imperialism Flashcards
(33 cards)
what led to the US declaring war on Spain?
- DeLome letter
- USS Maine explosion
- yellow journalism
what is imperialism?
the action of extending a nations power by direct territorial acquisitions or by gaining indirect control over the political or economical life of other areas
why did countries imperialize?
to become an empire
what are 7 reasons for imperialism?
- white mans burden
- economic competition
- military reasons
- anglo-saxan superiority
- to spread democracy
- dependency on trade/economics
white mans burden
US had a mission to uplift “backward” people around the world
economic competition
US was motivated to improve economically to compete with Europe and increase exports
military reasons
us wanted more naval bases
anglo-saxan superiority
we thought we had superior culture & responsibility to spread Christianity and our culture to other countries
to spread democracy
the more like us, the better for us
dependency on trade/economics
us became more dependent on foreign trade. 25% exported farm goods, 50% petroleum
manifest destiny
belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable.
henry cabot lodge
supported imperialism; believed smaller states are of the past and bigger states are of the future. said in the washington post that imperialism is the future
us involvement in hawaii
us wanted to own hawaii so they dont have a tariff for sugar cane
us annex hawaii
joint resolution (small gov led by dole) annexed hawaii. queen lil was kicked off the throne because she did not support the annexation
sanford b dole
plantation owner; dole company
tariffs role
to be used on imports out of the country
alfred t mahan
- had influence on us foreign policy
- wrote book title which influenced many in gov to follow. began our push to move into pacific and atlantic
us involvement with cuba
us businessman owned sugar cane plantations there
yellow journalism
- highlighted things on newspapers in yellow to draw attention
- over dramatic headlines
yellow journalism in cuba
made headlines abt general weyler
hearst and pulitzer
famous journalists that used yellow journalism
senator proctor
senator who saw and drew what he saw in cuba
3 main causes of spanish american war
- DeLome letter
- USS Maine
- Yellow journalism
underlying cause of spanish american war
imperialism; us used the war to gain territory
