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To Conquer or Not To
Conquer
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IsolationismBelief that the United States needs to focus on issues inside her borders
George Washington started this policy in 1796
Allows US to grow and mature
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ImperialismBuilding an empire by starting colonies or conquering other nationsBritain, France building empires in Africa and Southeast AsiaMany Americans say US needs to create an empire to truly become a world power
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ImperialismAllows a nation to acquire four things:
Natural resources
Protected trade routes
New markets for goods
International Influence (power)
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U.S. Tries ImperialismUS wanted more land to expand “Manifest Destiny”Willam Seward buys Alaska from Russia in 1867 for $7.2 millionAmerica laughs at him, calling the purchase “Seward’s Folly”We find fur, gold, silver, timber, and oil there -Seward has last laughBecomes 49th state in 1959
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HawaiiWanted by many countries
Fertile soil, tropical climate
1/2 way between North America and Asia - could serve as a stopping point for ships
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Hawaii (The Catch)Hawaiians lived there, but US sugar companies moved in to raise sugar cane by 1840US begins to take power from King1893 - US sends marines to take over Hawaii when Queen Liliuokalani suggests that she be allowed to rule her country without US interferenceAnnexed by US in 1898, 50th state in 1959
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48 Star Flag
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Japan - Anybody Home?
Japan had a policy of isolationism (banned leaders from traveling outside of country)US races Europe to Japan 1853 - Commodore Perry takes four warships into Tokyo Harbor to “convince” them to trade
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JapanPerry returns with 7 warships in 1854
Japan is rapidly modernized and a world power in only 50 years
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ChinaChina weak after a war with Japan in 1895Europeans race there and create Spheres of Influence - ports where only one country can tradeChina not in control of own country
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China
US has no ports, so it declares an Open Door Policy - all countries welcome to trade in China (China had no say)Boxer Rebellion - Chinese nationalists who kill 200 foreigners. Chinese govt. does nothingUS sent in Marines to stop the Boxers, and China has to pay $333 million, $25 million to US