5.1 The Age of Imperialism - Analyze the development of American expansionism, including the change from isolationism to intervention and the rationales for imperialism based on Social Darwinism, expanding capitalism, and domestic tensions
In the past, OLD EXPANSION was motivated by a hunger for __________(Manifest Destiny in Standard #2) Expansion in the early 1900’s…..motivated by hunger for new __________for American made goods and _________ ____________!
Isolationism to Interventionism ***The US had always maintained a policy of ____________- staying out of the world’s affairs An “Isolationist” wanted us to stay out of others affairs, to keep to ourselves and worry about the US ***The US purchases ___________in 1860 from ______(the last piece of land open for settlement) (so much gold, fishing, and lumber giving us lots of $) This began to change because of the need for raw materials and new markets to sell goods (expanding ______________)
General Motivations for US Expansion: Spread our system of gov. ___________ Spread our ________and _________(thought it was superior) National ____________ Grow our __________
Economic Reasons for Expansion Because of the close of the US frontier in 1890, there was a strong need both economically and emotionally to find new areas to meet the need for expansion. *** More _________ ______________ ***More areas to _______with **__________- selling more than you buy, exporting more than you import ***I. ______________- Desire to gain colonies The US also wanted to expand its ‘_____________________’- territories or countries over which a nation exercises control Many businessmen and government leaders wanted this to happen to gain more land, wealth, and resources
Expansion was also necessary to maintain _____________ _____________ Admiral ***_______________wrote a book called The Influence of _________Power which convinced Congress to build the ___________ __________the world had ever seen
Nationalism and “Destiny” A historian, Frederick Jackson Turner, stated that the west was not enough and now it was time to spread democracy to the rest of the world Turner says ***we must govern over “______________” people properly (Social Darwinism) ***Other Americans wanted to spread ________________.