Name_______________________________Date____________Period__________
Imperialism Timeline
1. Students will work individually, but can get help from a classmate and the
teacher.
2. Students will be responsible for getting the correct information. The
information is in the textbook in Chapter 22. Only use the internet when
given a specific website. Some are dates and students will figure out the
event, some are events and have to find the dates.
3. When there is more than 1 date in a year, you need to write the full date
(month, day, year). Many events happened in the same year or even in the
same month. Once the events have been researched, place all the events in
date order; earliest date to latest.
4. All students will hand in a timeline with all the dates in order and the
events written with complete sentences. Some items will need an
explanation (Platt Amendment, Roosevelt Corollary, Open Door Policy,
there may be more). Do a rough draft first, that way mistakes can be
corrected for the final draft. Check the bottom of the page for examples
of how the entries should be written.
5. The timeline will be graded as a TEST. Students will be graded on accuracy.
Each event will be worth 1 point for accuracy of date or event and accuracy
of placement in the timeline. 5 points for handing in the rough draft. This
will be a total of 29 pts.
6. Timelines will be due ____________________ _______ at the end of class.
Example 1: given an event, the day the Declaration of Independence was signed
Students would have to find the date
The final entry would be written
July 4, 1776 was the day the Declaration of Independence was signed
Example 2: given a date, December 7, 1941
Students would have to find the event
The final entry would be written
December 7, 1941 The date the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
Notice the date is always first.
Place the following events and dates in chronological order.
 April, 20,1898
 Full date Pres. McKinley signed bill to annex Hawaii. google
ourdocuments.gov Hawaiian annexation.
 Boxer Rebellion
 Platt Amendment approved to Cuban Constitution: google
ourdocuments.gov platt amendment
 July 1, 1898
 Alaska is purchased from Russia for 7.2 million dollars
 May 1, 1898
 Open Door Policy with China proposed
 August 12, 1898
 American sugar planters in Hawaii overthrow the government of
Queen Liliuokalani
 July, 24 1898
 Independence movement in the Philippines resisted putting the
islands firmly under U.S. control
 Full date President Wilson uses the Roosevelt Corollary to send a
fleet to Vera Cruz, Mexico after American sailors arrested. Google
mexfiles.net/2007/04/22/21
 Full date the Panama Canal opened. Google canalmuseum.com
 February 15, 1898
 1884
 Roosevelt Corollary added to the Monroe Doctrine
 July 17, 1898
 Wilson sends troops to Mexico after revolutionary Pancho Villa raids
New Mexico and kills 17 Americans in the town of Columbus.
 1887
 1895
 President Taft send marines to Nicaragua to put down citizens revolt
against pro-American president
 Full Date Navy arrived when President Roosevelt sends them in
support of a revolution on the Columbian controlled Isthmus of
Panama; Panama is created. Google: upa.pdx.edu & type panama
 December 10, 1898 google:
avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/sp1898.asp