This PowerPoint contains multiple different examples of using questions and discussions in my classroom. It includes Checking for Understanding and comprehension questions, Think-Pair-Shares, and Exit Tickets.

1. Chapter 22: Imperialism
Section 1: America Looks Abroad

2. Think-Pair-Share
• What are some examples of isolationism throughout history?
• What about imperialism?

3. Colonialism
• European countries started colonies for:
• Trade
• Adventure
• Power
• Profit
• Idealism
• National Patriotism
• Civilization of nonwhite populations

4. Imperialism
• The policy of establishing colonies and building empires for
markets for manufactured goods and new sources of raw
materials
• Brought on by the worldwide Industrial Revolution
• New weapons, steamships, and ocean cables also helped with the
subjugation of nonwhite populations

5. Isolationism
• Separation from political affairs of other
nations
• a U.S. policy from the times of George Washington
• The Monroe Doctrine emphasized America’s
desire to stay out of European politics
• Separation of Eastern and Western hemispheres

6. Question
• Monroe was president from 1817-1825. What sparked him to create
the Monroe Doctrine?

8. U.S. Imperialism
• The opportunity to extend the continent was exhausted
• In the 1890s the U.S. began to expand its influence in the islands of
the Caribbean and the South Pacific

9. France and Napoleon III
• While Emperor of France, Napoleon ignored the Monroe Doctrine
in 1861 while the U.S. was busy with the Civil War
• Tried to overthrow the Mexican Government
• In the Western Hemisphere, therefore, under the protection of the
Monroe Doctrine

10. Mexico Under Benito Juarez
• Leader of Mexico that was overthrown by the
French
• Juarez and his reform government stopped
payment of its foreign debts and gave
Europeans a reason to attack
• Spain, Great Britain, and France all sent troops
and once the debts were paid, Spain and
Britain left
• France occupied Mexico City

11. Mexico Under Maximilian
• Napoleon wanted to extend his empire into
the Western Hemisphere
• The Austrian Prince Maximilian was named
Emperor of Mexico in 1864
• After the Civil War ended, the U.S. sent
50,000 troops to the Rio Grande
• Defend the Monroe Doctrine with force
• Napoleon pulled his troops
• Maximilian was defeated by the Mexican
soldiers

12. William Seward
• Imperialist
• Wanted to annex Canada, Hawaii, and
Caribbean
• Purchased Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million
(2¢ an acre)
• Alaska was home to 20,000 natives
• Nicknamed Seward’s Icebox by his critics

13. Reciprocity
• James G. Blaine
• The process of lowering all tariff rates for all
countries in the Western Hemisphere in order
to increase American trade
• Open new markets without taking on colonies
• Led to the creation of the Pan-American Union
• Goal- promote economic cooperation and trade
between the Americas
• Success was limited because of U.S. intervention into
Latin American affairs

14. Queen Liliuokalani
• Became Queen of Hawaii in 1891 and
sought to end the control that
American businessmen held over
Hawaii’s government and wealth
• With the help of U.S. Marines, the
businessmen overthrew the Queen in
1893 and called for the annexation of
the islands
• President McKinley officially removed
troops from Hawaii and annexed the
state in 1898

15. Question
• What was the benefit of Hawaii to the U.S.?

16. Sumner and Fish
• Senator Charles Sumner was head of the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee
• Claimed that Britain owed the U.S. $2 million for allowing
confederate ships to use British ports during the Civil War
• Threatened to seize British Canada if Great Britain refused to pay
• Senator Hamilton Fish orchestrated the Treaty of Washington in
which Great Britain gave the U.S. $15.5 million to avoid conflict

17. Captain Alfred Mahan
• Wrote the book The Influence of Sea
Power upon History
• Mahan argued that to be a strong nation
you need a strong navy to protect its
interests
• Established the Naval Advisory Board in
1881
• Congress agreed and added more ships to
the U.S. Navy and we moved up from 12th
place to 3rd place behind Great Britain and
Germany

18. Exit Ticket
• Do you agree more with isolationist or imperialist ideals?
• Which do you think would have benefitted America the most
during the late nineteenth century?
• Which would be most beneficial in America today?

