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Imperialism• Importance- End of the 1800’s the US
starts to become a world power and
extend it’s control beyond North America
• Objective- students will understand
reasons why the US gets involved in the
affairs of other countries
– ?Why do you feel countries want to take over
other countries?
Imperialism- when a stronger country takes
over a weaker country
Europe in 1800’staken over almost
all of Africa and
much of Asia to
supply natural
resources for the
industries and
create new
markets to sell
their products
IE- England
controlled ¼ of the
world’s land mass
?Why is the US left
off this map?
American Imperilaism- after taking over the west
(Manifest Destiny), Us looked overseas to take
more land
Reasons to Expand (3)
1) Create new
Markets- us made
more goods than it
could buy, sell extra
goods overseas
?What American
products today are
sold around the
world?
• 2) Establish Military
Presence- US did not
want to fall behind
European countries
– Alfred T Mahan- create
a steel navy to protect
US goods abroad
• Today- US strongest
country in World
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12 aircraft carriers
B-2 bombers
ICBM- nuclear missles
Us troops abroad
» Afghan- 120,000
» South korea36,000
» Japan- 39,000
» Germany- 45,000
• 3) Anglo- Saxon
Supremacy- Americans
want to spread
Christianity and civilize
“inferior people”
• Does the US still try and
“Civilize” people? How
might this lead to
problems?
– Manifest Destiny- God
given right to expand the
nation across continent
• ?How does this philosophy
change w. imperialism