End of Isolation
Hawaii
Japan and China
Names
Vocabulary
100
European countries already had large empires before the US even started.
TRUE or FALSE?
TRUE
100
What was the main reason why the US wanted to take over Hawaii?
You could grow sugar cane in Hawaii ($$$$$$$)
100
Before the US got involved, Japan was an isolated country.
TRUE or FALSE?
TRUE
100
The last Queen of Hawaii
Lilioukalani
100
A country's policy of leaving other countries alone
Isolationism
200
An island taken over by the US that was literally in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
Midway Island
200
When did Hawaii officially become part of the US?
1898
200
What finally "convinced" Japan to become a trading partner with the US?
The US Navy (warships)
200
President of the United who received a letter from the Queen of Hawaii
William McKinley
200
A country's policy of taking over other countries to create an empire
Imperialism
300
How much did Alaska cost the US?
$7.2 million
300
The number of US Marines called in to stop rebellions in Hawaii
150
300
After Japan became a world power, it attacked which two countries?
China and Russia
300
The US Secretary of State who arranged for the purchase of Alaska from Russia
William H. Seward
300
A siege of a foreign settlement in Beijing by Chinese nationalists who were angry at foreign involvement in China
Boxer Rebellion
400
What did the US use Pacific Islands for?
Fueling stations for the Navy
400
What does monarchy mean?
A king or queen
400
Why did the US create the Open Door Policy?
The US was afraid they would be left out of trade with China
400
The American naval officer who went to Japan to seek a trade agreement
Commodore Perry
400
A policy established by the US to promote equal access for all nations to trade in China
Open Door Policy
500
This empire was the largest in the history of the world.
The British Empire
500
To take over or make a part of something
Annex
500
What 5 countries began taking control of China in the 1890s?
Japan, Russia, Great Britain, Germany, and France
500
President of the United States who sent Commodore Perry to Japan
Millard Fillmore
500
An area where foreign countries controlled trade or natural resources of another nation
spheres of influence