Materials

• Computer with Internet access
• Outline map of the world and markers for each student

Instructional Activities

1. Review the topics covered thus far in study of this organizing topic, as needed, including:
   •  Open Door Policy
   •  Dollar Diplomacy
   •  Global economy.
   
   
2. Explain that as the United States entered the 20th century, it was not yet a world power, but it desired to compete with the world’s nations for power and prestige. Many European nations had colonies, and the United States sought to add to her territory. The map found on the following Web site may prove helpful to this discussion: <http://history.binghamton.edu/hist130/maps/1914.htm>
   
   
3. Display the following prompt on the board or overhead:
   
   By 1870, Americans living in Hawaii controlled a large portion of the land and trade. By 1886, The United States granted Hawaii the rights to ship sugar to the United States tariff-free in exchange for control of Pearl Harbor.
   
   Question students to ensure they understand what a tariff is. Encourage the students to think about what group in the United States might by opposed to tariff-free sugar from Hawaii. Remind them that sugar was grown in the United States at that time. Discuss the benefit Hawaii sugar plantation owners had when shipping their sugar tariff-free.
   
   
4. Display the following prompt on the board or overhead:
   
   In 1890, the McKinley Tariff imposed tariffs on Hawaiian sugar, creating an economic crisis in Hawaii.
   
   Ask the students why they think impositions of tariffs on Hawaiian sugar would create a problem in Hawaii. (It caused the price of Hawaiian sugar to be higher than American-grown sugar.)
   
   
5. Display the following prompt on the board or overhead:
   
   In 1893, with the help of United States marines and support of the United States minister to Hawaii, a new government was established in Hawaii. In 1898, the United States annexed Hawaii.
   
   Discuss with students the United States actions that led to the acquisition of Hawaii.
   
   
6. Explain that during the same time that the Hawaiian issue was occurring, trouble was brewing in the Spanish colony of Cuba. Spain also had colonies in Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines. Provide students with an outline map of the world, and instruct them to locate and shade Hawaii, Spain, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines.