Persian Gulf War

Peacekeeping in Bosnia

Imperialism Era

Imperialism?

A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.

Causes for ImperialismEconomic

Supplied raw materials for industrialization supplied new foreign markets to sell their

new products room for expanding populations in to settle

Causes for ImperialismEconomic

Supplied raw materials for industrialization; supplied new foreign markets to sell their

new products room for expanding populations in to settle

Military colonies allowed military bases around the

worldpower & security

Causes for ImperialismNationalism

idea of national superiority imperialists felt they had the right to take land

from people they viewed as weaker it was right for stronger nations to dominate

weaker ones “Social Darwinism”

British Empire

White Man’s BurdenTake 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 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-- The savage wars of peace-- Fill full the mouth of Famine, And bid the sickness cease; And when your goal is nearest (The end for others sought) Watch sloth and heathen folly Bring all your hope to nought. 

Take up the White Man's burden-- No iron rule of kings, But toil of serf and sweeper-- The tale of common things. The ports ye shall not enter, The roads ye shall not tread, Go, make them with your living And mark them with your dead. 

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!) toward the light:-- "Why brought ye us from bondage, Our loved Egyptian night?" 

Take up the White Man's burden-- Ye dare not stoop to less-- Nor call too loud on Freedom To cloak your weariness. By all ye will or whisper, By all ye leave or do, The silent sullen peoples Shall weigh your God and you. 

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.

His Hat Is In the Ring

Minneapolis Journal, rpt. American Review of

Reviews (Sept. 1912).

US Imperialism HistoryLouisiana Purchase (1803)

The US begins to fulfill Manifest Destiny

Purchase of Florida (1817) Purchased from Spain for $5M

Mexican War (1848) First large successful imperialistic land-grab

Perry in Japan (1853) US opens Japan for trade

Purchase of Alaska (1867) Purchased from Russia for 1.9¢/acre

Spanish American War (1898) US Gains Philippines, Puerto Rico, Guam Cuba becomes independent from Spain

Open Door Policy in ChinaWorld powers claimed Spheres of Influence in

China Austria, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy,

Japan, and Russia

Open Door Policy in ChinaWorld powers claimed Spheres of Influence in

China Austria, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy,

Japan, and Russia US wanted in on this

They now have the Philippines (think: geo-strategy)

John Hay, Sec of State, suggested equal trading rights throughout China Europeans were not thrilled with Hay’s idea “Boxers” started to rebel against foreigners

“Dollar” Diplomacy: Origins

Evolved from Roosevelt Corollary of the Monroe Doctrine US would intervene as necessary in the Latin

America to maintain economic/political stability How to “intervene”?

Invest in infrastructure (a canal, perhaps?) Use naval power as “big stick” to enforce the

Corollary

“Dollar Diplomacy” President Taft believed that promoting American

economic interests in Latin America (and around the world) would benefit everyone

Theory was: If….the U.S. invests in LA plantations, railroads, etc.

then… American businesses would profit AND Latin America/Asia would rise out of poverty & social

disorder However…

Latin American countries really became resentful of American investment

Why would the Americans want to build a canal in the region of the world highlighted

below?

Panama Canal

• Built b/t 1880 and 1914 (long time to build)• President Theodore Roosevelt was a big

supporter of the canal• He encouraged Panama and Colombia (two

countries surrounding the canal) to negotiate a treaty regarding the canal

• Big for trade– Americans profited

Effects of ImperialismPositive:1. New roads and railroads2. Telegraph and postal systems united country3. Irrigation systems improved farming (at least for the time being)4. New medicines

Negative:1. Native resources go to European power2. European goods replace local goods3. Europeans try to replace native culture with their own (native culture dies out in some places)4. Local economic systems disrupted often disrupting social institutions5. Natives were treated unfairly, and often times harshly