U.S. Imperialism Begins

1) Name at least five factors that fueled American Imperialism.
1. Global Competition
2. Disire Military Strength
3. Newer Markets for trade
4. Beliefe in being superior
5. Imperialism

2) Choose two of the above five factors and describe them in your own words.
1. Beliefe in being superior: The whites of america believed they were supirior to many other people and cultures, because they had advanced technology, and in there minds, more sivilized.
2. Imperialism: The "unwritin rule" that stronger nations could expand their nation over smaller territories.

3) What was known as “Seward’s Folly” and why?
“Seward’s Folly” was the thought than many people had when the US bought Alaska from Russia, and the thought was that is was silly to buy this piece of land, which tured out to be a very great purchase where we got the most out of it.

4) What plantation-based product accounted for three-quarters of Hawaii’s wealth in the mid-19th century and who controlled this product?
The crop was that of the sugar cane, which was wildly farmed all over Hawaii, and the white settlers controled almost, if not all, of it.

5) Using as much detail as possible, outline the sequence of events that led to America gaining possession of Hawaii? In other words, why was the United States interested in these Pacific islands?
America had always used Hawaii for midway stop for American boats from Asia to India and from America. We traded and improted many things, ex. workers, from other countries onto theis islands and they then worked there or came to America. Hawaii was especially improtant because we created the naval base Pearl Harbor there, which became a very usful refuling stop for all American ships.