7.1: Imperialism and America

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7.1 Imperialism and America

• Economic and cultural factors help America become
  an imperial power

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Imperialism

• Controlling another country politically,
  economically, and militarily

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A. Three factors of Imperialism

• Economic competition among industrial nations
• a. Need for raw material
• b. new markets for their products (people to
  sell it to).
• c. America selling more than it was buying
  increase trade/reduce tariffs
• Not all Americans believed in imperialism

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2. Political and Military competition

• Strong navy and strategic locations for refueling
  (pacific islands)
• Adm. Alfred Mahan wanted military expansion to
  protect our interests

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3. Racial Superiority

• Anglo-Saxonism English-speaking nations had
  superior character, ideas, and systems of govt
• Manifest destiny

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B. Why European Expansion?

• Investment opportunities had slowed due to
  European infrastructure already developed

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C. Matthew C. Perry and Japan (1853)

1. American businessmen want to trade with Japan
2. Perry convinces Japan to trade with the U.S.
3. Japan impressed by ships/technology/weapons and
   unable to compete with U.S.
4. Open trade and Japan adopts western technology
   and has their own industrial revolution
5. By 1890, Japan has its own empire.

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• US needed a pit stop to Asia/refuel
• Americans owned sugar plantations
• Hawaii allowed for construction of Pearl Harbor.
• McKinley Tariff (1890)taxes sugar on US sugar
  plantation owners
• Queen Lil
• Hawaii for Hawaiians
• dethroned by planters supported by marines
• replaced w/ Sanford Dole
• 1898 Hawaii formally an American territory

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E. Pan-American Conference Latin America the
U.S.

• Increase the sale of American goods in LA
• Worked towards peace and increase trade between
  US and LA countries by lowering tariffs
• Ulterior motive Keep Europeans out of the
  Western Hemisphere Monroe Doctrine
• LA countries created Organization of American
  States- promotes cooperation between countries in
  W.Hem.