Chapter 7, Section 1 Flashcards
When was Alaska bought?
1867
Who was responsible for buying Alaska?
William Seward
Who was William Seward?
- Andrew Johnson’s Secretary of State
- he saw potential for resources such as timber, fur, and metal
Who sold Alaska and for much?
Russia- 7.2mil -> pennies/acre -> paid for itself with gold and oil
What was Alaska nicknamed before discovering the resources?
“Seward’s Folly” or “Seward’s Icebox”
2 reasons why the United States purchase Alaska
-wanted to keep Russia out of North America
-for expansion
4 reasons why countries colonize
-“the white man’s burden”
-expand
-trade
-military (navies can refuel)
What is imperialism?
getting into the political affairs of other countries (ex. colonizing)
Major nations at this time
Great Britain, Germany, France, Belgium, Japan, etc.
What is “the white man’s burden”?
the idea that countries where their population isn’t white are not capable of governing themselves
What is the Open Door Policy?
all countries should have equal trading rights in China
What did the Boxer Rebellion (1900) do?
their were anti-foreigners who targeted and killed merchants and missonaries
When was Hawaii first “discovered”?
1778 by Captain James Cook (British explorer), called it Sandwich Islands-> didn’t ‘claim’ only made world aware of it
Who united the 8 major Hawaiian Islands and created the Hawaiian monarchy?
Chief Kamehameha
What did Chief Kamehameha also accomplish?
started trade in sandalwood
When did the U.S. started trading with Hawaii?
1820s
Affects the U.S. had on Hawaii
-ships brought traders and missionaries
-missionaries from New England
-wanted to convert the Hawaiian natives
-settled and began to raise crops like sugar cane
-brought diseases which Hawaiians had no immunity
-population of Hawaii went from 300,000 (1700s) to 40,000 (1893)
Sugarcane Industry in Hawaii
-controlled/owned by Americans
-became very wealthy
-very labor intensive
-requires a lot of land (plantations), irrigation, cutting, boiling
-imported workers from China, Japan, Philippines because few Hawaiians left
King Kalakaua’s opinion of America’s hold in Hawaii
-resented American economic control of the islands
-wanted to put it back in Hawaiian control
-created problems with the American leaders, plantation owners
What did King Kalakaua’s opinion of America lead to?
-started the Hawaiian League
-purpose was to overthrow the king and establish
a democracy under the control of Americans
-wanted Pearl Harbor; Kalakaua refused
-became angry and forced him to sign the
bayonet constitution
What was the Bayonet Constitution?
-restricted Kalakaua’s power
-Hawaiians lost right to vote
-gave Pearl Harbor to United States
When did King Kalakaua die?
1891
Who took over for King Kalakaua?
his sister Liliuokalani
Liliuokalani’s opinion of the Bayonet Constitution
-wanted to do away with bayonet constitution
-1893 announced her plan to restore Hawaiian power
