...Imperialism DBQ The U.S. overseas expansion in the 19th and 20th centuries were aimed towards creating a global presence on the world stage. The U.S.’s military interests to extend their control lead to their intentions of assimilating foreigners into the “best” culture because of the influence of the Progressive Movement that was taking place. Based off the idea of Social Darwinism and Anglo Saxon, this lead people to believing that the U.S. should civilize these “savages” through spreading Christianity and democracy. They assumed that they were the best race and that everyone else was uncivilized. Document C mentions that “the highest civilization will spread itself over the earth” and “this competition of races will be the survival...
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...Europe was a nation that turned from nothing into something. It is one of the biggest Imperialist nations that the world has ever seen. Europe began to colonize everywhere and they sought an opportunity. In addition, Asia and Africa were the two biggest continents that the Europeans had an effect on. Due to Europe being an under power, Asia and Africa were dominantly powerful in terms of the economy and political strength. Later on, Europeans were beginning to ask for help from these two countries and started to be involved with each nation and its daily activities. It eventually turned out to diminish both nations and Europe became a powerful nation because of Imperialism. Europe began to take over control and changed their treatment individually...
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...From the years 1750-1900, also known as periodization 5 the concept of New Imperialism rose going into periodization 6 from the years of 1900 to present day. New Imperialism characterizes a period of colonial expansion by European powers toward Africa and Asia turning them into vast colonial empires. Britain, France, Italy, Belgium, Germany, and many more European countries participated in what was known as the scramble for Africa. One of the many reasons why this “scramble” happened was to gain more power, land, etc. For instance during this time, Europe needed the raw materials that Africa had to make more goods. This need lead to them to mistreating the Africans and treating them like slaves to get the raw materials they needed. Overall...
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...European Imperialism was about seizing and taking colonies for different reasons. European were taking colonies and seizing them and they would take people and making them slaves. The driving force was something that not only affected some people it affected tons of people in different ways. The main reasons of European imperialism are Moral, Economics, and Industrial Revolution. There were morals to European Imperialism, there were concepts to the Europeans that were good but, some were very wrong and caused harm to others. In Document D they talked about all sorts of good resources and where they were coming from. They also talk about slavery, which most of the time they did to innocent people. There were morals in European Imperialism,...
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...What would you do if it was considered your country’s duty to be the top in political and geographical power? Starting in the later 1800’s, European countries started dividing African land up among themselves. They planned to use the land and resources of Africa to help their economies and to become the country with the most power. Europeans felt that they needed land and power to be great, the effect was imperialism in Africa. Geopolitical power, economics, and cultural attitudes motivated the Europeans to take control over African land, resources, and trade. Europeans believed that they should have power over, not only their land, but other lands as well. The idea of geopolitical power was strong in the minds of Europeans and they used it to their advantage. In 1884 and 1885 European powers held the Berlin conference, during which, they divided up African land according to power, people, and resources. (Doc A) If a country did not have the required military support,...
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...During the late 19th century, Europe had already undergone the age of industrialism and had changed course into the idea of Imperialism. In class, we discussed that Imperialism is the idea of gaining power by colonizing other countries. This idea and a new way of life were the effects of two main causes. Since industrialization had brought factories, the need for cheap raw materials grew. In order to keep these big factories going many European countries had to colonize to get the materials, they needed for the cheapest price (doc 7). The best example of this was England. At the time England was one of the biggest and most powerful countries due to it’s larger number of colonies which included India, Egypt, Canada and Jamaica to name a...
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... conversing with another noted that all the unappropriated lands on the surface of the globe may become the field of our operations and of our resources. He justifies such acquisitions by stating that he, representing Belgium, the universe lies in front of us; steam and electricity have made distances disappear. Being heir to the throne of Belgium, it is no shock that Prince Leopold supported imperialism since he wanted to gain unoccupied land to make Belgium's economy flourish.(doc.1) Other people like Joseph Chamberlain, a British industrialist and politician, were inspired to go to Africa to gain new raw materials and new markets to increase their gains industrially. In his speech he states that if the British want to prosper it would depend on imperialism, or at least half the population would be starved. Even though the economic markets never really took off concerning economic benefits, it was the potential that encouraged him, as well as others, to pursue colonies to ensure economic prosperity. As a British industrialist, Chamberlain would have naturally supported imperialism since he probably stood to gain economically from the continued growth of the British...
