Thursday 5/10

• Take out your passport activity from yesterday. • Turn to the 2nd page with the cartoon on it.• Answer the following questions on the page:1. What is happening in the cartoon? What do

you see?2. What does this cartoon symbolize?3. How does this cartoon represent US

imperialism?

Alaska is purchased in 1867

• Secretary of State William H. Seward agreed to purchase Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million. (that’s only about 2 cents an acre!)

At the time, critics thought Seward was crazy and called the deal "Seward's folly."

Was it worth it??

• Major discoveries of gold were made there in the 1880s and 1890s.

• These discoveries brought attention and people to Alaska.

• Today, petroleum transported across the state through a pipeline is Alaska's richest mineral resource.

What about Hawaii?• Until the late 1890s, Hawaii is ruled by a monarch.

American Sugar and Pineapple Planters on the island become very wealthy and powerful…

• The Hawaiian Queen is removed from power by American military force under pressure from businessmen (including Sanford Dole – the pineapple guy…)

How did America become Involved in Imperialism?, cont.

Hawaii is annexed in 1898.

How did America become involved in Imperialism?, cont.

• Trade relations with Japan are established in 1854 by Commodore Matthew Perry and a very young U.S. Navy

• Although China had it’s own ruler, it

was weak and controlled by other nations.

These “spheres of influence” limited trade between the U.S.

and China

Open Door Policy• In the fall of 1898, President McKinley and Secretary of State John Hay force an "open door" policy on the nations

that control China.

The policy would

allow all trading nations

access to the

Chinese markets.