Exploring American History

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Exploring American History

• American History
• Unit VII The Beginning of Modern America
• Chapter 22 Section 1- The United States Gains
  Overseas Territories

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The United States Gains Overseas Territories

• The Big Idea
• In the last half of the 1800s, the United States
  joined the race for control of overseas
  territories.
• Main Ideas
• The United States ended its policy of
  isolationism.
• Hawaii became a U.S. territory in 1898.
• The United States sought trade with Japan and
  China.

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Main Idea 1The United States ended its policy
of isolationism.

• Powerful Western nations were building naval
  bases-
• imperialism
• Europeans -Africa and Southeast Asia during
  18701914.
• European countries wanted sources of-
• Meanwhile, the United States

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Americas Policy Shifts

• Americans wanted to end isolationism in order to
• United States began building an empire in late
  1800s-
• Purchased Alaska-
• Called Sewards Folly or Alaskan Icebox
• Annexed Pacific Ocean territories-

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Imperialist Activity

• Imperialism Extending a nations power over
  other lands.
• Causes of U.S. Expansionism
• Economic-
• Military-
• Ideological-
• Scramble for territory- 1800s
• European powers-
• America believed it was its manifest destiny.

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End of Isolation

• Identify- Which areas of the world did Europeans
  try to control between 1870-1914?
• Recall- Name three forces that drove European
  imperialism.
• Contrast- What is isolationism? What did the
  opponents of isolationism believe?

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Main Idea 2Hawaii became a U.S. territory in
1898.
Americans.
Sugar.
Planters.
After Liliuokalani became queen and proposed a
new constitution.
Congress annexed the Hawaiian Islands in 1898,
but it did not become the fiftieth state until
1959.
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Influence in Hawaii
Kamehameha designed a fleet of war canoes called
peleleu and were mounted with guns for his
conquest of the Hawaiian Islands.
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Taking Control of Hawaii

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Hawaii becomes a Territory

• Explain- What happened in 1875 that helped the
  Hawaiian sugar industry grow?
• Predict- What would native Hawaiians learn from
  the missionaries?

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Main Idea 3The United States sought trade with
Japan and China.

• The island nation of Japan.
• The United States.
• Commodore Matthew Perry 1853.
• Perry returned to Japan in 1854.
• A commercial treaty 1858.
• By the 1890s

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Influence in Japan

• 1853- Treaty of Kanagwa 1854.
• Japanese modernization
• Japan seized Taiwan in 1895.

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Foreign Powers in China

• Spheres of Influence
• Japan defeated China in the Sino-Japanese War,
  189495.

• Open Door Policy
• U.S. Secretary of State John Hay set forth an
  Open Door Policy.

• Boxer Rebellion

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U.S. Seeks Trade With Japan and China

• Recall- Why did President Fillmore send
  Commodore Perry to Japan?
• Identify Cause and Effect- Why had European
  powers not yet formed trade ties with Japan?
• Evaluate What do you think about the actions of
  Commodore Perry toward the Japanese?

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U.S. Seeks Trade With Japan and China

• Recall- How was the United States 1899 Open
  Door Policy treated by the European powers and
  Japan?
• Sequence- What series of events in 1868, 1895
  and 1905 led to Japan becoming a world power?
• Evaluate If you were a Chinese nationalist,
  what would you think of being within the sphere
  of influence of so many other countries?

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U.S. Seeks Trade With Japan and China

• Recall- How long did the Boxers siege of the
  foreigners walled settlement last?
• Evaluate What is your opinion about China being
  forced to make a 333 million payment to foreign
  governments after the Boxer rebellion?