Transcript Entering the World Stage - Muroc Joint Unified School District

Entering the World Stage
Chapter 7 Section 1
A. Imperialist Activity
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1. Imperialism
 The extension of a nation’s power over other lands
 Late 1800s, European countries are imperialistic
 U.S. also began to become imperialistic
 Why?
 A) Economic Interests
 Industrialization caused countries to look to foreign lands as
markets for their goods
 Africa, Asia, Latin America
 B) Military Needs
 Navies needed bases to refuel and resupply
 C) Ideology
 Nationalism- people thought that more land = more power
 Social Darwinism – Strong countries take over weak countries
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2. Scramble for Territories
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British Empire ruled ¼ of the world’s land and
population
France, Belgium, and Germany all controlled
overseas lands
American believed that they too needed to do the
same
Some Americans argued that overseas lands
needed Christianity and Democracy
B. U.S. Takes Hawaii
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1. Early Contact
 British in Hawaii late 1700s
 Hawaii ruled by King
Kamehameha
 In 1800s, U.S. missionaries
to Hawaii
 Missionaries, raised families
and grew crops and brought
disease
 Eventually, the Americans
became wealthy sugar
planters and had a lot of
power
 King Kalakaua resented
the American’s power
 He negotiated a treaty w/
the U.S., which allowed
Hawaiian sugar to enter the
U.S. tax free
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2. Plotting Against the King
 The Hawaiian League
 -purpose was to overthrow
the king and establish an
American democracy
 The U.S. wanted Pearl Harbor
in exchange for renewing the
sugar treaty
 Kalakaua refused
 Hawaiian League forced the
King to sign a new constitution
at gunpoint
 Called the Bayonet
Constitution
 -took voting rights away from
most Hawaiians and gave Pearl
Harbor to the U.S.
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In 1890, the U.S. stopped importing sugar
from Hawaii to protect U.S. sugar planters
This hurt the wealthy American planters in
Hawaii
They thought the only way to save their
businesses would be overthrow the
monarchy and add Hawaii to the U.S.
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3. End of the Monarchy
 1891, Kalakaua died and
his sister Liliuokalani takes
the throne
 She wanted to get rid of the
Bayonet Constitution
 The businessmen plotted to
overthrow her and annex
Hawaii to the U.S.
 John L. Stevens, the U.S.
minister to Hawaii, ordered
U.S. marines to take the
queen off her throne
 Liliuokalani surrendered on
Jan. 17, 1893
 Sanford B. Dole, a sugar
tycoon, was made the
president of the Republic
of Hawaii
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4. Annexation
 Dole wanted U.S. president
Grover Cleveland to annex
Hawaii
 Cleveland said that
Liliuokalani should be
restored to her throne
 William McKinley became
president after Cleveland
and annexed Hawaii in
1898
 in 1959, Hawaii became the
50th state
 In 1993, Congress formally
apologized for the incident
C. Influence in China
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Hawaii a mid-way point to
China
Europe had carved out their
own Spheres of Influence
in China
 -geographic area in
which an outside nation
has control
The U.S. was too late to get
their own Sphere of
Influence
U.S. Sec of State John Jay
proposed the Open Door
Policy
 -said that all countries
should trade equally in
China
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The presence of foreigners
in China led to the Boxer
Rebellion
Boxers were a secret
organization of Chinese
dedicated to wiping out
foreigners
Western nations rushed in
to put down the rebellion,
including the U.S.
The rebellion increased
support for the Open Door
Policy
D. Influence in Japan
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Until the 1800s, Japan was
closed to foreigners
U.S. Commodore Matthew
Perry went into Tokyo to
open trade w/ the Japanese
Japan agreed to open trade
with U.S.
This allowed Japan to
industrialize and become
the most powerful Asian
country
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By the 1890s, Japan took over
the island of Taiwan
They also wanted Korea and
Manchuria, but so did the
Russians
The Russo-Japanese War
 -Russia and Japan went to
war over Northern China
 -Both the Russians and
Japanese suffered and had
enough
 Japan asked U.S. president
Teddy Roosevelt to negotiate
a peace treaty
 Japan was the clear victor in
the war and emerged as a
great world power
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The U.S. knew that Japan
was hungry for land in the
Pacific
Roosevelt decided to make
a statement to Japan about
the power of the U.S.
He sent 4 squadrons of
battleships on a trip around
the Pacific and to Japan
-called the Great White
Fleet
This was to show off the
military power of the U.S.