PPT-Annexation of Hawaii, Cuban Rebellion, Spanish American War, Panama Canal, and Political

America Expands Territorial Expansion Alaska Added US buys Alaska from Russia for 72 million Less than 2 cents an acre Got 600000 acres Annexation of Hawaii 1870 Americans in Hawaii controlled most land and trade. Monroe Doctrine. The Monroe Doctrine was a US foreign policy regarding Latin American countries in 1823. It stated that further efforts by European nations to colonize land or interfere with states in North or South America would be viewed as acts of aggression, requiring U.S. intervention.. 1872-1920. Leadership. American Imperialism. Imperialism: . Economic and political take over of a weaker nation or territory. Why: . To compete with the other major powers of the World (Britain, France, Germany) for land and resources.. United States Takes . Hawaii. Mahan’s 3 Part Plan unfolding. Independent kingdom in the Pacific Ocean (1810 – King . Kamehameha). Since 1790s, . American merchants . had stopped there on way to China and East India. Expansionism 1867-1914. Reasons for Expansion. Global Economic Competition. - need for colonies and places for new investment.. Security Needs. - need for Panama Canal, Hawaii, and a Caribbean island.. Hawaii (1893). US annexed at the urging of US sugar planters who wanted to get out of paying a tariff.. Benefit:. Strategic location in Pacific (naval base).. Queen . Lili. :. Hawaiian queen at time of annex. Wanted to return Hawaii back to her people.. Time period. 1867-1914. Chapter 9 Lesson 1 New Territories . The Nation Expands. The nation found new ways to expand. Alaska. Hawaii. Spanish American War. Cuba. Panama Canal. ALASKA. 1867- Secretary of State . The . United States Takes . Hawaii. Alfred Thayer Mahan. His father was a professor at the United States Military Academy.. He attended an evangelical college prep school and then did two years at Columbia.. Date. Place. How the US Obtained It. 1867. Alaska. Purchased from Russia. 1898. Hawaii. Queen Liliuokalani was overthrown by American planters. 1898. Puerto Rico. Gained from Spain after the Spanish. Essential Question: . Which individuals and events moved the US into the role of a world power? . Science and Technology: . technological advances fueled US imperialism at the turn of the 20. th. c. Improved equipment increased farm and factory output. Increased output led to a surplus of goods and prompted the need of overseas markets. . Imperialism. : When a country takes . colonies. Manifest Destiny- . Americans superior, right to control North America. Expansionism in the 1800s. Beginning of . US Global Involvement. Why?. New Technology. Power. Ms. Susan M. Pojer. Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY . Why . did America. join the imperialist. club at the end. of the 19c?. American Foreign Trade:. 1870-1914. 1. Commercial/Business Interests. . Big Issue Now that we are most industrialized country in world. : Big Business saw need for taking over weaker nations for raw materials & markets for their goods. All Europe doing it and U.S. needs to decide: . Reasons for U.S. Expansion. Imperialism. : . policy by which stronger . nations. extend their economic, political, or military control over . weaker. nations. Manifest Destiny. Increase the nation’s . “IMPERIALISM”. Timeframe: 1890-1909. American . Foreign & . Domestic Policy. Imperialism. : the creation and/or maintenance of an unequal economic, cultural, and territorial relationship, often in the form of an empire, based on domination and subordination." .