Imperialism Timeline - Social Studies with Miss Daniel
Imperialism Timeline
Create a timeline of U.S. Imperialism in section 2 assignments in your notebooks. Your timeline should begin in 1867 and end in 1959, and it should include location, background information and dates.
|Location |Background |
|The Philippines |George Dewey captured Manila Bay during the Spanish American War. It became an American protectorate in 1898. |
|Puerto Rico |1898 Caribbean Island obtained from Spain after Spanish-American War. Now a US Commonwealth. |
|Alaska |Called "Seward's Folly." Purchased from Russia in 1867. Statehood came in 1959 (49th state) |
|Hawaii |US sugar growers caused a revolution on this Pacific Island chain. The legitimate monarch was overthrown and the islands were |
| |annexed by the US 1893. Statehood came in 1959 (50th state). |
|Guam |Pacific Island was gained from Spain as a result of the Spanish American War in 1898. It is now a US territory. |
|Samoa Islands |Pacific Island group obtained from Germany 1878. Now a US territory. |
|Cuba |Spanish speaking Caribbean island. Wanted independence from Spain. US helped in Spanish-American War. 90 miles from Florida. |
| |Maine exploded in Havana harbor.1898 |
|Midway Is. |Island in the Pacific. Obtained after Spanish American War (1898). |
|Wake Island |Island in the Pacific. Annexed by the U.S. in 1899. |
|China |Isolationist country until western powers carved it into spheres of influence. |
| |It was an empire until a revolution in 1911 turned it into a republic. Became communist in 1949. |
|Panama |Located on an isthmus in North America, it was part of Columbia until a US-backed revolution brought independence and Panama |
| |was created in 1903. Canal was built there starting in 1904 and finished in 1914 after many deaths from disease. |
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White Man's Burden
Take up the White Man's burden--
Send forth the best ye breed--
Go bind your sons to exile
To serve your captives' need;
To wait in heavy harness,
On fluttered folk and wild--
Your new-caught, sullen peoples,
Half-devil and half-child.
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