hawaii panama

where did settlers come from

may have come from marquesas islands

caste system

5 classes

• born into class

• could not change classes

untouchables lowest class

• field workers/ dirty workers (funerals sewage etc)

surfing

first done by the hawaiians

used as a way to pray to god

anyone could surf

U.S. takeover

u.s. marines came in on civil orders

• no shots fired

• no building taken over

• queen liliuokalani surrendered; put on house arrest

stanford dole

appointed himself first and only president of hawaii

survived multiple attempts of removal

who supported the queen

the hawaiian people

northwest passage

sea lane between the atlantic and pacific ocean through the artic

hawaiis major export

sugar

• 4 of the main islands had plantations

• the start of american influence on hawaii- american born plantation owners

james cook

1st european to set foot on hawaii

detailed maps of hawaii and new zeland

original name sandwich islands

arrival conceded with malahiki

brought disease: (1/5 malaria), famine and war

• wiped out many native hawaiians

coup d’etat

a sudden overthrow of government

• hawaiians claimed queen was corrupt/non democratic

ferdinand de lesseps

constructed suez canal

not an engineer but a diplomat

workers of the canal

9/10 afro caribbean

french workers= prestigious engineers

french issues

never solved disease problem

(malaria and yellow fever)

• mosquitoes

poor engineering

panama broke off

panama ended up breaking off from colombia with the help of u.s. naval ships and the u.s. bribing colombian officers to resist the revolution

u.s. controls over panama canal

would own the canal until 2000

under u.s. legal system

alfred t mahn

strong navy

coaling stations for refueling

canal constructed between atlantic and pacific ocean

panama canal connects:

Atlantic and pacific

suez canal connects:

north atlantic and north indian

suez vs panama canal

the sues canal presented less problems; it was a big ditch in a sandy desert. the mañana canal would be dug through mountains as high as 361ft above sea level and it would have to be dug through hard rock.