19. Chapter 22: Imperialism
Section 2: the Spanish-American War

20. Think-Pair-Share
• What do you know about the Spanish-American War?

21. Spanish Cuba
• Cuba was occupied by Spain through
imperialism
• Valeriano Weyler was the Spanish
Governor and General of Cuba
• Ordered the creation of
“reconcentration camps” to hold
civilians while his soldiers hunted
down rebels
• Around 200,000 Cubans died in these
camps due to illness and starvation
• Many Americans were outraged

22. U.S. Involvement
• President Grover Cleveland followed the
policy of isolationism
• President William McKinley originally
committed to neutrality
• Also offered to buy Cuba from Spain to stop
the conflict
• Assistant Secretary of the Navy Theodore
Roosevelt, was growing impatient with the
president’s unwillingness to act
McKinley has
“no more
backbone than
a chocolate
éclair!”

23. Question
• Did President Cleveland’s choice to stay neutral conflict with the
Monroe Doctrine?

24. William Randolph Hearst
• Owner of the New York Journal newspaper that
used sensationalism to write stories detailing
Spanish atrocities against the Cubans to sell
papers, ultimately leading the country to war
Joseph Pulitzer
• Founder of the New York World newspaper
which also utilized yellow journalism to
exaggerate situations bringing the country closer
to war

25. The De Lome Letter
• Enrique Dupuy De Lome, the Spanish
ambassador to the U.S.
• Wrote a letter critiquing President
McKinley that was stolen and printed
in the New York Journal in February of
1898
• De Lome resigned, but Americans felt
insulted and outraged
“Weak and a
bidder for the
admiration of
the crowd…”

26. The Sinking of the USS Maine
• February 15, 1898
• A U.S. Battleship anchored in Havana
exploded
• 260 sailors were killed
• American newspapers blamed Spain and
demanded war
• The U.S. declared war on Spain on April
25th, 1898

27. Question
• What are the possible outcomes of the emerging
imperial power of the U.S. winning or losing a war
with Spain?

28. Teller Amendment
• An attachment to the declaration of war that promised to “leave
the government and control of the island to the people” after the
war
• Put a limit on American imperialism

29. “A Splendid Little War”
• Teddy Roosevelt usurped authority and
ordered Commodore George Dewey, the
commander of the United States fleet, to
sail to the Philippines in the Pacific to stop
the Spanish fleet from leaving to go to
Cuba if the U.S. declared war on Spain
• Dewey defeated the Spanish fleet and
America took control over the Philippines
and the capital city of Manila

30. The Philippines
• Emilio Aguinaldo, a native
Filipino had led a revolt in the
Philippines before America got
there seizing most of the
territory except for Manila
• Who should the islands go to,
the U.S. or the Filipino people?

31. The Rough Riders
• Led by Theodore Roosevelt
• Famous American regiment in the Spanish-American War made up
of:
• College athletes
• Cowboys
• Miners
• Law officers
• Charged on foot up San Juan Hill which led to the capture of
Santiago
• A glamourous victory for the U.S.

32. The Rough Riders

33. 10th Calvary Regiment
• All-black regiment
• Also known as Buffalo Soldiers
• Volunteered to fight in the
Spanish-American War to help
the Cubans free themselves
from Spanish oppression
• Fighting also helped promote
their equal rights movement
post-Civil War
• How?

34. Caribbean
Sea

36. Spanish-American War Outcome
• Officially ended August 12, 1898 after only 14 weeks of fighting
• Treaty signed December 10, 1898
• Spain ceded Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and Guam to U.S. control
• Cuba fell under partial U.S. control
• 5,000 Americans died during the ordeal mostly from illness and
food poisoning
• The end of American isolationism?

37. Exit Slip
• Analyze this piece of propaganda distributed by the U.S.
government during the Spanish-American War. If you were an
American citizen, how would this make you feel? What about if you
were a Cuban?