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Title: Exploring American History


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Exploring American History
  • American History
  • Unit VII The Beginning of Modern America
  • Chapter 22 Section 1- The United States Gains
    Overseas Territories

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The United States Gains Overseas Territories
  • The Big Idea
  • In the last half of the 1800s, the United States
    joined the race for control of overseas
    territories.
  • Main Ideas
  • The United States ended its policy of
    isolationism.
  • Hawaii became a U.S. territory in 1898.
  • The United States sought trade with Japan and
    China.

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Main Idea 1The United States ended its policy
of isolationism.
  • Powerful Western nations were building naval
    bases-
  • imperialism
  • Europeans -Africa and Southeast Asia during
    18701914.
  • European countries wanted sources of-
  • Meanwhile, the United States

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Americas Policy Shifts
  • Americans wanted to end isolationism in order to
  • United States began building an empire in late
    1800s-
  • Purchased Alaska-
  • Called Sewards Folly or Alaskan Icebox
  • Annexed Pacific Ocean territories-

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Imperialist Activity
  • Imperialism Extending a nations power over
    other lands.
  • Causes of U.S. Expansionism
  • Economic-
  • Military-
  • Ideological-
  • Scramble for territory- 1800s
  • European powers-
  • America believed it was its manifest destiny.

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End of Isolation
  • Identify- Which areas of the world did Europeans
    try to control between 1870-1914?
  • Recall- Name three forces that drove European
    imperialism.
  • Contrast- What is isolationism? What did the
    opponents of isolationism believe?

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Main Idea 2Hawaii became a U.S. territory in
1898.
Americans.
Sugar.
Planters.
After Liliuokalani became queen and proposed a
new constitution.
Congress annexed the Hawaiian Islands in 1898,
but it did not become the fiftieth state until
1959.
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Influence in Hawaii
Kamehameha designed a fleet of war canoes called
peleleu and were mounted with guns for his
conquest of the Hawaiian Islands.
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Taking Control of Hawaii
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Hawaii becomes a Territory
  • Explain- What happened in 1875 that helped the
    Hawaiian sugar industry grow?
  • Predict- What would native Hawaiians learn from
    the missionaries?

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Main Idea 3The United States sought trade with
Japan and China.
  • The island nation of Japan.
  • The United States.
  • Commodore Matthew Perry 1853.
  • Perry returned to Japan in 1854.
  • A commercial treaty 1858.
  • By the 1890s

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Influence in Japan
  • 1853- Treaty of Kanagwa 1854.
  • Japanese modernization
  • Japan seized Taiwan in 1895.

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Foreign Powers in China
  • Spheres of Influence
  • Japan defeated China in the Sino-Japanese War,
    189495.
  • Open Door Policy
  • U.S. Secretary of State John Hay set forth an
    Open Door Policy.
  • Boxer Rebellion

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U.S. Seeks Trade With Japan and China
  • Recall- Why did President Fillmore send
    Commodore Perry to Japan?
  • Identify Cause and Effect- Why had European
    powers not yet formed trade ties with Japan?
  • Evaluate What do you think about the actions of
    Commodore Perry toward the Japanese?

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U.S. Seeks Trade With Japan and China
  • Recall- How was the United States 1899 Open
    Door Policy treated by the European powers and
    Japan?
  • Sequence- What series of events in 1868, 1895
    and 1905 led to Japan becoming a world power?
  • Evaluate If you were a Chinese nationalist,
    what would you think of being within the sphere
    of influence of so many other countries?

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U.S. Seeks Trade With Japan and China
  • Recall- How long did the Boxers siege of the
    foreigners walled settlement last?
  • Evaluate What is your opinion about China being
    forced to make a 333 million payment to foreign
    governments after the Boxer rebellion?
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