History Padlet by Jack Gallagher

Isolationism

BISKITBASKIT — 2014-10-20 13:17:19 UTC

cause-USA showed isolationism and did not involve in trading or anything else around 1789

effect-no trade and therefore did not get involved in oversea conflicts

Effect of Involvement

Jfg5503 — 2014-10-20 13:17:28 UTC

In 1867, William H. Seward bought Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million! He bought it for 2 cents an acre!

That GREATLY expanded North America.

Also, It became a source of valuable natural resources.

continuing onward

BISKITBASKIT — 2014-10-20 13:25:01 UTC

Seward believed that expanding outwards was a good idea so he annexed the Midway Islands in 1867

Cause and Effect Chart

Jfg5503 — 2014-10-20 13:28:00 UTC

BUYING ALASKA

CAUSE|EFFECT

•We Needed more land and it was very cheap

•There was a lot of resources in Alaska

EVEN MORE LAND

BISKITBASKIT — 2014-10-20 13:28:59 UTC

In 1899 US and Germany divided the islands of Samoa for similar reasons.

HAWAII

BISKITBASKIT — 2014-10-20 13:31:49 UTC

The USA tried to convert Hawaii to Christianity. Missionaries open sugarcane plants and became rich because they sold lots of sugar.

WHO-ALASKA

Jfg5503 — 2014-10-20 13:32:32 UTC

William H Seward was involved in the buying of Alaska

WHAT-ALASKA

Jfg5503 — 2014-10-20 13:34:20 UTC

The buying of Alaska

WHEN-ALASKA

Jfg5503 — 2014-10-20 13:35:10 UTC

Alaska was bought in 1867

WHERE-ALASKA

Jfg5503 — 2014-10-20 13:36:05 UTC

Alaska was bought from Russia. It is now a part of North America.

WHY- ALASKA

Jfg5503 — 2014-10-20 13:39:01 UTC

We bought Alaska because it has a lot of resources and it was cheap

WHY-HAWAII

BISKITBASKIT — 2014-10-23 13:21:00 UTC

Missionaries wanted to get rich so they set up plants and sold sugar

WHERE-HAWAII

BISKITBASKIT — 2014-10-23 13:21:58 UTC

The Hawaiin islands

WHEN-HAWAII

BISKITBASKIT — 2014-10-23 13:22:36 UTC

1867

WHAT-HAWAII

BISKITBASKIT — 2014-10-23 13:30:58 UTC

Missionaries setting up sugar plants on Hawaii.

WHO-HAWAII

BISKITBASKIT — 2014-10-23 13:33:23 UTC

Missionaries who set up plants.

Somoa-why

BISKITBASKIT — 2014-10-28 00:25:52 UTC

Similar reasons=wWe wanted to expand our territory

Samoa--where

BISKITBASKIT — 2014-10-28 00:27:06 UTC

Somoa

Samoa-when

BISKITBASKIT — 2014-10-28 00:28:09 UTC

We annexed it May 7, 2011

Samoa-what

BISKITBASKIT — 2014-10-28 00:37:53 UTC

We annexed Samoa with Germany and we split the land

Samoa-who

BISKITBASKIT — 2014-10-28 00:38:24 UTC

The U.S. Navy took control with German Navy

War Cause 1

Jfg5503 — 2014-10-28 23:11:02 UTC

Roots of Imperialism

War Cause 2

Jfg5503 — 2014-10-28 23:11:48 UTC

Sympathy to Cuba

War Cause 3

Jfg5503 — 2014-10-28 23:12:07 UTC

Yellow Journalism

Against Imperialism

Jfg5503 — 2014-10-29 13:39:39 UTC

US came into Cuba and started fighting, but I don’t think Cuba wanted that to happen. America lost a lot of men in that war. We could set up an alliance but they betray us and start a war.

Who What When Where Why Cuba

BISKITBASKIT — 2014-10-30 00:28:23 UTC

America fought Cuba. We fought in a war against them. 1900. Cuba. We wanted to set up up and increase U.S. enconomy there.

Panama Canal 5 W's

Jfg5503 — 2014-11-04 14:32:28 UTC

1904, A canal on the isthmus of Panama that connected the Atlantic and Pacific oceans for easier trade, France and US, The Isthmus of Panama, shortened the trade routes.

Roosevelt Corollary

Jfg5503 — 2014-11-04 23:48:49 UTC

Stated that if Latin America did something wrong, we can use international police power.

It effected Latin America because it made them afraid to do something bad to anyone or anything.

Taft Dollar Diplomacy

BISKITBASKIT — 2014-11-05 01:24:14 UTC

U.S. will use economic aids in Latin America

That effected L.A. because there will be no U.S. military or police there

Wilson and Democracy

BISKITBASKIT — 2014-11-05 01:25:59 UTC

The U.S. will promote and protect democracy in the Western Hemisphere

This affected the Western Hemisphere because then there is always democe