18.1 Flashcards
William Seward
Bought Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million in 1867
King kalakaua
In 1887 American planters convinced him to amend the Hawaii’s constitution so that voting rights were limited to wealthy landowners (white farmers)
Queen Liliuokalani
Strong Hawaiian nationalist
Last monarch of Hawaii
Abolished constitution that had given political power to the white plantation owners
Sanford B. Dole
Proclaims republic of Hawaii in 1894
Led republic of Hawaii after it was overthrown
Reciprocity treaty
1875 free trade in Hawaii
McKinley tariff
1890 suggested that protective import taxes should be placed on foreign goods
When was Hawaii annexed by the US
1898 by McKinley
Alfred T. Mahan
- helped set up naval war college
- emphasized the need for a strong military to protect US interests overseas
Reasons to expand imperialistically
Commercial Business Interests Military and Strategic Interests Social Darwinist Thinking Religious Missionary Interests Closing the American Frontier
Military and Strategic Interests
necessary to protect commercial business interests (Alfred T. Mahan)
Religious missionary interests
missionaries established Christian churches and schools on the islands of Hawaii as well as sugar cane plantations
Commercial Business Interests
American businesses doing business with other countries, American business in a foreign country or buying stock in a another country (most Americans wanted a market)
Mathew Perry
sailed a fleet of American war ships into Tokyo Bay, Japan which eventually negotiated a treaty that opened trade Japan trade with America
What did Commodore Mathew Perry’s journey set a precedent for
further expansion across the Pacific Ocean. In 1867 the US took possession of the midway islands increasing trade with Hawaii and giving the US the right to build a naval base at Pearl Harbor
