warm up – 10/7/13 journal: there is a student at school whom you’ve seen around everyday but...
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Warm up – 10/7/13 Journal: There is a student at school whom you’ve
seen around everyday but aren’t necessarily friends with them. One day, you see them being bullied by another student. Do you step in the middle and help the student being bullied, or do you look the other way and mind your own business? Explain
Sentence: desmond tutu was born on october 7 1931 he one the nobel peace prize and speaked out against apartheid in south africa apartheid is a system that has different laws for blacks and whites.
“The Spirit of the Frontier” Manifest Destiny
Belief that we should expand from Atlantic to Pacific in the name of God
“From sea to shining sea”
Reasons to expand Economic- new
markets
Personal reasons
Abundance of land in west
“God’s will”
What is Imperialism?
What does Imperialism mean to you?
Read the document handed out in class
○ Highlight/ Underline key information ○ Edit your previous ideas of Imperialism if
needed
Imperialism
The policy in which stronger nations extend their economic, political, or military control over weaker territories.
U.S. wanted to join imperialist powers of Europe.
“Gold, God and Glory”
American Imperialism 3 reasons to expand
1. Economic Competition
2. Political and Military Competition
3. Belief in racial and cultural superiority
Economic Reasons Raw materials for
factories
New markets for new goods
Trade a solution to overproduction, unemployment and economic depression
Politics and Military Alfred T. Mahan
Urged U.S. for a strong navy
Urged U.S. to develop a fleet, establish bases, construct canal and acquire Hawaii (& other islands)!
U.S. needs bases where fleets can re-fuel
Superiority Cultural factor
Duty to spread Christianity and the American way of life to “inferior people”
Anti-Imperialism Imperialism a threat to
American’s Anglo-Saxon heritage
Nothing justifies domination of other countries
Anti-Imperialist League - 1898