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The palace of Queen Liliuokalani
Learning Goals:
1. Identify the reasons why the
United States became an
imperial power.
2. Explain how the United
States gained possession of
Alaska and Hawaii.
Journal Question
Journal: What makes a
country powerful?
Journal Question
Explanation: Empire is defined as a political unit
having an extensive territory or comprising a
number of territories or nations and ruled by a single
supreme authority. There have been many empires
throughout history.
Journal: Imagine that you are an advisor to the
president. Why would the U.S. want to build an
empire? Write your journal question as a
conversation with the president.
1. The policy by
which stronger
nations extend
their economic,
political or
military control
over weaker
nations is called
imperialism.
2. Queen Liliuokalani
upset American
planters in Hawaii by
limiting their power
and influence. The
American planters
overthrew the queen
and set up their own
government.
Farmer
Queen
Think-Pair- Share
Imagine that aliens have landed on
Earth. They are trying to change the
culture of the people that live here. The
aliens are visiting your house and trying
to get you to change your way of life.
How do you feel? Explain your answer.
Think about your answer and then turn
to a neighbor and share your thoughts.
We will share as a group.
3. Grover Cleveland
withdrew the treaty
that would annex
Hawaii. The United
States was
interested in
making Hawaii a
military base.
Annex- the formal act of acquiring
something (especially territory) by
taking it over or occupation
4. Americans
become interested in
overseas expansion
in the late 1800s to
expand its economic
and military power.
The U.S. also
claimed that it
wanted to spread
democracy.
Think-Pair- Share
Think of a group of people that were
forced to change their ways because
someone stronger wanted their land.
What if the people that were their first
were allowed to keep their natural
resources and used them to gain wealth.
For example, what if Native Americans
hunted buffalo and sold the hides and
meat for wealth with other people?
Think about your answer and then turn to a neighbor
and share your thoughts. We will share as a group.
5. European nations began
establishing colonies in Africa
in the late 1800s.
6. William Seward
promoted
American
expansionism by
purchasing
Alaska from
Russia. His
purchase was
called “Seward’s
Icebox” and
“Seward’s Folly.”
Alaska is cold.
Currently, Alaska
celebrates the purchase
on Seward's Day, the last
Monday of March.
Think-Pair- Share
Think about a list of tools that would be
needed if you were taking people to a
new land (colonizing). What would be
two of the most important tools you
would bring. Explain your answer.
Think about your answer and then turn
to a neighbor and share your thoughts.
We will share as a group.
7. Supporters of
expansionism
argued that it
would increase the
nation’s financial
prosperity,
strengthen the
nation militarily,
and spread
democratic ideas.
CLOSURE ACTIVITY
Three W’s
Students discuss or write (3 Ws):
•What did we learn today?
•So What? (relevancy, importance,
usefulness)
•Now What? (How does this fit into
what we are learning?; Does it affect
our thinking?)