November 29, 2011M11.E.4.1.1 Estimate or calculate to make predictions based on a circle, line, bar graph or given

situation. – Turn to page 295 in book use map to

answer questions1. What is the total number of imports from

Cuba in the years 1891-1894?2. Which year has the least amount of exports

from Cuba and how much was it?3. How much more was imported in 1893 then

exported?

Imperialism

• Extending a nations power by gaining territories

• Three reasons:• Raw materials

(copper,tin,rubber)• New markets• Source of power and national

pride

Isolationism

• Avoiding involvement in affairs of other nations

“Steer clear of

permanent

alliances”

Alaska• 1867• Purchased from• Russia• $7.2 million less

than 2 cents per acre

• Size• 600,000 square

miles• Fur• Timber• Gold

Midway Islands• 1867• Half way between

United States and Japan• Naval station for United

States would prove beneficial in WWII

William Seward

Hawaii• Sugar plantations• Missionaries

– Converting Hawaiians to Christianity

• Annexed– 2.1.1893 through

military coercion by USA

• 50th state in 1959

Queen Liliuokalani

1899 cartoon. Uncle Sam balances his new possessions, which are

depicted as savage children. The figures

are identified as Puerto Rico, Hawaii, Cuba,

Philippines, and "Ladrones" (the

Mariana Islands)