Today I present to you all one of the biggest political conversy in America today, imperialism. After our win from spain in the Spanish-American war we have rights as christian Americans to give freedom and religion to people as well. The colonies that were once apart of spain for almost five decades, has now been given to us due to our victory. These countries will be ours for the better. Having these territories will help gain America fine resources. It will also help American influence throughout these countries. They will not be used as a form of wages. We’ll use these countries as a form of gratitude. When I first got the philippines I was in shock, I didn 't really expect to get them.I didn 't even want them. Then one night when I went home I thought …show more content…
We having established our political view into these countries means they can be more like America. Even though I get criticized on many of the things I do as president of the United States, I still feel that my voicing over these country that we as American’s have, should make up for me being “weak” as the president. Even opinions from the press has dimmed me in a bad light as the president. Since the spanish foreign policy I have also dealt with the repercussions, but I feel as if you can’t please everybody in America as the president. People even said I was a weak and mediocre president because I did not want America to go to war, but of course things end up diffrently than as planned. Imperialism can not be seen as a horrible thing all the time. These countries often do get protection from us, if ever threaten. My intent for American imperialism is for America to be put on the map. Some of my tactics will help America to do just that. Let us keep positive as American’s that our nationalism being spread for bigger and better things in these countries. The mission of the united states is one benevolent assimilation. We also have to help these countries because a free man can not be long an ignorant man as
The Belgians strongly desired the need for economic expansion because of rise of the industrial revolution. Nations such as the Belgians desired money, land and wanted more of it at a more rapid pace. In order for the Belgians to successfully meet their desires they began to imperialize the Congolese. According to an excerpt from Jules Ferry, “Colonial (Imperialist) policy is the child of the industrial revolution. It is necessary for wealthy countries where capital (money) is plentiful and accumulates (grows) fast, where industry is expanding steadily, where even agriculture must become mechanized in order to survive.
Imperialism was also accepted because there was a rising demand for military strength. Another reason it was accepted because the United States had a strong feeling of superiority. The United States also wanted to spread Christianity and their free government of Democracy. The American Anti-Imperialist League was a group that was against imperialism of the Philippines. The anti-imperialists opposed the expansion because they believed imperialism violated republicanism.
Many Americans thought occupying foreign countries, like the Philippines after the Spanish American War, was a bad idea because it contradicts the American values of equality found in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. (Doc D) However, a majority of America sided with people like Senator Albert J. Beveridge who believed people were chosen by God to expand into China and the Philippines to open more Asian markets. (Doc E) This was a continuation of past expansionism because acquiring land for money Manifest Destiny have been motives for expansionism for
Imperialism was a controversial idea that a nation can extend its power outward through means of diplomatic or military force. This often results in a shift of power from one major force currently in control to another. The people of that nation under control conflict may also experience wars, rebellions, or cultural destruction. Looking at some of these events, we see some positives and negatives of imperialistic action taken by the United States, and how it affected the nations imperialized by the United States. For starters, let’s look at Hawaii’s annexation.
If the 2016 U.S. presidential election has taught the world anything, it is that where the United States is concerned, so is the rest of the world. The U.S. has been, and continues be, seen as one of the most powerful countries in the entire world. Henceforth, a highly controversial discussion for debate would be over whether, when regarding American Imperialism, if it is positive or negative. When looking at it from an international standpoint, the era may not have been considered “humane”, so to speak. The U.S. had already been the most powerful country of this era.
Imperialism: United States Imperialization As far as history dates for the United States, the United States has imperialized other countries and territories for economical gain, military control, and for resources. The United states has imperialized countries and territories such as Hawaii, Cuba, China and many smaller countries and territories. The United States should imperialize smaller countries that are unable to protect themselves from larger and more powerful countries. In the late 1800’s American businessmen were pushing for the annexation of Hawaii for economical gain and for Hawaii’s ideal travel station for ships traveling to and from Asia.
Why and to what extent was the U.S. an imperialist power at the beginning of the 20th century? The 19th century was commonly known as the ‘Age of Imperialism’, during this time period the United States and a number of other major world powers began rapidly expanding their territory and influence, throughout the world. Many Americans supported the concept of imperialism due to the economic, military, and political influence that came with the annexation of fertile territories. Although this ideology seemed to benefit thriving imperialist powers such as Britain and France, the United States was only an imperialist power to the extent that they extended the U.S. power, but were an empire unsuccessful in controlling the nations under their rule.
European imperialism rapidly increased in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries due to economic, political, and social forces. Technology from the industrial revolution started and advanced the desire for more control that European nations obtained. Economic forces such as “survival of the fittest”, political forces like powers of the government and wars, and also social forces such as segregation of races all contributed to imperialism. Political factors played the strongest part in spreading and increasing imperialism. In Focus on World History:
American imperialism is not favorable to the U.S. because of the military operations and economic conditions that makes the U.S. shores vulnerable to foreign attacks. While the U.S. spreads there troops around the world it causes economic conditions to become worse for the U.S. To illustrate the text in particular, “The Fatal Expense of American Imperialism” says “The cost of running these military operations and the wars they support is extraordinary, around $900 billion per year, or 5 percent of U.S. national income, when one adds the budget of the pentagon, the intelligences agencies, homeland security, nuclear weapons programs in the department of Energy, and veterans benefits” (Sachs D. Jeffory, October 30th, 2016). This means that the U.S. national income is being spent to help support intelligences agencies, homeland security, nuclear weapons programs in the department of Energy, and veterans benefits. The evidence shows that since the U.S. spends so much money to make the U.S. safer outside of its shores which in turn made economic conditions
Essay One: Imperialism Flies circle great black lumps as the moist air ravages the corpses. Dried blood soaked into the ground after faceless soldiers brutally destroyed its owners’ lives. These were the stories in the newspapers, the movies, and the films. Horrified by these crimes against humanity, the American public was spurred into action against the Spanish oppressors. the United States invaded Cuba in 1898 to pursue humanitarian efforts.
During the time period of 1895-1920, as the United States entered the 20th century, America based its foreign policies on imperialism and the spreading to other nations. Inquiries on whether the nation should operate its power and influence beyond the North, became the essential topic of national discussion and debate. Although anti-imperialists argued that America was foresaking the republican ideals of the nation’s founders, advocates of imperialism argued that the United States had an obligation to promote democracy, civilization, and free trade to the world. Cases such as the Spanish-American War, china, and Panama demonstrated that when it came to negotiating with other nations, the United States government often started from an idealistic
Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Panama are all on the list of island the U.S are interested in From the evidence shown above this shows that imperialism is not the best option. Although it could lead to the spreading of U.S commerce it does not follow our constitution, it could lead to tyrant like behavior, and could lead to conflicts with other countries that might also be imperialist
It also allows us to improve the conditions of the countries we occupy. Therefore, I am a supporter of imperialism. Moderator: It is now time for our next question. This question is yours Mr. Twain.
Imperialism has been a long-standing practice throughout history: the need for power, control and wealth has caused many different countries to expand outwards and take control of new lands. This drive to take power is not usually something that can be done peacefully, and in their stories, Joseph Conrad and George Orwell both give examples of the dark side that comes with taking over another country for the imperialist’s benefit. Realistic writings like Heart of Darkness and “Shooting an Elepahnt” are important because it gives warning to future generations that imperialism is a danger that changes people for the worse. Both these stories suggest that imperialism brings out many negative characteristics of human nature, the biggest of which are cruelty and hypocrisy. These negative traits can be seen through the terrible treatment of the natives who are being oppressed by the
• To provide better life and welfare to people from different countries