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...Imperialism is a policy which a strong Nation seeks to dominate other countries politically, economically, and socially. Europeans used imperialism to gain and take advantage of other land for its raw materials. Imperialism in Africa was happening at the same time as industrialization in most countries so Africa was sought out to be a market for Industrial Products. Social and competition were a driving force during imperialization in Africa for Europeans. The Battle for land between countries had only just began with Imperialism. Africa had many different components and had much to offer. “Africa resources benefitted multiple industries such as; clothes, food, medication, and factories”.(Doc D) Africa had multiple colonies which most of countries...
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...By 1900, 90.4% of Africa belongned to European Powers (document 1). They used African Territories for mostly economic reasons. Countries could have a market for their products and gain whatever resources were in Africa. This kind of ruling was unfair to natives for many reasons, although Europeans didn't see it that way. Often territory was colizationed in violent ways, hurting Africans even more. In the 19th century, Western Europeans explained their imperialism as economic, and African countries were taking over violently, disrupting what had been there, although colonists really thought the natives got the better deal. A reason why the europeans felt they needed to take over these countries was for exports; France especially felt this way....
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...In the 1800’s, Africa’s continent sparked interests of many European nations. You may ask, why? In this essay, I am going to be answering that question. This question is important to history because in modern day, the relations between the European countries and the now-free African nations have changed. In that time, many well-known historians were involved in the Scramble for Africa. The three main driving forces behind European Imperialism in Africa were national competition, economic factors, and new and improved technology. The first main reason for European Imperialism in Africa was national competition. European nations wanted land in Africa to show national pride and to benefit their country. On the map in Document A, it is shown...
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...During the 19th century Europeans nations wanted to divide up africa for their own personal gain.They had a Conference known as the berlin conference, in 1884 and 1885. There were many causes for european imperialism in Africa it begin political competition, culture attitude, technology and economic. One of the many reasons why Europeans imperialised africa was because of political Competition. In document B a writer named John Rusk talked to a crowed and said the following about what england should do,” she must found colonies as fast and as far as she is able, that their first aim is to be advance, the power of england by land and by sea.”There was a lot of pressure in having a part of africa and its goods. Europeans Nation where racing...
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...Africa has been the victim of imperialism for over many years, and Europeans declaring themselves as “missionaries of God.” In the 19th century, European countries divided themselves, and enslaved the African people, furthering their own commercial interests and expanding their lands. The driving force behind European imperialism in Africa happened because, France, Germany, Britain, Italy, Spain, and Portugal claimed African territory as their own therefore, they could take all their power. The majority was under european control it was also motivated by a variety of factors. Imperialism had several forces, however the most important cause of imperialism was technological development. One of the driving forces behind European Imperialism was partition of Africa. It was a process of invasion, attack, occupation, and annexation of African territory by Europeans. European nations in the nineteenth century where African countries were divided into pieces demanding areas for getting raw materials, market area for investment and areas for supplies (Doc C). Evidence of this os that in 1884-1885 European nations divided up the african continent by claim and by the rule of occupation. Although, most of these African colonies were controlled by nations, the berlin Conference allowed King Leopold II of Belgium to become the sole owner of the...
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...Greed is a powerful thought that overcomes many people. Many people behave irrationally under its spell. For the Europeans, they decided to take over Africa. The Europeans had many motives for imperialism in Africa. Imperialism is the takeover of a country or territory by a stronger nation with intent on dominating the political, economic, and social life of the people of that nation. Europe’s main motives for African imperialism were Industrial Revolution resources, humanitarian morale, and economic competition. First, Africa was a target for European civilization because Europe had a lot of technological resources to take over Africa. Document C shows many discoveries and inventions that resulted from the Industrial Revolution. These findings...
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...In a constant quest to gain new land, Europe saw hope in Africa. After nearly 300 years (1500-1807) slaves’ trade was legal and blooming. After this trade was banned, many European countries saw no reason to be in Africa, Until 1880 when King Leopold of Belgium acquired a lot of African land. What is the driving force behind European Imperialism in Africa? The driving forces behind European imperialism in Africa were political competition, Economics, and cultural attitude. With many countries fighting to acquire easy land quickly there was a political competition. From (document A) I can see seven European countries drew a partition of Africa. From (document B) I can see that the Germans were seeking a “friendly competition” with the English...
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...From 1850-1914 imperialism cast a shadow of racism, forced labor, and conflict across the globe. Some will argue that the addition of new technologies, better education, and improved sanitation made this time a positive one. Overall, imperialism could be viewed as having both a positive and negative impression on the world. Nevertheless, after analyzing all the information, it is clear that the negatives strongly outweigh the positives. Imperialism itself is defined as, the act of a strong nation controlling a weaker nation (SFA 115). There were two main methods that imperialists used to manage their colonies. The first was used mainly by France and other European nations and was called direct control. They believed that natives simply could...
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