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Bell Quiz: Use Pages 342-345

Bell Quiz: Use Pages 342-345. 1.What happened in 1890 to make Hawaiian sugar more expensive in America? 2. What benefit would there be to American planters if Hawaii was annexed by the U.S.? 3.In what year did Hawaii become a U.S. territory? When did the become a state?

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Bell Quiz: Use Pages 342-345

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  1. Bell Quiz: Use Pages 342-345 1.What happened in 1890 to make Hawaiian sugar more expensive in America? 2. What benefit would there be to American planters if Hawaii was annexed by the U.S.? 3.In what year did Hawaii become a U.S. territory? When did the become a state? 4. Who owned Cuba until 1898? 5. What is Yellow Journalism?

  2. Bell Quiz Answers The McKinley Tariff of 1890 was passed removing the duty free status of Hawaiian sugar. The duties (import taxes) on Hawaiian goods would be eliminated and Hawaiian goods would be cheaper. 1898 and 1959. Spain Exaggerated news stories embellished for the purpose of selling papers/magazines or increasing your T.V. ratings

  3. Bell Quiz: Use Pages 342-345 What piece of land did the U.S. purchase in 1867 AND how much did it cost? What were the only 2 African countries NOT taken over by European nations by the early 1900’s? What was Hawaii’s main trade product in the mid 19th century? What interest would Sanford B. Dole have in acquiring Hawaii? Why did U.S. military and political leaders want to annex Hawaii?

  4. Bell Quiz Answers Bought Alaska from the Russians for $7.2 million (two cents an acre). Ethiopia and Liberia. Sugar. Dole’s family will later own the Dole Food Company. Military and political leaders wanted to build a naval base on the island so we would have a refueling station for our naval ships.

  5. Imperialism

  6. What is Imperialism? • Imperialism: The policy in which nations extend their economic, political, or military control over weaker territories.

  7. Why and what? Manifest Destiny: American belief that we were destined by God to expand from the east coast to the west coast. Imperialism: Policy in which stronger nations extend their economic policies to weaker ones. How? Bullying techniques.

  8. 4 Factors that drove Americans to Imperialism 1. Economic Competition among industrial nations. 2. Political and Military Competition 3. Belief in the Racial and Cultural superiority of Anglo-Saxons (Caucasians) 4. Manifest Destiny: Belief that the U.S. is destined by God for greatness.

  9. Admiral Alfred T. Mahan Sir Alfred Mahan • President of the Naval War College • He was a professor at the United States Military Academy President of the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island. Wrote a book called “The Influence of Sea Power Upon History. Encouraged the U.S. to modernize and increase the size of its navy in order to become a world power.

  10. The Influence of Sea Power Upon History 1660-1783, Urges U.S. to: • Build a strong navy to defend peacetime shipping lanes. • Acquire strategically located bases where U.S. fleets could refuel. • Develop a modern fleet. • Establish Naval Base in the Caribbean. • Acquire Hawaii and other Pacific Islands. • Build a Canal in Panama.

  11. The “Great White Fleet” • In response to Mahan the U.S. builds 9 new steel cruisers between 1883-1890. • The U.S. Navy, became 5th in the world in naval power by 1898, by 1900 they were 3rd in the world.

  12. Justification for Racism *Social Darwinism (Herbert Spencer): Applied Charles Darwin’s “survival of the fittest” theory to the societies in the world. Human progress resulted from the triumph of advanced cultures over their inferior competitors. *Studied and evaluated every civilization based upon: Wealth + Power = Greatness *Result=Anglo Saxons are the best and need to civilize the world. *Hierarchy of Races: “The Negro was at the foot of the Mongol, the Yellow Race between and Caucasians at the top. There’s a small gap between Primitives Races and the Gorilla.” (Robert Chambers)

  13. Hierarchy of Races Whites: Caucasian Yellow: Asian Mongol: Eurasia Negro

  14. Where should the U.S. expand? • Non-white countries that will benefit us economically and militarily. “Inferior peoples.” • Hawaii, Cuba, Philippines, Puerto Rico, China, Guam, Panama, Nicaragua, and Mexico.

  15. White Man’s Burden: Rudyard Kipling Read and interpret. Partner up: Summarize each stanza by rewriting it in your own words. What is the meaning of “The White Man’s Burden”? Each person must turn in their own paper.

  16. Black Man’s Burden: Written in Response to White Man’s Burden

  17. Bell Quiz: Use Pages 346-351 What was Cuba’s main trade product in the mid 19th century? Why did Jose Marti destroy American property in Cuba? What is Yellow Journalism? Name the U.S. battleship that blew up off the coast of Cuba? Where did the first battle of the Spanish-American war take place?

  18. Bell Quiz Answers Sugar Provoke U.S. intervention in Cuba to help the rebels. Exaggerated news stories written to sell more papers. U.S.S. Maine. The Philippines.

  19. Ha Hawaii • Why Hawaii? -Naval Base (Pearl Harbor) -Perfect for stopping to re-fuel before going on to foreign lands. -Sugar industry. -Fruit industry.

  20. Ha Hawaii 1893 Queen Liliuokalani proposed to remove property qualifications for voting status. This would return political power to the natives. The natives would then not allow Hawaii to be annexed.

  21. Ha Hawaii On January 16, 1893 U.S. business groups in Hawaii and the U.S. ambassador John L. Stevens organized a revolt against Queen Liliuokalani. The USS Boston pulls into the harbor and marines take over the Hawaiian government, imprison the Queen, and establish a provisional government with Sanford B. Dole as president. Dole refuses to step down when requested to by President Cleveland. Result=U.S. annexes Hawaii in 1898 as an American territory and the sugar duty is removed.

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  23. Assignment: News Cast • Each student will write a news cast for the local 10PM news reporting on the takeover and annexation of Hawaii by the United States. • Use pages 344-345 of your textbook. • You may write the news cast from either the perspective of the U.S. or the Hawaiians. Your choice. • News cast MUST be written in your own words. You may use quotes from the textbook if you like.

  24. Story Writing: Write a story using ALL of the words below. The story must be historically correct, follow chronological order, and be in your own words. Use pages 346-354 of your textbook. Have fun with it! U.S.S. Maine Joseph Pulitzer George DeweyTreaty of Paris Jose Marti Sugar Philippines Yellow Journalism Teddy Roosevelt De Lome Letter Cuba Rough Riders Foraker Act Puerto Rico Platt Amendment William Randolph Hearst President William McKinley

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