US+Imperialism

Project Learning Targets: • ** I **  **dentify** Queen Liliuokalani, Grover Cleveland, William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, George Dewey, and John Hay. • D escribe the historical significance of the Hawaiian Islands and Pearl Harbor. • By the late nineteenth century, the growing industrial economy of the United States was producing many more goods than the nation itself could consume. This **overabundance of industrial goods**   led the United States to look for new markets abroad. • European nations such as England, Spain, France, Russia, Portugal, Germany, and Belgium had already carved up Africa and large parts of Asia into colonies and "spheres of influence" by the late 1900s. To remain competitive, the United States reacted to **European imperialism**   by looking for a way to secure its own economic future through a policy of expansionism. Pre-project Set-Up (Copy this part to a New Document and Begin. Use this link: __[|http://theomahaproject.org/module_display.php?mod_id=93&review=yes#1302]__ ): 1. Definition of Imperialism (½ Page). 2. Create a Biography of each of the Following Historical Figures: Queen Liliuokalani, Grover Cleveland, William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, William Taft, George Dewey, and John Hay 2. Has the US ever tried to create a colonial empire? With all that you know, answer this question in 150 words. 3. Read the TREATY OF RECIPROCITY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE HAWAIIAN KINGDOM – 1875 and answer the questions. > Project Learning Targets: • ** I ** <span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,serif;"> **dentify** Queen Liliuokalani, Grover Cleveland, William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, George Dewey, and John Hay. • D <span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,serif;">escribe the historical significance of the Hawaiian Islands and Pearl Harbor. •<span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,serif;">By the late nineteenth century, the growing industrial economy of the United States was producing many more goods than the nation itself could consume. This **overabundance of industrial goods** led the United States to look for new markets abroad. •<span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,serif;">European nations such as England, Spain, France, Russia, Portugal, Germany, and Belgium had already carved up Africa and large parts of Asia into colonies and "spheres of influence" by the late 1900s. To remain competitive, the United States reacted to **European imperialism** by looking for a way to secure its own economic future through a policy of expansionism. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,serif;">Pre-project Set-Up (Copy this part to a New Document and Begin. Use this link: __[|http://theomahaproject.org/module_display.php?mod_id=93&review=yes#1302]__ <span style="color: #000000; font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,serif;">): <span style="color: #000000; font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,serif;">1. Definition of Imperialism (½ Page). <span style="color: #000000; font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,serif;">2. Create a Biography of each of the Following Historical Figures: Queen Liliuokalani, Grover Cleveland, William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, William Taft, George Dewey, and John Hay <span style="color: #000000; font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,serif;">3. Has the US ever tried to create a colonial empire? With all that you know, answer this question in 150 words. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,serif;">4. Read the TREATY OF RECIPROCITY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE HAWAIIAN KINGDOM – 1875 and answer the questions.
 * <span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,serif;">Do you think the people of Hawaii wanted to become part of the United States? (150 Words)
 * <span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,serif;">Create an Annotated Timeline of the events that led to the overthrow of the Hawaiian queen.
 * <span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,serif;">Do you think Americans agreed with the actions that took place in Hawaii that led to the queen being overthrown? (150 Words)
 * <span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,serif;">Read and summarize President Grover’s message to congress. (150 Words)
 * <span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,serif;">Create a Webpage on your WikiSpaces to Answer the Essential Question using all of the information that you have compiled. (500 Words)
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,serif;">Do you think the people of Hawaii wanted to become part of the United States? (150 Words)
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,serif;">Create an Annotated Timeline of the events that led to the overthrow of the Hawaiian queen.
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,serif;">Do you think Americans agreed with the actions that took place in Hawaii that led to the queen being overthrown? (150 Words)
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,serif;">Read and summarize President Grover’s message to congress. (150 Words)
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,serif;">Create a Webpage on your WikiSpaces to Answer the Essential Question using all of the information that you have compiled. (500 Words)