Foreign Developments: Rising ideas of American Imperialism Flashcards
Name three pro-Imperialist’s in the 1890s
Alfred Mahan, Theodore Roosevelt, Henry Lodge
What did Roosevelt see Imperialism as?
A difficult competition that America could win
Why did Roosevelt like the idea of Imperialism in terms of the generation he was born in?
It would give him something for his generation to do as he was too young to fight in the civil war
How did Pro-Imperialists look back on the Civil War?
They looked back on it fondly
Why did many Pro-Imperialists look back on the Civil War fondly?
Because they were too young at the time to have fought in it
How did many anti-Imperialists look back on the Civil War? Why?
They saw it as a terrible time in American History, likely cos many of them fought in it
Name a Pro-Imperialist book published in 1885 and the author’s name
Our Country by Josiah Strong
What was Our Country about?
The future of the United States
What was the “Our Country” book similar to?
The Turner Thesis
When was the Turner Thesis published?
1893
What was the dominant race in the USA?
WASPS
What does WASPS stand for?
White Anglo-Saxon Protestants
What was the overall opinion of the American Public on Imperialism by the late 1800s?
They were becoming more fond of it
Why were newspapers able to increase in popularity massively in the late 1800s?
Because the public was more literate
What did many newspapers focus on?
International affairs with the rest of the world
