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ABOUT ME

My name is Mr. Tuma

Favorite Person in History

Benjamin Franklin

Least Favorite Breakfast Cereal

Lucky Charms

SETTING THE SCENE – ANNEXING HAWAII

IMPERIALISM

DARTH VADER’S THEME

“THE IMPERIAL MARCH”

Why do you think Darth Vader’s theme would be called “The Imperial March”?

What implications or clues does it give to us about the idea of “imperialism”?

Do you think that imperialism is always “bad”?

WHAT IS

ISOLATIONISM?

“A policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of

other groups, especially the political affairs of other

countries” (Appleby, page 490).

WHAT IS

IMPERIALISM?

“Imperialism is the economic and political domination of a

strong nation over weaker ones” (Appleby, page 594).

COMPARING AND CONTRASTING

IMPERIALISM AND ISOLATIONISM

Imperialism Isolationism

1875 – United States

exempts Hawaiian sugar

from tariffs

1978 – US Naval base is

opened on the Hawaiian

Islands at Pearl Harbor

THE ANNEXATION

OF HAWAII – THE BEGINNING

1893 – Newly crowned

Queen Lil’uokalani tried

to assert her power and

was overthrown by sugar

farmers and marines from

the USS Boston

THE ANNEXATION

OF HAWAII – A NEW MONARCH

Queen Lili’uokalani

President Grover

Cleveland opposed

imperialism and would

not annex the islands.

He tried to return control

to the monarch.

THE ANNEXATION

OF HAWAII – PRESIDENT CLEVELAND

President Cleveland

1898 – Hawaii is annexed

by the United States

under the Presidency of

William McKinley.

THE ANNEXATION

OF HAWAII – PRESIDENT MCKINLEY

President McKinley

PROS AND CONS TO

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM

PROS CONS

America builds a Navy and readies itself for war…

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