Imperialism

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IMPERIALISM
EMPIRE
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Why Imperialism?

• Europe no longer had power in the Western
  Hemisphere.
• U.S. had expanded its borders from Atlantic to
  Pacific.
• Europe and America are both itching to expand
  elsewhere.

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Why Expand?

• Economicsthey wanted access to raw materials
  (without paying for them) and new markets in
  which to sell goods.
• Military Politicsthey wanted military bases
  around the world to gain military and political
  advantage.
• Racism Ethnocentrismthey thought that they
  were racially and culturally superior to all
  non-whites.

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Kingdom of Hawaii

• U.S. businessmen move in and slowly take over 75
  of Hawaiis wealth through sugar plantations.
• Businessmen force Hawaiis King Kalakaua to
  allow
• Only wealthy landowners to vote (giving the
  businessmen all control).
• U.S. naval bases to be built (Pearl Harbor).

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U.S. Takes Over Hawaii (1898)

• King Kalakaua died.
• His sister, Liliuokalani, became Queen.
• She wanted to give voting rights back to every
  Hawaiian citizen, not just rich people.
• U.S. Marines come ashore, while volunteer troops
  imprison the Queen and make Sanford Dole the
  new President.
• Pres. Grover Cleveland is mad.
• Anti-imperialist, supporter of G. Washington
  politics
• Pres. McKinley (after Cleveland) is happy and
  annexes Hawaii.

Does Dole sound familiar?
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This sets aDANGEROUSPRECEDENTfor U.S. foreign
policy!