M O N D A Y -
Alaska-
- Bought Alaska from Russia
- People didn't really want to do it becausel "Ice box" / "Polar Bear Garden"
- But some did because gold rush and it increased USA land mass by 20%
Gold Rush:
- 30,000-40,00 went to Dawson
- 15,200-20,000 became prospectors
- Less than 4,200 struck gold
- $42.22 per 1 troy ounce
Hawaii-
- In 400 CE polynesians from Marquesas island 2,000 miles away came
- 1778 Eueropean (Captin James Cook) came to Hawaii
- 1791 King Kamehameha came to island and was first king
- 1820 first Christain missionaries came and they brought diseases
- 1893 American colonist controlled sugar economy and overthrew the kingdom
- 1890'S last Hawaiian ruler was imprisoned
- B A D - Some people think it was stolen
- G O O D - Cheap to travel, and is good for the economy
Taking Hawaii Over:
- Queen Liliuokalani- 1838-1917, rules Hawaii for a while, she wanted a new constitution
- Jan. 1893, group of Americans and Europeans-Marines- tried to dispose of queen (she surrenderd)
- President Cleveland gave her job, but then Mckinley annexed it
How US got Hawaii:
- 1867 US took over Midway islands
- 1300 miles north of Hawaii
- Economically important for a century
- USA founded Christain schools and churches
- Grandchildren were sugar planters sold crop to US
- 1875 US agreed to import Hawaiian sugar duty free
- American planters in Hawai called for US to annex islands
- Got Pearl Harbor as a result
Roosevelt's Nobel Peace Prize-
- Was first president to be awarded Nobel Peace Prize
- Recieved it for his ties with the Treaty of Portsmouth, which helped end Russo-Japanese War
Russo-Japanese War-
- Started in 1904, Russia and Japan were fighting over who would control Korea and Manchuria
- First timein centuries Asain beat Western power
- Over 2 years of fighting Japan asked for Roosevelt to make a peace treaty to help end conflict
Treaty of Portsmouth
- Each side would claim at least somewhat of a victory
- Russia would hand over all claims of Korea
- Japan also dropped it's demands for asking for money from Russia for costs of war
- An island was split in half between powers as well
MEXICO---
- President Woodrow Wilson refused to see Huerta as president of Mexico
- America working on Oil Fields in Tampico
- Us Gunboat- Dolphin- sailed up to Panuco RIver in 1914
- There was a language barrier
F R I D A Y-
Pancho Villa:
- Born in 1878
- Sent to prison
- Joins an uprising and was almosy executed
- Then fled to US
- Killed some Americans in Mexico and then killed 16 citizens in New Mexico
- He did this because he didn't want Mexico to be overan by USA
Mexican Revolution:
- Started in 1910 ended in 1917
- 3 main people
- This was because most people were poor and the rich was controlling the government
- Influenced US because: both sides were interacting and fighting with each other,
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