US Imperialism

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US Imperialism

• Imperialism in SE Asia Pacific Ocean

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Setting it up

• Imperialism Europeans feast included
• Africa
• Persia
• India
• New Objective The Pacific Rim, including SE Asia
  and the islands of the Pacific Ocean

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1st 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)

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U.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

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Next up Hawaii

• Hawaii Big Business
• Sugar Cane(C H Sugar)
• Dole Fruit Company
• Queen Liliuokalani Last Hawaiian Monarch
• Wanted businesses to help Hawaiians

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Conflict 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.

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Summarizing 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.

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Which U.S. business interest group pushed for the
annexation of Hawaii?

1. Steel makers
2. Shipbuilders
3. Railroad builders
4. Sugar-cane planters

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Emilio Aguinaldo fought for the independence of

1. Java
2. Malacca
3. Indonesia
4. The Philippine Islands

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As a direct result of the Spanish-American War,
the U.S. acquired all of the following EXCEPT

1. Guam
2. Hawaii
3. Puerto Rico
4. The Philippine Islands

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Queen Liliuokalani was the last monarch of

1. Java
2. Hawaii
3. Borneo
4. The Philippine Islands

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Part 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
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Setting 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

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So 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.

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The U.S. Opportunistic

• James Monroe The American
• continentsare
• not to be considered as
• subjects for future
• colonization by any
• European powers.
• Monroe Doctrine

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Cuba, 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

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Panama Canal

• Highway connecting 2 Oceans
• We help Panama gain independence
• We build Panama Canal, control it from 1914-1999

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Summary Writing Activity

• List 3 Actions the US took to establish control
  over Latin So. America.

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Review 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.

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Use of the Panama Canal reduced the sea route
from the west coast of the US to the east coast
by about 9,000 miles.

1. True
2. False. 2,000
3. False. 50,000
4. False. 900

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The Roosevelt Corollary gave the U.S. the right
to be an international police power in the
Western hemisphere.

1. True
2. False. Eastern
3. False. Southern
4. False. Northern

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The Monroe Doctrine was intended to reduce the
threat of U.S. interference in the affairs of the
new Latin American republics.

1. True.
2. False. European nations
3. False. Asian nations
4. False. African nations

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Panama allowed the U.S. to build a canal across
its territory in exchange for U.S. aid in helping
Panama build a modern navy.

1. True.
2. False. Build an army worthy of Mordor.
3. False. Achieve independence
4. False. Industrialize

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After losing the War of 1812, Spain ceded its
last colonies to the U.S.

1. True.
2. False. French-Indian War
3. False. Mexican-American War
4. False. Spanish-American War

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After independence from colonial rule, caudillos
ruled many Latin American nations as dictators

1. True.
2. False. Caballeros
3. False. Economic elites
4. False. Workers