1. Imperialism

2. Imperialism
The system by which great powers gain control of overseas territories. The U.S. became an imperialist power by gaining control of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Philippines and Cuba as a result of the Spanish-American War.

3. Colonialism
A policy by which a nation maintains or extends control over foreign dependencies (colonies).

4. The Four P’s
Profits
Patriotism
Piety
Politics

5. Factors that encouraged imperialism:
1. Profits
The depression of the 1890s provided a powerful stimulus for American commercial expansion.
Need for markets
Need for raw materials i.e. sugar

6. Balance of U.S. Imports, 1870–1914

7. Social Darwinism 2. A feeling of superiority
Many supporters of social Darwinism argued that nations compete with each other politically, economically, and militarily and that only the strongest would ultimately survive.
William Graham
Sumner
Herbert Spencer

8. 3. Anglo-Saxonism
Writer and historian John Fiske argued that English-speaking nations had superior character, ideas, and systems of government, and were destined to dominate the planet.
Fiske’s idea is known as Anglo-Saxonism
It seemed to fit with the idea of Manifest Destiny—the “obvious” right to expand the nation from ocean to ocean.
Historian John Fiske 1878

9. 4. Missionary Zeal (Piety)
Sense of democratic duty
Dr. Livingston

10. 5. Power & Prestige
Beginning in the 1870s, Britain, France, Germany, Spain, Belgium, and Japan sought overseas empires. By 1900, European nations colonized more than 20% of the world’s land mass and 10% of the world’s population.
Desire for economic/military power
Desire for prestige

11. Key terms:
Hegemony
Jingoism
Protectorate
Yellow
Journalism

12. Hegemony- The predominant influence of a state over others; domination.

13. Jingoism- Extreme nationalism characterized especially by aggressive foreign policy.

14. Protectorate- A relationship of protection and partial control assumed by a superior country or region.

15. Banana republic- A country run by U.S. business interests.

16. “Splendid Little War” was a phrase coined by Secy
“Splendid Little War” was a phrase coined by Secy. of State John Hay and referred to the Spanish American War which lasted just over 4 months.

17. Yellow journalism
The competition between rival newspaper publishers W. R. Hearst (Journal) and J. Pulitzer (World) came to be called yellow journalism, named for the colored ink used in a popular comic strip. Practitioners of yellow journalism pandered to the public’s appetite for sensationalism.

18. Joseph Pulitzer & The World
Yellow journalism
Joseph Pulitzer & The World

19. Advocates of imperialism
Josiah Strong
A. T. Mahan
T. Roosevelt
John Hay
Henry Cabot Lodge

20. Opponents of imperialism
Grover Cleveland, 22 & 24th president
Mark Twain
Samuel Gompers
Andrew Carnegie
Queen Liliuokalani

21. Life, June 16, 1898
Amid the patriotic frenzy over Dewey's naval victory, cooler heads wondered whether the United States knew what it was getting into with all the talk about creating an American empire. Here, Life magazine, often a skeptical commentator on American public life, pictures a blindfolded Uncle Sam stepping off a cliff.