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Explore the imagery, messages, and historical documents related to American expansion from 1840-1920. Discuss the concept of "might makes right" and the reasons for and against imperialism. Learn about influential figures and events of this period.

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  1. Good Morning! • Please have a seat & get out a sheet of paper.

  2. Write down your response: • What images/symbols/characters do you see? • What is the message of this document?

  3. Write down your thoughts to the following question: • Does “might” make “right”? • Examples of when it does… • Examples of when it doesn’t… • How & why did the United States expand from 1840-1920?

  4. Let’s Color!!! • How & why did the United States expand from 1840-1920? • Maps of the American Empire • American expansion into the West and around the globe • Identify & date • Textbooks, phones (use for good – not evil)

  5. Next Week • Grief counselors will be available... • Tuesday: Component 1 Activity • Your Unit 2 Component 1 Paper • This is really important!!! • 40% of Cambridge Exam!!! • Thursday: American Expansion Documents & written response • Expectation… • Cambridge Learner Profile…

  6. Cambridge Learner Profile • Confidentin working with information and ideas – their own and those of others • Responsiblefor themselves, responsive to and respectful of others • Reflectiveas learners, developing their ability to learn • Innovativeand equipped for new and future challenges • Engagedintellectually and socially, ready to make a difference.

  7. Albert Beveridge • Alfred T. Mahan • Frederick Jackson Turner • William Jennings Bryan • Carl Schurz

  8. American Imperialism Reasons For Reasons Against

  9. Imperialism Vocab • Imperialism • Manifest Destiny • Social Darwinism • Monroe Doctrine

  10. America Becomes a Colonial Power

  11. Why did America join the imperialist club at the end of the 19c?

  12. 1. Commercial/Business Interests U. S. Foreign Investments: 1869-1908

  13. 1. Commercial/Business Interests American Foreign Trade:1870-1914

  14. 2. Military/Strategic Interests Alfred T. Mahan  The Influence of Sea Power on History: 1660-1783

  15. 3. Social Darwinist Thinking The White Man’sBurden The Hierarchyof Race

  16. 4. Religious/Missionary Interests American Missionariesin China, 1905

  17. 5. Closing the American Frontier Frederick Jackson Turner: The Frontier Thesis

  18. Imperialism Quiz • Write a brief paragraph explaining three significant arguments against America becoming an imperial power. Reference specific people, terms, and/or specific arguments from the texts and class discussion.

  19. Imperialism Quiz • Write a brief paragraph explaining three significant reasons America sought to become an imperial power. Reference specific people, terms, and/or specific arguments from the texts and class discussion.

  20. The Olney Memorandum 1895 • Read the document & answer these questions: • What is this about? What is the background? • What was the Monroe Doctrine? (Look it up!) • What is the United States trying to get Great Britain to do? • How does this help us understand the US in the Age of Imperialism? Think about the reasons for imperialism • What specific quotes can you use to support your answer?

  21. Annexation of Hawaii • Read & annotate the document - 8 minutes • Discuss the questions with your group – 8 minutes • Create a cartoon/skit/chart/etc. to show the most significant thing that this shows us about the US in the Age of Imperialism – 8 minutes • Present to the class

  22. How did the US become an imperial power in the late 1800s? • Examples of American Imperialism 1853-1898 • Causes of the Spanish-American War

  23. Japan

  24. Commodore Matthew Perry Opens Up Japan: 1853 The Japanese View of Commodore Perry

  25. Treaty of Kanagawa: 1854

  26. Gentleman’s Agreement: 1908 • Theodore Roosevelt • Japan agreed to limit workers • going to the US • The U.S. government got the school board of San Francisco to stop segregation of Asians in separate schools • 1908  Root-Takahira Agreement.

  27. Lodge Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine: 1912 • Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Sr. • Non-European powers, like Japan, would be excluded from owning territory in the Western Hemisphere.

  28. Alaska

  29. “Seward’s Folly”: 1867 $7.2 million

  30. “Seward’s Icebox”: 1867

  31. Hawaii: "Crossroads of the Pacific"

  32. U. S. Missionaries in Hawaii Imiola Church – first built in the late 1820s

  33. U. S. View of Hawaiians • Hawaii becomes a U. S. Protectorate in 1849 by virtue of economic treaties.

  34. Hawaiian Queen Liliuokalani Hawaii for the Hawaiians!

  35. U. S. Business Interests In Hawaii • 1875 – Reciprocity Treaty • 1890 – McKinley Tariff • 1893 –American businessmen backed an uprising against Queen Liliuokalani. • Sanford Ballard Dole proclaims the Republic of Hawaii in 1894.

  36. To The Victor Belongs the Spoils Hawaiian Annexation Ceremony, 1898

  37. Cuba

  38. The Imperialist Taylor

  39. Spanish Misrule in Cuba

  40. Valeriano Weyler’s “Reconcentration” Policy

  41. “Yellow Journalism” & Jingoism Joseph Pulitzer Hearst to Frederick Remington:You furnish the pictures, and I’ll furnish the war! William Randolph Hearst

  42. Remember the Maineand to Hell with Spain! Funeral for Maine victims in Havana

  43. De Lôme Letter • Dupuy de Lôme, Spanish Ambassador to the U.S. • Criticized President McKinley as weak and a bidder for the admiration of the crowd, besides being a would-be politician who tries to leave a door open behind himself while keeping on good terms with the jingoes of his party.

  44. The War Debate • Intervention? • McKinley’s War Message • Teller Amendment: "... hereby disclaims any disposition of intention to exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction, or control over said island except for pacification thereof, and asserts its determination, when that is accomplished, to leave the government and control of the island to its people.”

  45. The Spanish-American War (1898):“That Splendid Little War”

  46. The “Rough Riders”

  47. The Philippines

  48. The Spanish-American War (1898):“That Splendid Little War”

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