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Becoming a World Power Section 1:The Pressure to Expand

Becoming a World Power Section 1:The Pressure to Expand. Chapter 17. Objectives. Find out about the factors that led to the growth of imperialism around the world What is imperialism ?. Intro . By the dawn of the 20 th century, what changed America? How?. Growth of Imperialism.

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Becoming a World Power Section 1:The Pressure to Expand

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  1. Becoming a World PowerSection 1:The Pressure to Expand Chapter 17

  2. Objectives • Find out about the factors that led to the growth of imperialism around the world • What is imperialism?

  3. Intro • By the dawn of the 20th century, what changed America? How?

  4. Growth of Imperialism • Late 1800s marked the peak of European imperialism, with much of Asia and Africa under foreign domination. • Through Imperialism stronger nations attempt to overthrow weaker nations. List the several ways:

  5. Why Imperialism Grew?Several factors accounted for the burst of imperialistic activity in the late 1800s • Economics • Describe. • Nationalistic • Describe and give an example

  6. Military factors • Describe. • Humanitarian • Describe.

  7. Europe Leads the Way • Improved transportation and communication made it easier for Great Britain, France, and Russia, all with long imperialist traditions, to extend their grip over far-flung lands. • Great Britain, in particular, acquired so much new territory around the globe that people began to say “the sun never sets on the British Empire.” • Competition for new territory grew even more intense when Germany, unified in 1871, seized colonies in Africa and Asia. • By 1890, describe how the U.S felt about expansion.

  8. Expanding U.S. Interests • What advice did President George Washington advise in his farewell address in 1796? Did we listen? Why?

  9. Monroe Doctrine • What was the role of the Monroe Doctrine in shaping U.S. foreign policy?

  10. Arguments for U.S. ExpansionAmericans were debating on what foreign policy would best serve the US. • 1) A chief argument in favor of expansion was economic • Describe how businesses felt about expansion in terms of economic purposes.

  11. 2) Protecting Security Preserving Spirit • Lobbyists who favored a strong U.S. Navy formed a second force pushing for expansion. • Describe what they wanted changed. How did the Naval Act of 1890 come into play?

  12. 3) Preserving American Spirit • A third force for expansion consisted of people who feared the U.S. was losing vitality. • How does Social Darwinism come into play?

  13. Expansion • Gradually public opinion warmed to the idea of public expansionism. • Through expansion the U.S would find itself in difficult, bloody, and painful foreign conflicts

  14. American Deaths in War • World War I -began in the summer of 1914. The fighting ended in late 1918 - 117,000 • World War II- Global military conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945- 419,000 • Korea -1950-1953 - 44,600 • Vietnam 1961-1970- 58,000

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