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The Pressures to Expand
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Imperialism Policy by a stronger nation to attempt to
create an empire by dominating weaker nations economically, politically, culturally, or militarily
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Why Expand?• Need for new markets & Natural
Resources
• The need to “out-do” other rival nations
• Increase in nations’ military power
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Nationalism
A nation’s belief in themselves, their ideals, and their goals to be superior to those of other
nations.
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Four Reasons Imperialism Grew Economic Factors
Nationalism
Military Factors
Humanitarian Factors
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Imperialism = Good Economics Problem:
Overproduction in the U.S. tended to lead to economic depressions
Problem: Developing nations (U.S., Britain, Germany) needed increasing amounts of natural resources
Solution: Potential consumers of American goods lived in smaller foreign nations
Solution: Colonize smaller nations that possess natural resources (rubber, petroleum, etc.)
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Monroe Doctrine U.S. would be neutral
in European affairs
Warned other nations not to interfere in the West
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Manifest Destiny The U.S. was destined to expand across
the United States
Used as reason to expand west during the 1830’s-1850’s
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Manifest Destiny
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Time to Annex Annex: Join a new territory to an existing
country Why annex:
To expand country Availability to new resources
Example: Hawaii in 1898
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Public Response Most people began to support the of
U.S. expansion
The want for markets and trade relations was important for growth
What could this expansion lead to…
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Your Opinion Answer the Sound Off question in the
middle of your worksheet
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