1. Quote of the Day
“The best argument against Democracy, is a 5 minute conversation with the average voter”
-Winston Churchill

2. Competency Goal 6 The emergence of the United States in World Affairs ( ) – The learner will analyze causes and effects of the United States emergence as a world power.

3. 6.01 Examine the factors that led to the United States taking an increasingly active role in world affairs.

4. Take a Stand
“The US has a responsibility to fight for freedom in countries across the globe.”
Debrief Question: When should the US intervene in the affairs of another country?

5. What is going on in the country right Now?
The answer is the reason we combine 5&7 and 6&8

6. What does it mean? Root Word?
IMPERIALISM!
What does it mean? Root Word?

7. Describe American Foreign Policy up to this point?

8. Isolationism US Foreign Policy up to late 1800’s
Stay out of foreign affairs – Washington’s Farewell Address
Had been policy of government (since Monroe Doctrine)
Do not get involved in the affairs of other nations

9. Imperialism: When stronger nations extend their economic, political or military control over weaker nations. (The Process of Building an Empire)

10. Types of Imperialism
Colony: direct rule by a foreign power, backed with military force
Protectorate: indirect rule by a foreign power; local rulers left in place but must answer to foreign power
Sphere of influence (“economic imperialism”): no direct political control by foreign power, only interest of foreign power is in control of access to trade

11. Reasons for American Imperialism Can You Guess?

12. THIRST FOR NEW MARKETS

13. Reasons for US to Grow an Empire
Need to develop new markets for US agricultural & manufactured goods: US producing more than it can use
Need new opportunities for capital investment
Mercantilism: belief that nations need to export more than they import to grow and maintain wealth
No more frontier: US had expanded as much as it could in North America
Manifest Destiny: Americans still believed that God favored their way of life and wanted them to spread elsewhere

14. Frederick Jackson Turner
1861 – 1932
Historian / Professor
1893: Proposed his “Frontier Thesis” which argued that American society had evolved as a result of always having a Western frontier; now that the frontier was closed, US was at risk of stagnation
Many interpreted this as meaning that the US needed to find new frontiers in order to maintain our position

15. BELIEF IN CULTURAL SUPERIORITY

16. Social Darwinism
Political, economic, and military competition between nations leads to the failure of the weak and the “survival of the fittest”
Small, “inferior” states will be overpowered by “superior” states

17. Anglo-Saxonism
Belief that English speaking nations were destined to rule due to superior character, ideas, and systems of government
Popular in Britain and the US
Fit well with American idea of “Manifest Destiny”

19. Josiah Strong 1847 – 1916 Author of “Our Country” Protestant minister
Americans should support imperialism because it spreads Christianity
The Anglo-Saxon race have a responsibility to “civilize and Christianize” the rest of the world
Identified 7 “perils” for American society: Catholicism, Mormonism, Socialism, intemperance, wealth, urbanization, & immigration

20. “ The White Man’s Burden”
Written by Rudyard Kipling
Poem advocated that the US had a moral obligation to “civilize” and “help the lesser peoples”
Scholars argue the poem:
Justifies imperialism as a noble cause, or……
Satire aimed at ridiculing imperialist attitudes

21. GLOBAL COMPETION

22. Jingoism Extreme nationalism marked by aggressive foreign policy
Someone who is jingoistic might also be called a “war hawk,”

23. Capt. Alfred T. Mahan
1840 – 1914
1890: Wrote The Influence of Sea Power Upon History
Argued that powerful nations have powerful navies
US needs: Strong navy, naval bases in Caribbean and Pacific, canal in central America.
His ideas won widespread political support in both Congress and the White House

24. The Panama Canal Theodore Roosevelt became president in 1901
He wanted to build the Panama Canal, but the Colombian government wouldn’t give him the land
In 1903, the Panamanians revolted, promising Roosevelt the land for the canal if he would provide military support
Difficult endeavor due to malaria, lack of equipment, scale of project
Greatly Reduces Shipping Distances

27. The Great White Fleet
Fleet of 16 US battleships sent out on a world tour to demonstrate American naval might between and 1909 on orders of President Theodore Roosevelt
Greatly enhanced American prestige

31. Political Cartoons

37. Imperialism Learning Menu
White Man’s Burden – Lit Connection
Students will be given Rudyard Kipling’s poem, White Man’s Burden to read and annotate. Students will use BYOT to define any unknown words. Then, students will have to argue whether Kipling’s poem is either satire or a legitimate justification of imperialism. Must be essay format and contain specific evidence from poem. (Reg:10 points extra credit)
Imperialism Political Cartoon
Students must create a political cartoon about US imperialism. Cartoon can support, disagree or be neutral towards imperialism. Must use color. Must have written clues which allude to the meaning of the cartoon.