Chapter 23 – Overseas Expansion
For this the assignment, you will be reading about specific examples of American imperialism and making some judgments about America’s involvement. Using Chapter 23, ABC-CLIO, and the video clips online, read and listen about the topics and record essential information in order to help answer the essential question. The instructions are simple: For each of the topics, you need to summarize America's involvement with the country or area discussed. You may use bulleted points. After that, analyze the situation and give American involvement a "thumbs up" or a "thumbs down", and support your opinion. An example has been provided!
YOU MAY DO THIS WITH A PARTNER OR TWO – JUST MAKE SURE YOU ALL ACTUALLY WORK ON IT, AND PUT ALL NAMES ON EACH ASSIGNMENT!
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ALASKA (EXAMPLE)FACTS:
· 1867 - Secretary of State Seward negotiated a treaty with Russia, purchasing Alaska for $7.2 million
· huge area - twice the size of Texas
· Seward wanted to expand the American empire
· the purchase was ridiculeduntil gold and eventually oil was found there
/ OPINION and RATIONALE /
I think this was a great move for the U.S. It gave the U.S. valuable resources (gold and oil), and also serves as a buffer between the U.S. and Russia. Plus, it was dirt cheap,no one was hurt, and the U.S. wasn't being a bully.
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HAWAII (660-661, ABC-CLIO, video)Key terms – missionaries, planters, Queen Liliuokalani, Pearl Harbor, annexation
FACTS:
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CUBA (SECTION 2)FACTS: You will learn about this important event in an online presentation, so don’t worry about writing the facts. Please read it, though, to make the online presentation easier and even more thrilling than ever before. Make sure you fill in the opinion and rationale below
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CHINA AND THE OPEN DOOR (669, ABC-CLIO, video)Key terms – spheres of influence, Open Door, Boxer Rebellion
FACTS:
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THE PHILIPPINES (666, ABC-CLIO, video)Key terms – Spanish American War, Emiliano Aguinaldo, opponents
FACTS:
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PANAMA (670, video)Key terms – French canal lease, Colombia, US warships, Panamanian revolution, canal zone
FACTS:
CHECK OUT THE COOL STUFF ABOUT THE PANAMA CANAL ON pp. 670-671
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BIG STICK and THE ROOSEVELT COROLLARY (672-673, ABC-CLIO, video)Key terms – Roosevelt Corollary, Big Stick Diplomacy, Dominican Republic
FACTS:
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DOLLAR DIPLOMACY (673, ABC-CLIO, video)Key terms – Taft, create stability and order abroad , substitute dollars for bullets
FACTS:
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MORAL DIPLOMACY AND RELATIONS WITH MEXICO (673, ABC-CLIO, video)Key terms – Moral Diplomacy, Pancho Villa, raids on borders
FACTS:
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We will go over much of this material in our class debate on Tuessday. You should also start thinking about topics for an original editorial cartoon concerning imperialism!
Expansionism: Economic, Military Strength, and Racial Superiority: Anti-Imperialism (04:05)
The Trade Treaty of 1854 with Japan (01:58)
The Treaty of Cessation of 1867 with Russia: Purchasing Alaska (01:40)
The Annexation of Hawaii in 1898 (02:07)
Spanish American War: The Caribbean and the Pacific (10:15)
The Fight for Independence in Cuba (04:50)
War in the Philippines and Guam (01:00)
U.S. Victory in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines: Treaty of Paris 1898 (02:21)
The Philippines Retaliates Against U.S. Imperialism: Policy on New Territories (01:32)
Cuba and the U.S.: The Platt Amendment of 1903 (00:32)
Open Door Policy with China: Boxer Rebellion: Boxer Protocol (03:29)
Teddy Roosevelt's "Big Stick" Foreign Policy (02:51)
William Taft's Dollar Diplomacy: Woodrow Wilson's Moral Diplomacy (03:00)
Citation (MLA)
America Becomes a World Power. AIMS Multimedia. 2003. unitedstreaming. 27 February 2006 <http://www.unitedstreaming.com/>
America in the 20th Century: America Becomes a World Power
America in the 20th Century: America Becomes a World Power (30:00)
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America Begins the Twentieth Century (01:09)
Expansionism (03:06)
Opening Japan (01:49)
Purchasing Alaska (01:40)
Annexing Hawaii (02:07)
Spanish-American War (10:15)
American and Spanish Expansionism at the Turn of the Century (00:58)
Jose Marti and the Cuban Revolution Against Spanish Rule (01:33)
The Spanish-American War Begins (02:19)
The War in the Philippines and the Caribbean (03:02)
The War Ends: The Treaty of Paris (02:23)
China: The Open Door Policy (03:28)
Foreign Policy (05:24)
Video Quiz: America Becomes a World Power (00:30)
America in the 20th Century: America Becomes a World Power. United Learning. 2001. unitedstreaming. 27 February 2006 http://www.unitedstreaming.com/
Wilson and Pancho Villa
American Diary, The: Clouds of War (1916-1917). AIMS Multimedia. 1984. unitedstreaming. 27 February 2006 http://www.unitedstreaming.com/
American Diary, The: Clouds of War (1916-1917). AIMS Multimedia. 1984. <http://www.unitedstreaming.com/>