UNITED STATES IMPERIALISM in the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries

1. UNITED STATES IMPERIALISMin the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries Designed by Mrs. Lanshe MENU

2. The United States Becomes A World Power U.S. OPENS TRADE WITH JAPAN U.S. ANNEXES HAWAII U.S. DEFEATS SPAIN IN THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR U.S. INITIATES AN OPEN-DOOR TRADING POLICY WITH CHINA U.S. BUILDS THE PANAMA CANAL

3. In 1854, the United States begins trading with Japan • Read the 1854 Treaty of Kanagawa. • View a map of Japan. Read facts about Japan. Listen to Japan’s national anthem “The Reign of Our Emperor”. HAWAII MENU

4. In 1893, the United States supports a revolution in Hawaii • Read about Hawaii’s last queen. • See and hear about Hawaii’s pineapple industry. • View a map of Hawaii. Listen to the “Hawaii Five-O” television theme song. CUBA PHILIPPINES MENU

5. In 1898, the United States declares war on Spain • View a photograph of the wreck of the U.S.S. Maine, an American ship that mysteriously blew up in the harbor at Havana, Cuba. • View a photograph of Admiral George Dewey, who defeated the Spanish at the Battle of Manila Bay in the Philippines on the U.S.S. Olympia. • View a photograph of Theodore Roosevelt and his Rough Riders, who defeated the Spanish at the Battles of Kettle and San Juan Hills in Cuba. Listen to Cuba’s national anthem “Sons of Bayamo”. Listen to the Philippines’ national anthem “Marcha Nacional Filipina”. CHINA MENU

6. In 1899, the United States initiates an open-door trading policy with China • Define “Open Door”. • Read about U.S. Secretary of State John Hay’s 1899 & 1900 notes requesting an open-door trading policy with China. • Analyze a 1900 American political cartoon about the Open Door Policy. • View a map of China. Read facts about China. Listen to China’s national anthem “March of the Volunteers”. PANAMA MENU

7. In 1907, the United States begins digging in Panama • Read the 1903 Hay – Bunau-Varilla Treaty. • See the Panama Canal. • Look at historic photographs of the Panama Canal. • Observe the operation of the Panama Canal. • View a map of Panama. Read facts about Panama. Listen to Panama’s national anthem “Isthmus Anthem”. MENU