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10.1 IMPERIALISM AND AMERICA
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AMERICAN HISTORY IIMR. HOOD18 MARCH 2014
10.1 IMPERIALISM AND AMERICA
AMERICAN HISTORY IIMR. HOOD`S NOTES18 MARCH 2014
MAIN IDEABEGINNING IN 1867 AND CONTINUING
THROUGH THE CENTURY, GLOBAL COMPETITION CAUSED THE UNITED
STATES TO EXPAND.
WHY IT MATTERS NOWDURING THIS TIME PERIOD,
THE UNITED STATES ACQUIRE HAWAII AND ALASKA, BOTH OF WHICH
BECAME STATES IN 1959.
INTRODUCTION
TO COMPETE WITH EUROPEAN
POWERS
AMERICA ALSO WANTED OVERSEAS COLONIES
INFLUENCED BY ECONOMIC
+ CULTURAL FACTORS
+ FUELED BY INDUSTRIAL
REVOLUTION
USA JOINED COMPETITION FOR RAW MATERIALS
AND NEW MARKETS
OBJECTIVE 1EXPLAIN THE ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL FACTORS
THAT FUELED THE GROWTH OF AMERICAN
IMPERIALISM
AMERICA WANTED
TO EXPAND
ALREADY EXTENDED CONTROL TOWARDS
PACIFIC OCEAN
SPURRED BY
MANIFEST DESTINY
MANIFEST DESTINY: BELIEF U.S. WOULD INEVITABLY EXPAND
WESTWARD
THEN FOLLOWED LEAD OF EUROPEAN IMPERIALIST
NATIONS
IMPERIALISM: STRONG COUNTRY CONTROLS WEAK
COUNTRY
ECONOMIC, POLITICAL, + MILITARY
CONTROL
ALREADY A TREND AROUND
THE WORLD
EUROPEAN NATIONS
HAD COLONIES
AMERICANS WANTED THE
SAME
USA ALSO WANTED…
DESIRE FOR MILITARY
STRENGTH
TO COMPETE WITH
EUROPEANS
THIRST FOR NEW MARKETS
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
BELIEF IN CULTURAL
SUPERIORITY
SOCIAL DARWINISM
SOCIAL DARWINISM: SURVIVAL
OF THE FITTEST
OBJECTIVE 2DESCRIBE HOW THE
UNITED STATES ACQUIRED ALASKA.
SUMMARIZE HOW THE UNITED STATES OOK OVER THE HAWAIIAN
ISLANDS.
USA BOUGHT ALASKA
FROM RUSSIANS
$7.2 MILLION
HAD NATURAL R E S O U R C E S
INCLUDING OIL
MOST AMERICANS RELUCTANT TO
IMPERIALISE
REMEMBER: USA HAD BEEN AN ENGLISH
COLONY
WILLIAM SEWARD
CONVINCED USA
ALASKA OFFICIALLY BECAME
STATE IN 1959
ALASKA IS A VERY RICH STATE
THAT SAME YEAR USA TOOK
MIDWAY ISLANDS
USA ALSO WANTED HAWAII
HAWAII HAD SUGAR
MANY AMERICANS HAD ALREADY SETTLED
THERE
AMERICANS OWNED
PLANTATIONS
SETTLERS CALLED FOR US TO ANNEX
HAWAII
US PRESSURED HAWAII
US BUILT NAVAL BASE AT PEARL
HARBOR
REFUELING STATION FOR AMERICAN
SHIPS
HAWAIIAN QUEEN OVERTHROWN
BY AMERICA
HAWAII BECAME 50TH STATE IN 1959
US EXPANSIONISM HAD
BEGUN
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