Title: US Imperialism
1US Imperialism
- Imperialism in SE Asia Pacific Ocean
2Setting it up
- Imperialism Europeans feast included
- Africa
- Persia
- India
- New Objective The Pacific Rim, including SE Asia
and the islands of the Pacific Ocean
31st up the Philippines
- Emilio Aguinaldo (KT)
- Leader of Filipino nationalists
- Believed in self-rule for the
- Philippines, after
- Spanish-American War.
- U.S. Sorry Charlie (No Self-Rule)
4U.S. Philippines Struggle
- 1899-1902, struggle between Filipino nationalists
U.S. - U.S. Well prepare you for self-rule.
- Build roads, RR, hospitals, schoolsbut
- Restrict cropsany guesses?
- over food, again!
- Where else have we seen this?
- Egypt, India
5Next up Hawaii
- Hawaii Big Business
- Sugar Cane(C H Sugar)
- Dole Fruit Company
- Queen Liliuokalani Last Hawaiian Monarch
- Wanted businesses to help Hawaiians
6Conflict w/ the Queen
- Not popular among
- businessmen
- Queen was soon removed
- from power, and a few yrs
- later, Hawaii was annexed
- into the U.S.
7Summarizing Writing ExerciseHalf-Sheets
(Hamburger Style)
- In a complete paragraph, answer the following
question - Explain how Industrialization (Factories, Cities,
etc) Imperialism (Colonies, taking over
another country) are linked together.
8Which U.S. business interest group pushed for the
annexation of Hawaii?
- Steel makers
- Shipbuilders
- Railroad builders
- Sugar-cane planters
9Emilio Aguinaldo fought for the independence of
- Java
- Malacca
- Indonesia
- The Philippine Islands
10As a direct result of the Spanish-American War,
the U.S. acquired all of the following EXCEPT
- Guam
- Hawaii
- Puerto Rico
- The Philippine Islands
11Queen Liliuokalani was the last monarch of
- Java
- Hawaii
- Borneo
- The Philippine Islands
12Part 2
- U.S. Economic Imperialism
Objective Explain how the actions of the U.S. in
12.3 affected the rest of the worlds ability to
imperialize/influence Latin So. America
13Setting it up
- Latin America hard time making it on its own,
following independence movements - Caudillos Latin American military dictators,
ruling w/ support from the army - U.S. Wants to secure itself as the dominant
power in North America, keep Europe out
14So why all the fuss in Latin America?
- Post-Revolution, political instability was caused
by all of the following - Upper classes supported caudillos, keeping
authority away from poor - Little to no experience with democracy
- Caudillos mostly looked out for themselves, not
the places they ruled.
15The U.S. Opportunistic
- James Monroe The American
- continentsare
- not to be considered as
- subjects for future
- colonization by any
- European powers.
- Monroe Doctrine
16Cuba, then Spanish-American War
- Cuba Jose Marti (pic, profile p. 384)
- Writer, killed fighting for Cubas independence
- Spanish-American War
- To reinforce Monroe Doctrine, US wants its
business interests protected - We go to war w/ Spanish, over Philippines (ch 11
shout out), islands in Pacific Caribbean - Results we dominate, gain major territories
17Panama Canal
- Highway connecting 2 Oceans
- We help Panama gain independence
- We build Panama Canal, control it from 1914-1999
18Summary Writing Activity
- List 3 Actions the US took to establish control
over Latin So. America.
19Review Time!
- Modified True/False
- If the statement is true, indicate such in your
response. If it is false, indicate which
underlined word or words makes it true.
20Use of the Panama Canal reduced the sea route
from the west coast of the US to the east coast
by about 9,000 miles.
- True
- False. 2,000
- False. 50,000
- False. 900
21The Roosevelt Corollary gave the U.S. the right
to be an international police power in the
Western hemisphere.
- True
- False. Eastern
- False. Southern
- False. Northern
22The Monroe Doctrine was intended to reduce the
threat of U.S. interference in the affairs of the
new Latin American republics.
- True.
- False. European nations
- False. Asian nations
- False. African nations
23Panama allowed the U.S. to build a canal across
its territory in exchange for U.S. aid in helping
Panama build a modern navy.
- True.
- False. Build an army worthy of Mordor.
- False. Achieve independence
- False. Industrialize
24After losing the War of 1812, Spain ceded its
last colonies to the U.S.
- True.
- False. French-Indian War
- False. Mexican-American War
- False. Spanish-American War
25After independence from colonial rule, caudillos
ruled many Latin American nations as dictators
- True.
- False. Caballeros
- False. Economic elites
- False. Workers