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This is known as IMPERIALISM From 1890 to 1914, the United States expanded its role in world affairs and gained new overseas colonies This is known as IMPERIALISM

The US has always been an expanding nation… 1783 – Everything east of Mississippi River By 1820  Louisiana Purchase and Florida 1823  Monroe Doctrine 1846  Oregon Treaty By 1848  Mexican American War = Texas – California

By 1899  Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Philippines …once the US controlled the lands from Atlantic to Pacific, we began to look outside of our borders By 1899  Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Philippines 1914  Panama Canal Zone 1917  Entrance into World War One shows the US considers itself equal to European powers

So, why did America want to gain control of lands outside mainland US?

So, why did America want to gain control of lands outside mainland US? American industry need (1) new sources of raw materials and (2) new places to sell their products

So, why did America want to gain control of lands outside mainland US? Americans were nervous that the western frontier was “closed” and felt (3) the US needed more land to expand onto

So, why did America want to gain control of lands outside mainland US? European countries were already taking over other lands and (4) Americans felt the need to keep up

So, why did America want to gain control of lands outside mainland US? Taking over “weaker” areas (5) showed US military strength Navy = Great White Fleet World tour of the “Great White Fleet”

a.k.a. “White Man’s Burden” So, why did America want to gain control of lands outside mainland US? Many believed in Social Darwinism and thought the US had the (6) responsibility to “civilize inferior races” a.k.a. “White Man’s Burden”