Imperialism Motives & Justifications
Economic Motives of Imperialism Make $$ Control foreign trade Discover new markets Raw materials and cheap labor Investments Export technology.
Political Motives of Imperialism Gain power Compete with other countries Expand territory Exercise military force Gain prestige Boost national pride & security
Religious Motives of Imperialism Spread Christianity Spread European, American, and Western values and moral beliefs Educate people from other cultures
Exploratory Motives of Imperialism Explore the “unknown” Conduct scientific research Medical searches/find medical remedies Adventure Investigate “unknown” cultures.
Ideological Motives of Imperialism Cultural values Belief in Race superiority (racism) Belief in duty to “civilize” people in other parts of the world Belief that all great nations should have empires Social Darwinism-“Survival of the Fittest”- only the strongest nations will survive.
PHOTO #1: Open-shaft diamond mining in Kimberly, South Africa, 1872
PHOTO #2: A Methodist Sunday School at Guiongua, Angola, 1925
PHOTO #3: Germans taking possession of Cameroon in 1881
PHOTO #4: Quote from Henry Stanley in 1882
PHOTO #5: Africans bringing ivory to the wagon in South Africa, c. 1860
PHOTO #6: Sketch map of Central African, showing Dr PHOTO #6: Sketch map of Central African, showing Dr. Livingstone’s exploration
PHOTO #7: An advertisement for Pears’ Soap from the 1890s, and one stanza of the British poet Rudyard Kipling’s poem, The White Man’s Burden, written in 1899
PHOTO #8: Bagged groundnuts in pyramid stacks in West Africa
PHOTO #9: French capture of the citadel of Saigon, Vietnam
PHOTO #10: British Lipton Tea advertisement in the 1890s
PHOTO #11: British cartoon “The Rhodes Colossus” showing Cecil Rhodes’ vision of making Africa “all British from Cape to Cairo” 1892
PHOTO #12: Epitaph and quote from missionary and explorer David Livingstone