1. The Birth of Imperialism 1890 – 1915 Topic 3.4 to 3.7

2. Imperialism What is imperialism?
When one nation dominates another socially, culturally, economically, or militarily.

3. Why Imperialism? Economic Factors Big 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.

4. Nationalistic Factors – Nationalism is a great pride in one’s country and heritage.

5. European Expansion –
Countries were competing in Africa and Asia for control of large empires

7. Humanitarian & Political Factors –bring education, democracy, and Christianity to Africa and Asia.

8. Military Factors – Technological advances made European military forces far superior to that of native populations.

9. ALFRED T. MAHAN Writes “The Influence of Sea Power Upon History”
Since ancient times, great nations had great navies
Convinces the US we need a much stronger Navy to protect our “interests” around the globe.
U.S. expands and modernizes the Navy
Need for refuel/supply bases

17. 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.

18. Many people were worried that without the frontier, America would lose the national energy that it had while it pursued it’s Manifest Destiny

26. The last great gold rush in the Klondike gold fields in British Columbia (Canada) and the Yukon Territory of Alaska