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Imperialism
Focus Question: How and why did
the United States take a more
active role in world affairs?
Warm up, Happy Friday! 
# your paper 1-5
Please read the following scenarios.
Decide what the U.S. should do in each
situation. Be ready to explain why you feel
this way!
*Note: you may choose more than one
solution as long as you justify your
choices!
1. What should the U.S. do if. . .
A natural disaster strikes another country?
a. Send our national guard to help
b. Send $$ by the U.S. government
c. Ignore it. . . Not our problem
d. Send a private organization like the Red
Cross
2. What should the U.S. do if. . .
A deadly Civil War is happening in another
country?
a. Send the U.S. army right away
b. Send $$ to help the side we support buy
weapons
c. Ignore it. . . Not our problem
d. Get President Obama to have the two sides
over for a peace talk at the White House
3. What should the U.S. do if. . .
Another country has a dictator that the
U.S. doesn’t like or support?
a.
b.
c.
d.
send the U.S. army to overthrow him
Give financial support ($$) to the opposition
Ignore it. . . Not our problem
Interview the people living in the country to
see if they would like a change
4. What should the U.S. do if. . .
A smaller country has an abundance (a
lot of) a natural resources that America
needs or wants?
a. Send the U.S. army to take it!
b. Try to strike a deal with the country where
we can have access to the resources for a
very low price
c. Nothing- they aren’t our resources to take!
d. Give the smaller country something of ours
that they may want- try to create a fair trade.
5. What should the U.S. do if. . .
Mexico and Canada get in a war with
each other?
a. Send the army to help one side right away!
b. Secretly give $$ to one side so they can buy
supplies but the other won’t know about it
c. Ignore it! Not our problem. . .
d. Poll the U.S. public to see which side they
would like to support.
Washington on Foreign Policy
Warned AGAINST getting involved in
foreign affairs
We start to see a CHANGE in foreign
policy…
What is imperialism?
The idea that a stronger nation
should control weaker nations
How do you
think
Imperialism is
going to affect
the United
States? How
will it affect
other
countries?
Causes of Imperialism
Making $$$
– Imperialists wanted the U.S. to get
raw materials and natural resources
from other countries.
Causes of Imperialism
Making our military stronger
– Alfred T. Mahan: wrote The
Influence of Sea Power on
History
Why: If we have bases around
the world, we could refuel and
gather fresh supplies. He
wanted the U.S. to be a world
power and we needed a
strong Navy to do this!
Causes of Imperialism
Belief that we are “better”
– Imperialists used ideas of racial, national
and cultural superiority to justify
imperialism.
– Rudyard Kipling’s The White Man’s
Burden: white men have a responsibility to
colonize other places and rule other
people for their own benefit
– Social Darwinists: survival of the fittest
White Man’s Burden
Poem by Rudyard Kipling 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”
You Tell Me: Why does
the United States
become an
imperialist country?
We Buy Alaska!
Secretary of State, William Seward
buys Alaska from Russia
Journalists nicknamed it Sewards’
Folly and Sewards’ Icebox.
–Why: They thought it was just
snow and ice 1,000 miles north of
our border.
The U.S. gets Hawaii
U.S. involved with Hawaii since the
1700s in the Sugar Industry
American planters convinced Hawaiian
King to amend the constitution so
voting rights are limited to rich
landowners (white planters)
The U.S. Gets Hawaii
Hawaiian King diedhis sister Queen
Liliuokalani, took over.
She resented the
power of planters and
abolished (ended) the
constitution that gave
power to white
planters.
The U.S. Gets Hawaii
How did Planters react?
American Planters used
violence to overthrow the
Queen!
President William
McKinley annexes (adds)
Hawaii in 1898.
The U.S. now has all 50
states!
U. S. View of Hawaiians
Hawaii becomes a U. S. Protectorate in 1849
by virtue of economic treaties.
Theodore Roosevelt
(Big Stick Diplomacy)
The idea
that America
will control
the world by
policing it.
“Speak
Softly and
Carry a Big
Stick”
Theodore Roosevelt
(Big Stick Diplomacy)
Roosevelt added the
“Roosevelt Corollary” to the
Monroe Doctrine.
Now the U.S. will intervene
with the military when
necessary in Latin America to
protect US interests
Why do
you think
the
Roosevelt
Corollary
was
added?
William Howard Taft
(Dollar Diplomacy)
The idea of increasing
investments in Latin America
and the Caribbean
“substitute dollars for bullets”
Designed to protect
economic ($$) interests and
increase U.S. power in the
World
Why do
you think
Dollar
Diplomacy
is
important?
Woodrow Wilson
(Moral Diplomacy)
Idea that U.S. must be a “friend to the world” and
stop trying to take over places with conquest.
Also called Missionary Diplomacy
Designed to promote human rights and
democracy in other countries without using
force.
This doesn’t always happen… Sometimes
even Wilson uses force!
2nd Block
Lucky for you- we have a pep rally today
during 4th block (my other US class)
SO- you get the remainder of class to work
on your project  Use your time WISELY!