Transcript Lesson 4-4 American Diplomacy in Asia

UNIT #4 – BECOMING A WORLD POWER
LESSON #4 –American Diplomacy in Asia
(4-4)
(152-153)
LESSON #4-4 – American
Diplomacy in Asia (12/2)
• ESSENTIAL
QUESTIONS
7. What happened to
China by the late 1800s?
8. How would the Open
Door Policy benefit all
Imperial nations, even the
ones who won land from
China in war?
VOCABULARY
Sphere of influence (153)
Open Door Policy (153)
The boxers (153)
Foreign devils (153)
Boxer Rebellion (153)
Last night’s Homework:
• What was so exceptional about Sec. of
State John Hay?
• Find at least two things he did that were
exceptional.
Explain this cartoon
1. With one other person
2. With your group
3. Share with class
Asia
• What is happening to China?
• China exports good stuff
1. Porcelain chinaware
2. Silk thread
3. Spices and tea
• By late 1800s, China was being carved up
• This is not good for ANY nation
• Competition could get ugly
• China could end up not producing what
everyone wanted if they were slaves
What happened to China?
• The whole region had become a hot-bed of war and
aggression.
– European nations competed to control as much as they could.
• Japan had modernized, and joined the competition for
China
– Japan attacked China in a war and won.
– That’s amazing, since China was always dominant… how was
Japan able to do this?
• Russia (right next door) was also competing.
– Russia attacked Japan over control of Korea, and lost
– TR stepped into negotiate the peace.
• France and Britain had forced China in to war, and
took sections for themselves
– SPHERE OF INFLUENCE
– Special trading rights
• What could happen next?
Open Door Policy
• Sec of State John Hay stepped in
• What did he say? (153)
1. Suggested that all nations could benefit if
no nation controlled part of China
2. That all nations had equal power to trade
in all areas
3. Became known as the OPEN DOOR
POLICY in China
Boxer Rebellion
• The Chinese had once been the greatest nation on earth
• Saw themselves as superior
• But, opium and corruption had weakened them –
allowed other nations to take over
• Wars and Open Door Policy were humiliating
• A rebellion group formed: THE BOXERS
• What did the Boxers want to do? (153)
1. They wanted to get the non-Chinese out
2. They called them “foreign devils”
3. They attacked foreigners, but were defeated
Activity for group
• Imagine you were China
• What would you suggest would be the
best way to deal with powerful invaders?
• As a group, come up with some real
solutions, and the details as to how you
would make it happen
LESSON #1 – Spanish American
War & Amer. Empire (11/30)
• ESSENTIAL
QUESTIONS
7. What happened to
China by the late 1800s?
8. How would the Open
Door Policy benefit all
Imperial nations, even the
ones who won land from
China in war?
VOCABULARY
Sphere of influence (153)
Open Door Policy (153)
The boxers (153)
Foreign devils (153)
Boxer Rebellion (153)
Homework
• Find five facts about Teddy Roosevelt
Plessy vs. Ferguson (1896)
1. What did Adolph Plessy do? (135)
He was a partially black man (1/8 black, and very light skinned)
who took a seat on a train in a car designated just for whites
2. What “doctrine” did this lead to? (136)
The doctrine was known as “separate but equal,” and led to
legal discrimination in the South that lasted for more than 50
years