i m p e r i a l i s m & w w i our 1 st unit…
TRANSCRIPT
IMPERIALISM
& WWI
Our 1st Unit…
LEARNING TARGETS:
1. What is Imperialism?
2. Where did Europeans Imperialize?
3. How does the US begin imperialism?
4. How does the US shift into a world power?
INTERACTIVE PPTNeeded Today:• Happy ppt lady – needs some enthusiasm• Jimmy - intimidation• Carl - intimidation• Jonas (not one of the singing sensations)– nervousness• Awkward Quote• Uncle Sam• Wayne• Dougie Downer• William Randolph Hearst – southern accent?
YYYYYEEEEEESSSSS! Oh my Gosh!
I am SO flippin’ excited! Thank You Dunkford,
Thank You!I knew it’d be a great
day! I love US History!
Happy PPT lady
IMPERIALISM
Here’s what happened….
We’ll give you some options…
Think about how you would handle this situation…
WWYD?
Would you…1. Turn away & leave because the fight does not
concern you
2. Convince a couple of friends to help you separate the 2 students before they hurt one another
3. Get into the fight on your friend’s side and punch out the former friend who owes you $ because he deserves it
4. Punch out both students to show the rest of the school who’s the toughest dude/chick at PR.
1 2 3 4
Look at the # you chose…If you were a country, Here’s how you would
act…
Isolationism
Collective security
Intervention - alism
Imperialism
“The loner” “Team Player” “World Policeman” “World Bully”
Strict
non-involvement
in the affairs of other countries
Working w/
other countries to influence world affairs
Intervening in other countries’ to
promote important national interests & safeguard national
security
Taking land around the world
or exploiting weaker nations to
serve national interests
The US in
1800sThe US
in 1905
IMPERIALISM:“Conquering other countries to
build an EMPIRE”
aka: The strong taking over the weak. (bullying)
If you are sensitive to violent pictures, you may want to look away now.
The content of this picture is graphic and full
of pure unbridled violence
Get him Jimmy! He looks scared!
“With Pleasure!
You deserve this you
weak piece of junk!
Warning: I punch hard!”
I am so afraid for my life right now…
darn those bullies! If only I weren’t so
“Inferior”!
JIMMYJonas
Carl
European Imperialism• Since late 1800s
• England owns ¼ of land & people in the world by 1900!
• “The sun never sets on the British Empire.”
Africa = main target• GB, FR, BEL, IT, GER, PORT, & SP
• Euros wanted raw materials & shoppers
• Distributed Africa among themselves.
“They were civilizing Them”
Isolation
to
Imperialism
How the US goes from …
American ImperialismWe want some land too!
Africa’s already taken…
Where are some other “weak” people?!?
1. “We want to be alone over here!”(Only power in the Western Hemisphere)
2. Make more products & get more shoppers
3. Survival of the Fittest/Social Darwinism
We as the “superior” people (white) had to help the “inferior” people (minorities) from themselves
EX: Africans, Filippino, South Americans…
3 Reasons we give to Imperialize:
Our 1st Imperialistic
Gain…
Awkward quote:
“The Hawaiian pear is now fully ripe, and this is the golden hour to pick it”
US would make
TONS of $$ off of sugar.
After HAWAII…
We Want More!
Spanish- American
War
US vs.
SPAIN
We need to stop Spain! They’re putting Cubans in Concentration
Camps! Let’s make the world safe for Democracy! FREE CUBA!”
But we really mean…“We want control of Cuba! We want them to ‘owe us’! Get the Europeans out of here! (Western Hemisphere)”
UNCLE SAM
US tries to free Cuba from Spain – 9
weeks
BUT, Americans still debate IMPERIALISM…
FOR Imperialism… (let’s fight in the war)
“We get $$, they get a civilization AND
we’re promoting democracy!”
Against Imperialism… (no fight in war)
“We’re doing what the British did!”
WAYNE
Dougie Downer
How do we get ALL Americans to support the war & want to be
imperialist?...
YELLOW JOURNALISM
Faking or exaggerating pictures and stories to get people to support your cause and read
your newspaper
William Randolph Hearst:
“I’ll show Americans there’s a
reason to fight in a war”
“REMEMBER THE MAINE!”
Spanish burying Cuban Children!
Americans MUST help!
Americans fell for it!
Would you?!?
Results of the “Splendid Little War”
1. Most Americans now Imperialist!
2. Cuba is “independent”
but US gets a military base
3. US gets Puerto Rico, Guam, Philippines
Our “stepping stones” to a Pacific Empire!
US now a “School” for civilization
RECAP…
In a couple of years the US gets:
HAWAIICUBA
PUERTO RICOGUAM
PHILLIPINES
This is how we shift
into a
WORLD POWER!
AMERICA IS NOW
IMPERIALIST
NOTE CARD 1-5
1. What animal is the US like at the beginning of the 1900s?
2. What war was a “Splendid Little War” & how long did it last?
3. Who is William Randolph Hurst?
4. Name 3 territories the US owns by 1910.
5. Which continent is broken up? Name 2 countries that claim it.