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The Age of Imperialism
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Imperialism
Definition = Expansion
of a nation’s influence,
by acquiring territory or
by controlling another
country.
Isolationism
Definition = Avoiding
involvement of the
affairs of other
countries.
Possession
Definition = land that is
acquired by:
1. purchase
2. discovery
3. conquest
Protectorate
Definition = a small or
weak country that is
protected by a stronger
country.
Reasons for Imperialism
1. Raw materials: sugar
cane; oil, coal; etc.
2. Bragging rights:
“keeping up with the
Joneses”
Reasons for Imperialism
 3. Markets: places to sell
our surplus (extra) goods
 4. Defense: places to refuel
our battle ships and to spy
on the enemy
Reasons for Imperialism
 5. White Man’s Burden:
“let’s civilize and Christianize
the cannibals”
 6. Manifest Destiny: “America
is meant to expand.”
White Man’s Burden
The White Man's Burden
By Rudyard Kipling
McClure's Magazine 12 (Feb. 1899).
Take up the White Man's burden-Send forth the best ye breed-Go, bind your sons to exile
To serve your captives' need;
To wait, in heavy harness,
On fluttered folk and wild-Your new-caught sullen peoples,
Half devil and half child.
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The Age of Imperialism
The time has come,
wrote Captain Alfred
Mahan, for Americans
to turn their "eyes
outward, instead of
inward only, to seek
the welfare of the
country."
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Panama, Panama!!
Puerto Rico
pop. 3,927,188
Guam
pop. 171,019
U.S. Virgin Islands
pop. 108,605
American Samoa
pop. 57,794
Northern Marianas Islands
pop. 82,459
Midway Islands
pop. 0
Wake Island
pop. 0
Johnson Atoll
chemical weapons dump site
Expansion and
Imperialism
 William H. Seward
purchases Alaska for
7.2 Million Dollars
 2 cents per acre
 Alfred T. Mahan 
The United States
needs a strong navy
to protect economic
interests abroad
 The Influence of Sea
Power upon History
Hawaii 1
 In 1787 Captain James Cook is the first
European to discover Hawaii
 Missionaries go to Hawaii to convert the
Hawaiians and open businesses raising
sugarcane
 In 1875, sugar can be shipped duty free
to the United States
Hawaii 2
 1890 – McKinley Tariff allows countries
to ship sugar duty free to the United
States
 Tariff also gives a subsidy to U.S. sugar
producers causing the price to plummet
and destroy the Hawaiian economy
 1893 – planters revolt against Queen
Liliuokalani when she tries to restore
power to the monarchy
Hawaii 3
 U.S. sends 150
marines in to support
the planters although
no shots are fired
 1898 – Islands
become annexed
 1900 – U.S. territory
 1959 – 50th U.S.
state
The Opening of Japan
 Prior to 1850’s Japan is an isolationist
country. WHY???
 Millard Fillmore sends Commodore
Matthew Perry to open up Japan
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1853 – 4 US warships arrive in Japan
1854 – Perry’s second expedition to Japan
1858 – Japanese sign trade agreement
1868 – Restoration of the Meiji Dynasty
Commodore Mathew Perry
Foreign Powers in China
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