The Imperialist Debate
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The Imperialist Debate
Focus Question:• Describe what happens when you and your
friends disagree on an issue.
Rationale for Imperialism• Strong drive for the U.S. to become an imperial
power• Commerce• National Security• National Stature• Export Democracy
Anti-Imperialist League• Opposition Arose to Imperialism• Anti-Imperialist League formed• Drew from all walks of life• Labor and Capital• North and South• Country and City
Arguments of the League• Unnecessary for trade• U.S. should focus on producing the best• People would buy
• U.S. would be drawn into foreign wars
• Labor• Colonial peoples would compete for U.S. jobs•Wage levels would drop
• Betrayed basic American ideals• Ape European powers• Turn our backs on the founders