CHAPTER 10 America Claims an Empire

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CHAPTER 10 America Claims an Empire

• 10.1 Imperialism America

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OBJECTIVEANALYZE THE CAUSE EFFECTSOF
IMPERIALISM
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WARM UP

• EXPLAIN THE CONCEPT OF MANIFEST DESTINY p. 133

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MANIFEST DESTINY

• BELIEF THAT US WAS ORDAINED BY GOD TO EXPAND TO
  THE PACIFIC OCEAN
• JUSTIFIED TAKING MEXICAN/NATIVE LANDS
• MANIFEST- OBVIOUS, INEVITABLE

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WHAT IS IMPERIALISM?

• STONGER NATION TAKING OVER WEAKER TERRITORY FOR
  ECONOMIC, POLITICAL, MILITARY GAIN

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WHAT THREE FACTORS FUELED AMERICAN IMPERIALISM?

• ECONOMIC COMPETION
• POLITICAL/MILITARY COMPETITION
• BELIEF IN RACIAL/CULTURAL SUPERIORITY

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WHAT WERE ECONOMIC ROOTS OF US IMPERIALISM?

• TECHNOLOGY ENABLES FARMS/FACTORIES TO PRODUCE
  MORE GOODS THAN CONSUMED
• US NEEDED
• RAW MATERIALS FOR PRODUCTION
• NEW MARKETS TO SELL GOODS

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• FOREIGN TRADE SOLUTION TO OVERPRODUCTION/UNEMPLOYM
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• US EXPORTS
• 1865- 234 MILLION
• 1900- 1.5 BILLION

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ARGUMENTS FOR MILITARY COMPETITION?

• PROTECTIONISM- BUILD UP OF MILITARY TO PROTECT
  FROM ENEMIES
• OTHER NATIONS BUILD MILITARY
• STRONG NAVY TO PROTECT SHIPPING
• STRATEGIC BASES FOR NAVY TO REFUEL
• BUILD CANAL ISTHMUS OF PANAMA

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WHAT BELIEFS USED TO JUSTIFY IMPERPERIALISM?

• SOCIAL DARWINISM/RACIAL SUPERIORITY
• US RESPONSIBLE FOR SPREADING CHRISTIANITY/CULTURE
  TO INFERIOR PEOPLES

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WHY HAWAII SO IMOPRTANT TO US ECONOMICALLY?

• TRADE STOP ON WAY TO ASIA
• SUGAR PLANTATIONS
• STRATEGIC NAVAL LOCATION
• PEARL HARBOR 1887

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WHY DID ECONOMIC CRISIS IN HAWAII OCCUR?

• MCKINELY TARIFF 1890
• ELIMINATED DUTY FREE SUGAR
• HAD TO PAY TARIFF ON SUGAR FROM HAWAII
• PLANTATION OWNERS WANT HAWAII ANNEXED

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WHY WAS QUEEN LILIUOKALANI OVERTHROWN?

• WANTED TO REMOVE PROPERTY QUALIFICATIONS FOR
  VOTING
• POWER FROM PLANTATION OWNERS BACK TO PEOPLE
• BUSINESSMEN SIEZE POWER
• PLACE SANFORD DOLE AS PRES.

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DO YOU THINK THIS WAS RIGHT? WHY OR WHY NOT?
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QUIZ
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• 1. BELIEF THAT US WAS ORDAINED BY GOD TO EXPAND
  TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN
• 2. WHAT WERE THE ECONOMIC NEEDS THAT LED TO
  IMP.?
• 3. BUILD UP OF MILITARY TO PROTECT FROM ENEMIES

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• 4. WHAT BELIEFS WERE USED TO JUSTIFY
  IMPERPERIALISM?
• 5. WHY WAS HAWAII SO IMPORTANT TO THE US?
• 6. STONGER NATION TAKING OVER WEAKER TERRITORY
  FOR ECONOMIC, POLITICAL, MILITARY GAIN

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7. HOW DID BELIEF IN MANIFEST DESTINY SET THE
STAGE FOR US IMPERIALISM AT THE END OF THE 1800S?

• THINK ABOUT
• HOW WESTWARD EXPANSION MIGHT INSPIRE OVERSEAS
  EXPANSION
• JUSTIFICATIONS FOR IMPERIALISM