavy
harness, On fluttered folk and wild-- Your
new-caught sullen peoples, Half devil and half
child. Take up the White Man's burden In
patience to abide, To veil the threat of terror
And check the show of pride By open speech and
simple, An hundred times made plain, To seek
another's profit And work another's gain.
.
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How is the White Mans Burden portrayed?
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Americas First Attempts at Imperialism

• Samoa Hawaii

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The Heart of PolynesiaSamoa

• Samoa is known as the heart of Polynesia. It is
  located in the middle of Hawaii, Fiji, Tonga and
  Tahiti.
• They are also known as the friendly people.
• The US almost went to war with Germany, who had a
  long history of involvement in the Samoan
  islands.
• The 14 islands that make up Samoa were split into
  two in 1889 when American Samoa became a
  protectorate of the United States.
• Protectorate is a nation who is formally
  independent but whos policies are greatly
  influenced and guided by an outside power.

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American Samoa

• American Samoa is made up of two main islands and
  4 smaller islands.
• The United States uses the bay in Pago Pago as a
  coaling station and Navel base.
• The islands were very useful during World War II
  during retaliations against Japan.
• American Samoa and its people are considered
  citizens of the United States and subject to the
  same laws and privileges that we enjoy here.

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Everyday Life in Samoa
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Hawaii

• 1778 marked the arrival of the first European
  explorer Captain James Cook.
• He first named the islands the Sandwich Islands
  after his sponsor.
• During his second visit to the islands he tried
  to abduct a Hawaiian chief and hold him ransom
  because his ship was stolen. The chiefs people
• fought back and Captain Cook was killed.

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Hawaii

• Hawaii had been inhabited for 1,500 years before
  Cook arrived.
• Legend says that the people came from far across
  the sea in search of lands that were promised to
  them by their gods.
• Hawaiians would build sacred temples called
  Heiaus where they would make sacrifices to their
  gods and goddesses.
• Special hulas and meles would be preformed there.

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Heiau in Pupukea
This heiau is the largest on Oahu. Its over 5
acers and has 3 diffent enclosures. This was
considered a powerful place for the kahuna
(priest) and one of two places where a chiefs
wife would give birth. Many believe that human
sacrifices were also done here. Many people
report hearing the sounds of ancient conch shells
blowing and night marchers walking through the
temple grounds.
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The Hula

• The hula was danced more by men than women in the
  olden days.
• It was danced not for entertainment but for
  religious ceremonies.
• Believe it or not grass skirts were not worn!
• Women wore skirts made out of kapa cloth while
  men wore a malo or loinclothes.
• When missionaries arrived they were shocked by
  the dancing.
• The natives would practice in the hot sun for
  days on end. Drums pounded, gourds rattled,
  singers chanted, and hundreds of dancers wearing
  garlands of green leaves and flowers and
  dog-tooth anklets moved endlessly to and fro in
  lines, their brown skin glistening with sweat,
  with no sign of boredom or tiredness.
• Eventually the missionaries convinced the AliI
  that the hula was bad and it was outlawed. Many
  living in the country continued to practice it.
• The Hula was outlawed for 30 years before King
  Kalakaua brought it back.