The Birth of Imperialism 1890

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The Birth of Imperialism1890 1915Chapter, 10
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Imperialism

• What is imperialism?
• When one nation dominates another socially,
  culturally, economically, or militarily.
• (Republic-citizens are entitiled to a vote or a
  representative, i.e., democracy)

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Why Imperialism?Economic FactorsBig Business
Many factories needed new supplies of natural
resources. Big Business needed new markets
(groups of people) to sell to.Japan Commodore
Matthew C. Perry and the US Navy forced the
Japanese to start trading with the US.Hawaii -
important producer of sugar and fruits, they were
allowed favorable trade agreements with the US
before they were a state.The Banana Republics
A derogatory term used to refer to some
governments in which US businesses gained
significant control of the government.
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Nationalistic Factors Nationalism is a great
pride in ones country and heritage.
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European Expansion Countries were competing
in Africa and Asia for control of large empires
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• Humanitarian Political Factors bring
  education, democracy, and Christianity to Africa
  and Asia.

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Military Factors Technological advances made
European military forces far superior to that of
native populations.
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ALFRED T. MAHAN

• Writes The Influence of Sea Power Upon History
• Convinces the US we need a much stronger Navy!

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The Great White Fleet

• The Fleets circumnavigation of the world showed
  that the US was now a Naval Power!

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The Monroe Doctrine James Monroe 1823 stated
that the US would remain neutral in European
affairs, and that the Western Hemisphere was no
longer open to colonization by Europeans.We
began to colonize other parts of the world.
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The Closing Of the Frontier By 1890, the vast
majority of the American frontier had been
settled, and the vast expanses of free land the
drew people westward were no longer there.
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Many people were worried that without the
frontier, America would lose the national energy
that it had while it pursued its Manifest Destiny
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Social Darwinism and Racism
White Mans Burden

• The native populations of Africa, Asia, South
  America and the South Pacific were incapable of
  governing themselves, or utilizing their natural
  resources properly.