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Imperialism One nation takes control over another nation politically, economically and/or culturally Colonialism Takes control over foreign dependencies When is this justified? Is this ever justified?
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Why?
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In 1899, British novelist and poet Rudyard Kipling wrote a poem entitled “The White Man’s Burden: The United States and The Philippine Islands” He urged the US to take on the “burden” of empire (like the British and other nation’s had done) This poem came out at the same time as the Philippine-American War and the Treaty of Paris ▪ US gained Puerto Rico, Guam, the Philippines, and “Cuba”
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Take up the White Man’s burden— Send forth the best ye breed— Go send your sons to exile To serve your captives' need To wait in heavy harness On fluttered folk and wild— Your new-caught, sullen peoples, Half devil and half child Take up the White Man’s burden In patience to abide To veil the threat of terror And check the show of pride; By open speech and simple An hundred times made plain To seek another’s profit And work another’s gain Take up the White Man’s burden— And reap his old reward: The blame of those ye better The hate of those ye guard— The cry of hosts ye humour (Ah slowly) to the light: "Why brought ye us from bondage, “Our loved Egyptian night?” Take up the White Man’s burden- Have done with childish days- The lightly proffered laurel, The easy, ungrudged praise. Comes now, to search your manhood Through all the thankless years, Cold-edged with dear-bought wisdom, The judgment of your peers!
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Take up the White Man’s burden— Send forth the best ye breed— Go bind your sons to exile To serve your captives’ need; To wait in heavy harness, On fluttered fold and wild– Your new-caught, sullen peoples, Half-devil and half-child
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Increasing Industrial Output, 1870-1910 CoalSteel 187020 million tons850 million tons 1890111 million tons6,746 million tons 1910417 million tons24,216 million tons Industry as a Percent of the Economy AgricultureManufacturing and Mining 187053 percent33 percent 190033 percent58 percent
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Image 4 The British Empire – 1900 (all orange territories)
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Feeling of superiority (Social Darwinism) Religious zeal Manifest Destiny
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Attitude prevalent during the 19 th century period of American expansion The US could AND was destined to stretch from coast to coast (Atlantic to Pacific) Helped fuel western settlement, Native American removal, and the war with Mexico
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Response to Census of 1880 which noted that the American Frontier has ceased to exist. The Frontier Thesis – Frederick Jackson Turner “The frontier is a space where individuals and society can be renewed, begin again, and seek out new opportunities.” … The frontier is what makes America special
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Increasing Industrial Output, 1870-1910 CoalSteel 187020 million tons850 million tons 1890111 million tons6,746 million tons 1910417 million tons24,216 million tons Industry as a Percent of the Economy AgricultureManufacturing and Mining 187053 percent33 percent 190033 percent58 percent
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Producing lots of stuff in factories Need markets & raw materials Increasing Industrial Output, 1870-1910 CoalSteel 187020 million tons850 million tons 1890111 million tons6,746 million tons 1910417 million tons24,216 million tons Industry as a Percent of the Economy AgricultureManufacturing and Mining 187053 percent33 percent 190033 percent58 percent
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Competition with Europe (economically & sense of nationalism) National Security
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Britain had the most colonies around the world, controlled 25% of the world’s land and people Racist attitudes through minimal contacts with Africans “non-white races” represented a paradigm of racial “otherness” – physically, mentally, culturally different and inferior Need for “benevolent guardianship” over other nations
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Alfred Mahan’s (1840-1914) President Naval War College – friendly with TR 1890 The Influence of Sea Power upon History 1660-1783 Those with best navy’s dominated - shipbuilding Bases Caribbean and Pacific …
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Feeling of superiority (Social Darwinism) remember “Manifest Destiny”…? Religious zeal Running out of room (Frontier Thesis) Producing lots of stuff in factories (need markets & raw materials) Competition with Europe (sense of nationalism) National Security Which are justified? Rank them in order
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How do they justify this?
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Markets Raw materials National security Desire more land Competition
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Social Darwinism Culture superiority Economic superiority Political superiority
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