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Imperial Expansion

Imperial Expansion. Factors Driving American Expansionism at Turn of 20 th Century: Domestic industrialization—Search for Markets and Raw Materials; International Climate: European imperialism. Social Darwinism/Racial Theory: Not only at home but also abroad

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Imperial Expansion

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  1. Imperial Expansion • Factors Driving American Expansionism at Turn of 20th Century: Domestic industrialization—Search for Markets and Raw Materials; International Climate: European imperialism. • Social Darwinism/Racial Theory: Not only at home but also abroad • Manifest Destiny: America was preordained to expand in the world because it was superior (survival of the fittest). The treatment of the Native Americans.

  2. Major Steps in Expansion • Purchase of Alaska (1867) • The control of Samoa and Hawaii in the late 19th and early 20th centuries • The Spanish America War of 1898: Most Important Step

  3. Spanish-American War of 1898 • Causes: Outrage at another country’s imperialism; Sensational media reports over Cuba and Maine • Main battlefields: Cuba and Philippines • Trade with China; Open Door Policy

  4. Significance of Spanish-American War • Turning Point in American Expansion, Producing War Fever and Enthusiasm • Rise of the US as a World Power and Major Presence in Asia • Anticipated Vietnam War

  5. Did Everyone Support Imperialism? • Anti-Imperialist League, 1899 • Mark Twain, Andrew Carnegie, Jane Addams Opposed • From Splendid Little War to Sordid Little War

  6. Mark Twain as Anti-Imperialist • “You ask me about what is called imperialism. Well…we have no more business in China than in any other country that is not ours. There is the case of the Philippines. I have tried hard, and yet I cannot for the life of me comprehend how we got into that mess.” Mark Twain, 1900.

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