Launch List

• 1. Have homework out to go over

• 2. Copy new objective– 3. List 2 positives and 2 negatives for

isolationist and expansionist foreign policy.

Matthew Perry:

• Not this Yahoo----

--Matthew Perry:.

• American Naval Officer who explores Japan and opens their ports to trade

--Matthew Perry: American Naval Officer who explores Japan and

opens their ports to trade.

--Matthew Perry: American Naval Officer who explores Japan and

opens their ports to trade.

William Seward: American Secretary of state in1860;

responsible for acquiring Alaska.

Called Seward's Folly:

Seward's Folly:

• Costs 2 cents an acre

• 600,000 square miles

• Seward's icebox

• equivalent to about US$ 1.67 billion 2006 dollars

Isolationism• Keeping out of the affairs of other nations.

Isolationism

Isolationism

Imperialism

• Powerful countries taking over weaker countries.

Expansionism• Extending national boundaries.

Expansionism

--Liluokalani: Hawaiian Queen that tried to stop American Annexation

(Taking over) and was unsuccessful

Sphere of Influence:

• Area around a seaport where a nation has special trading privileges

--Open Door Policy: Treaty signed that opens trade with China to any

nation

open door policy

open door policy

--Boxer Rebellion: Nationalist revolt in China that seeks to rid

China of “Foreign devils.”

Boxer Rebellion

Short Answers

1. What benefit did Seward See in purchasing Alaska?

• He saw Alaska as a stepping stone for increasing US trade in Asia and the pacific.

2. Why did people call the purchase of Alaska “Seward’s folly?”

• They thought it was a frozen wasteland.

Called Seward's Folly:

Seward's Folly:

• Costs 2 cents an acre

• 600,000 square miles

• Seward's icebox

• equivalent to about US$ 1.67 billion 2006 dollars

3. What are the positives of being an isolationist?

• 1. Avoid conflict

• 2. Stay out of war

• 3. Less land to defend

4. For what reasons did the USA support imperialism?

• 1. Economics– More resources

• 2. Military– More military bases

• 3. Cultural – Spread Democracy– Spread Christianity

open door policy

--Alfred Mahan:

• Wrote The influence of sea power upon history; which stated sea power leads to world domination

--Great white fleet: Name given to the large and powerful American

Navy

--Great white fleet: Japanese called them floating volcanoes

--Great white fleet:

--John Hay: American Secretary of State 1899, signs open door policy

with China.

Annex

• To add on.

• A nice way of saying “to take over”.