Welcome!Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
November 17, 2011U.S. History
Mr. Green
The students will analyze the Open Door Policy in China by summarizing views regarding U.S. imperialism
Hand-in:Announcement:Warm-up Question: Analyze the graph on
page 381 and answer the following questions:
1. Which market saw the greatest increase in U.S. exports between 1900 and 1905?
2. To which country did the United States export the most during this time period?
Agenda/Topics To Be Covered
China and the Open Door PolicyAmerican investors wanted to tap Chinese markets250 year Qing Dynasty began to fallJohn Hay’s Open Door NotesFrance, Germany, Russia, Britain, and Japan had
spheres of influence in ChinaU.S. only wanted access to the ports to tradeU.S. worried about a war for access with other
nationsJohn Hay issued Open Door Notes
open access to China’s coastal ports/no special privileges for any country
Acquiring New Lands Ch. 10 Sec. 3 pgs. 375-381
Rebellion in ChinaA secret Chinese society (Boxers) wanted to
remove all foreigners from ChinaBoxers killed 100’s of missionaries and
Chinese ChristiansMulti-national force put down the uprisingQuestion: Identify 3 deeply held American
beliefs about the U.S. industrial capitalist economy.
1.2.3.
Justifying U.S. ImperialismU.S. hosted many expositions to educate
citizens on the newly acquired landsBrought over a small Philippine reservation of
1200 to demonstrate their “primitive savage identity”
Opposing ImperialismSome said maintaining an empire would cost
more than the economic benefits would provide
The Impact of U.S. Territorial Gains
Puerto Rico1898-1916
Cuba 1898-1903
The Philippines1898-1945
China1900
1. What was its relationship to the U.S.?
2. Why did the U.S. try to control its affairs?
3. What laws and policies affected its relationship with the U.S.?
4. What violent events affected its relationship with the U.S.?
Independent Work
John Hay’s “Open Door notes” paved the way for greater U.S. influence in Asia
Note 3 beliefs held by Americans that were reflected by the Open Door Policy
1. 2.3.
Exit Ticket/Homework