Imperialism America as a World Power...Unit # 1 Key Terms 4. Imperialism –Stronger countries...
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ImperialismAmerica as a World Power
Unit II
Essential Questions1) What considerations should guide the development of
American foreign policy?
2) When should the United States go to war?
3) What responsibilities do people with power have to those people who have less power?
4) Did America’s emergence as a world power move it closer or further away from its founding ideals?
Unit # 1 Key Terms
1. Foreign Policy The actions / plans of a nation in its interaction / involvement with other nations.
2. Realism (Pragmatism) Policy based on the belief that relations with other countries should be guided by national self-interest.
3. Idealism Policy based on the belief that values and ideals should influence how countries relate to one another.
Unit # 1 Key Terms
4. Imperialism – Stronger countries extending their military, political, or economic control over weaker territories (or empire building)
5. Protectorate – An area protected and partially controlled by another nation
1. Global Competition
• Competition with European countries
and seen as main targets
• Only two African countries remain independent
• Theodore Roosevelt’s desire to be a world power
• This is what world powers do
“As one of the great nations of the world, the United States must not
fall out of the line of march.”
- US Senator
What does this mean???
World Colonial Empires1900
Warm Up
Using this map, write down 1-2 facts you
remember about our discussion last class
• Social Darwinism racial superiority
• America’s duty to
• Idea that God had willed the United States to be greater than all other nations (Manifest Destiny)• Rudyard Kipling’s, “White Man’s
Burden”
• Josiah Strong’s, “Our Country”
• Religion
2. Cultural Superiority
Examples
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Poetry Analysis
White Man’s Burden
Plickers TimeGrab a QR Code
Whose “burden” do
you think it is? Be specific!
What is the burden in the
poem?
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Why expand in the Pacific?
• The “Follow the Sun” ideology
• Aryan racial superiority
– continue westward expansion
Roosevelt was a staunch expansionist
and furthered the ideaof American
“manifest destiny.”
On your whiteboards, I need the following info from each group AFTER they spend 1
minute looking at this painting:
- Title of Painting
- Location / Setting
- 3 Important Symbols
Grab Your Whiteboards
A school book
Telegraph wire
Star of Empire
Transcontinental Railroads(3)
Pioneers in Wagonsheaded West
Pony ExpressNative Indians – presumably,standing in the way of expansion
Animals such as buffalo and bear
The New Manifest Destiny
Follow the Sun – Go West
Burial of the Dead at Wounded Knee, 1890
How was the West really won?
“The winners called Wounded Knee a battle…the
Indian losers called it a massacre.” – James Bradley
This poem makes good sense from the expansionist point
of view...
• Surplus of goods creating need for new markets throughout the world (raw materials and foreign trade)
• New investment
• Examples?
4. New Markets
Raw MaterialsForeign Trade
• Purchased in 1867
• William Seward, U.S. Secretary of State
• Called “Seward’s Folly”
• U.S. bought Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million
• Equates to 2 cents / acre
• Rich in natural resources (ANWR debate)
The Inflation Calculator
• Vital for food (sugar), supplies, and fuel (Pearl Harbor)
• Spread Christianity
• Issues of “duty free” status
• Queen Liliuokalani – wanted to rid American influence (“Hawaii for the Hawaiians”)
Reverend John L. Stevens
“The Hawaiian pear is now fully ripe, and this is the
golden hour for the United States to pluck it.”
Sanford B. Dole1st President ofHawaii
Cousin to John Dole
Hawaii’s Last Queen03:57
We will be watching a video for today’s warm up.
In your notebook, date today’s page and write down 3-5 facts from the video.
Vocabulary Washington’s Farewell Address
Diplomacy
Realism
Idealism
Unilateralism
Neutrality
Imperialism
Protectorate
Annex – add it to bottom
Military Power• A reason for US
imperialism: build naval power
• Compete with Europe• Need for naval bases and
fuel stations around the world (throughout Pacific)
• Alfred T. Mahan
– encourage U.S. to build its naval power (compete with world powers)
• Need for for fuel stations throughout the world
• Throughout the Pacific
3. Naval Bases
• Important for refueling
• U.S. promises to help with disputes among other countries
• Divided among Germany and the United States (almost led to war)
Source: Department of Defense 2008
Great White Fleet
Roosevelt sends U.S. navy on a global cruise
16 white battleships to show that U.S. is a power in the Pacific and the world
That’ll show them
who’s in charge.
Link:
Live webcam of the Panama
Canal
The Panama Canal
1880 – French company begins work on a canal across Panama
Ferdinand de Lesseps (same man who built the Suez Canal)
After a decade, the canal was canceled (disease and terrain)
20,000 dead in 9 years (French give up)
American Motivations
Boosts economy
Increases trade with Asia(Open Door Policy)
Increased military presence
Shortens time, saves fuelClick to see interactive map
Building the Canal
Problems
Disease-carrying mosquitoes (yellow fever, malaria)
Humidity
Frequent accidents
William Gorgas – sent to Panama to reduce death from disease
The Size
More than 43,000 workers at one time
61 million pounds of dynamite
Completed in 1914 (5,600 workers die from disease)
US Territory Expands
Annex – to add a territory or state
Samoa
HawaiiClick for Clip
Alaska
Purchased from Russia
Food and fuel (Pearl
Harbor)
Perfect re-fueling stop
Cost 2 cents/acre
$7.2 million
Removed queen + spread
Christianity
Almost leads to war with Germany
ProcessingHow are we seeing imperialism in the people + places below?
Global Competition
Military Power
New Markets
Cultural Superiority
Hawaii Alfred T. Mahan Samoa Alaska Josiah
Strong
ProcessingHow are we seeing imperialism in the people + places below?
Global Competition
Military Power
New Markets
Cultural Superiority
Hawaii Alfred T. Mahan Samoa Alaska Josiah
Strong
ProcessingHow are we seeing imperialism in the places below?
Global Competition
Military Power
New Markets
Cultural Superiority
Hawaii Panama Samoa Alaska Cuba
Perspectives on ImperialismTake out your reading dissections
Global Competition
Military Power
New Markets
Cultural Superiority
MAHAN STRONG H.C. LODGE SCHURZ
What do they
think about
AMERICAN
IMPERIALISM?
Carl Schurz says..
Josiah Strong says…
Alfred T. Mahan says…Henry Cabot Lodge says…
US Territory Expands
Annex – to add a territory or state
Samoa
HawaiiClick for Clip
Alaska
Purchased from Russia
Food and fuel (Pearl
Harbor)
Perfect re-fueling stop
Cost 2 cents/acre
$7.2 million
Removed queen + spread
Christianity
Almost leads to war with Germany