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Causes and Effects of Overseas Expansion

Causes and Effects of Overseas Expansion . Why was the United States interested in expanding our nation?. Natural Resources Alaska provided oil, timber, gold, copper and furs Hawaii provided sugar cane and pineapple Cuba provided sugar cane . Causes of expansion.

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Causes and Effects of Overseas Expansion

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  1. Causes and Effects of Overseas Expansion Why was the United States interested in expanding our nation?

  2. Natural Resources • Alaska provided oil, timber, gold, copper and furs • Hawaii provided sugar cane and pineapple • Cuba provided sugar cane Causes of expansion

  3. What is a refueling station? Why would the United States want to own an island in the middle of the ocean? Refueling Stations

  4. Can you find these on your map? • *Guam • *Midway Island • *Wake Island • *Hawaii • *Samoa Islands Refueling Stations

  5. How do we get to other countries so that we can trade goods with them? • From the United States, what is the quickest way to Asia? • If you wanted to get from Virginia Beach to San Francisco, what route would you take? Trade Routes

  6. How would the United States make more money by acquiring land? Economic Interests

  7. Did the United States get what they wanted as far as natural resources, refueling stations, new trade routes and more money????? Effects of Overseas Expansion

  8. We bought Alaska from Russia because we wanted to trade with Asia. • Secretary of State William Seward arranged to buy Alaska for 7.2 million dollars (That’s only .02 a acre!!) • Americans opposed the purchase since it was a frozen wasteland!! (Seward’s Icebox, Polar Bear Garden…) But Alaska turned out to be a resource-rich territory!! Purchasing Alaska

  9. Queen Liliuokalani was overthrown by the U.S. Marines • U.S. businessmen took over Hawaii because of their sugar cane • President Cleveland did not support the annexation. However, his successor, President McKinley supported the “stealing” of Hawaii in 1898 Annexation(Stealing) of Hawaii

  10. The Secretary of State John Hay wanted all countries to be able to trade with China on an equal basis… Open Door Policy- (China)

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