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Imperialism Motives & Justifications
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Economic Motives of Imperialism
Make $$ Control foreign trade Discover new markets Raw materials and cheap labor Investments Export technology.
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Political Motives of Imperialism
Gain power Compete with other countries Expand territory Exercise military force Gain prestige Boost national pride & security
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Religious Motives of Imperialism
Spread Christianity Spread European, American, and Western values and moral beliefs Educate people from other cultures
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Exploratory Motives of Imperialism
Explore the “unknown” Conduct scientific research Medical searches/find medical remedies Adventure Investigate “unknown” cultures.
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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.
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PHOTO #1: Open-shaft diamond mining in Kimberly, South Africa, 1872
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PHOTO #2: A Methodist Sunday School at Guiongua, Angola, 1925
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PHOTO #3: Germans taking possession of Cameroon in 1881
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PHOTO #4: Quote from Henry Stanley in 1882
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PHOTO #5: Africans bringing ivory to the wagon in South Africa, c. 1860
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PHOTO #6: Sketch map of Central African, showing Dr
PHOTO #6: Sketch map of Central African, showing Dr. Livingstone’s exploration
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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
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PHOTO #8: Bagged groundnuts in pyramid stacks in West Africa
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PHOTO #9: French capture of the citadel of Saigon, Vietnam
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PHOTO #10: British Lipton Tea advertisement in the 1890s
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PHOTO #11: British cartoon “The Rhodes Colossus” showing Cecil Rhodes’ vision of making Africa “all British from Cape to Cairo” 1892
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PHOTO #12: Epitaph and quote from missionary and explorer David Livingstone
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