U.S. Imperialism Begins

1. Name at least five factors that fueled American Imperialism.
All countries were taking over contries for colonies and the Americans didn't want to be left out. They wanted more military strength. They believed they were culturally superority. They wanted new markets to buy and sell things. They also wanted technology from the industrial revolution.

2. Choose two of the above five factors and describe them in your own words.
They wanted more military strength so they could defend their colonies and themselves better and also to help them take over countries easier. Also they wanted more markets to buy and sell things because they had a surplus and if you sell the surplus you make more money than letting it rot and wither away.

3. What was known as “Seward’s Folly” and why?
Alsaka is "Seward's Folly". This is because Congress thought buying Alaska was a mistake but then later when it became a state they found a lot of natural resources.

4. What plantation-based product accounted for three-quarters of Hawaii’s wealth in the mid-19th century and who controlled this product?
Sugar from Sugar cane.

6. Using as much detail as possible, outline the sequence of events that led to America gaining possession of Hawaii? In other words, why was the United States interested in these Pacific islands?
The christian missonaries who emigrated to Hawaii children became sugar farmers which gave America about 3/4 of it's sugar cane. The planters got duty free shipping into America so their profits increased a lot. In 1890 when the Mckinley Tariff was passed it made the farmers in Hawaii pay a duty so the farmers asked for the Hawaiin Islands so they didn't have to pay the duty.