OGT REVIEW 3Revised 2011

What is Imperialism?

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Policy used by some nations to take over other nations

Why do countries imperialize?

Raw materials/natural resources New markets for finished products Spread western civilization

Kipling’s “White Man’s Burden”Social Darwinism

Convert people to Christianity Establish military bases and overseas ports Increase the power and influence of the

controlling nations Nationalism/desire to become a world power

Impact on People in Controlled Areas Could not rule themselves Language, religion, and culture were

forced upon them by ruling nations Gave up natural resources without

compensation Literacy rates went up as education

improved Health standards improves

How did the U.S. become an imperial

power?

Alaska Hawaii Spanish-

American war (1898)Cuba

○ Teller Amendment

○ Platt Amendment

Puerto Rico○ Foraker Act

GuamPhilippines

Resistance to Imperialism What arguments may be made for and

against imperialism? Many people rebelled in the imperialized

countries.Boxer Rebellion in ChinaGandhi’s non-violent protest movement

against British in IndiaFilipino Rebellion against the U.S.

How did the Treaty of Versailles at the end of World War I impact foreign policy?

Germany had to take the blame for WWI

Took territory from Germany

Germany had to pay reparations, leading to economic and political instability

Germans had deep resentment for the Treaty of Versailles

Between the World Wars World wide

depression created political and economic stability in many countries

Rise of dictatorships: Why? Hitler and GermanyStalin and USSRMussolini and ItalyFranco and SpainTojo and Japan

The Failure of the League of Nations leads to World War II U.S. remained isolated and did

not join Weak organization and could not

stop the rise of totalitarian nations

Great Britain and France failed with the policy of appeasement

Germany attacked Poland in 1939 and Britain and France followed the attack with a declaration of war

U.S. to enter in December of 1941 after the attack on Pearl Harbor

Results of World War II Ended in 1945 with the U.S. dropping of the

atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki Marshall Plan Differing intentions between the U.S. and

the Soviet Union would lead to the Cold War The U.S. and its allies formed NATO The Soviet Union and its allies (“Satellites”)

formed the Warsaw PactChurchill would state that “an iron curtain had

descended upon Europe”

Events of the Cold War Truman Doctrine and Containment Berlin Blockade Atomic weapons and the arms race Communist Revolution in China The Korean Conflict McCarthyism The Cuban Missile Crisis The Vietnam War The Berlin Wall fell in 1989, leading to the

reunification of Germany

U.S. Domestic Affairs in the 1920s Red Scare Women’s right to vote The Great Migration Immigration Restrictions Revival of the Ku Klux Klan Roaring 20s Harlem Renaissance Stock Market Speculation Stock Market Crash

U.S. Domestic Policy in the 1930s Great Depression New Deal (Relief,

Recovery, Reform) Dust Bowl

U.S. Domestic Policy 1940-1945

U.S. in World War II Home Front Industrial

Mobilization Women and

Minorities in the Workforce

Rationing Internment of

Japanese-Americans

U.S. Domestic Policy 1945-Present Postwar Prosperity McCarthyism Space Race Immigration Patterns (Sun Belt, Rust

Belt) Antiwar protest Counterculture Movement Women’s Liberation Movement Civil Rights Movement