Globalization And Race Summary

The purpose of the movement, led by Francis Galton and Charles Darwin, was to better the nation through using the intelligent and strong genes of individuals and eliminating those that were not fit to be apart of society. To further their research, they created laws that sterilized around 64,000 people in an attempt to only allow suitable citizens to reproduce and have those traits be passed down from generation to generation. Currently, North Carolina is trying to issue justice to the victims of the movement. Therefore, the movement did not benefit our nation and the United States would be stronger if we focused our attention on other issues to improve our

After the Industrial Revolution, Europeans became technologically advanced compare to the rest. Darwin’s theory advocates “facts” that they were actually superior due to natural selection. Accordingly, it justifies their acts to extermination, colonization

This gave rise to belief that there was a “hierarchy” of races and that the Europeans were at the top of the hierarchy. Imperialists used genetics as a justified explanation to why white people were more superior to other races. Darwin believed that animal species was adapting and changing to environments in the process of evolution. Never did Darwin suggest that this was meant to apply to humans and their societies, cultures and races. However although the theory adapted by Herbert Spencer, and originally created by Darwin, contributed towards imperialism and colonisation it was not the sole cause of it.

Imperialism in the late nineteenth century was sparked from the rise of industrialization throughout the world and the competition for new territory. Modernized countries took advantage of uncivilized nations in order to utilize their available resources and to compete with their civilized counterparts. Western imperialist countries in the late nineteenth century exploited periphery countries and hindered them economically and human-environmentally for the purpose of their own wealth and benefit, despite some arguments that outline a mutually beneficial global economy from imposing a strong, powerful government in these unstable places in order to control and maintain the chaotic behavior of the natives. By using the India and Congo case studies,

Smith and Marx wrote from different vantage points in history but both offered insights into the changing worlds around them. Smith outlines in the Wealth of Nations, that colonialism was economically beneficial to both colonial powers and the colonies. Smith writes that “The discovery of America….By opening a new and inexhaustible market to all the commodities of Europe…gave occasion to new divisions of labour and improvements of art, which, in the

Sosita Thapa History 109 Argument Detection Paper American Anglo - Saxons ideology was used internally to support the power and to protect existing racial mass, and externally to shape the destiny of much of the world. American Anglo- Saxons, as a “superior race”, ought to bring the political as well as economic changes that would make possible stability throughout the world. These arguments were used to justify the takeover of thinly populated areas and the economic penetration of areas that were heavily populated with “inferior” races, incapable of sharing American’s system and doomed to permanent extinction. Before the nineteenth century, there was never a specific term to define “Anglo- Saxons” people. Later it became less precise and

Imperialism drove the world, from the Roman Empire, to America in the early 1900’s. The US imperialized nations to give them peace, gain their natural resources, and protect them. But not all things imperialism are good. When the US imperialized some nations, it limited their ability to govern and protect themselves. But the US has more experience doing so in a modern world, and would ultimately benefit them.

National pride caused the need to expand their countries and become better than the other European countries. In the speech by John Ruskin, he says “make your country great again a royal throne of kings” encouraging the expansion and improvement of England. “She must found colonies as fast and as far as she is able” he again promotes the expansion of England into Africa and Imperialism of Africa. “Begin in a friendly competition to strive after them” this quote comes from Freidrich Fabri’s article Does Germany Need Colonies?, England was not the only European country promoting expansion and supporting the imperialism of Africa. European countries

Political and economic frameworks reinforced colonialism and capitalism in the 19th century and were based on the ideas of social Darwinism introduced by Herbert Spencer (Lang, 2014). Spencer drew upon on the idea of evolution from the works of Darwin and Jean-Baptiste Lamark to create a doctrine of political and economic competitiveness that supported the free hand approach to society, which countered efforts for social reform and supported colonialism and capitalism (Lang, 2014). The atmosphere of intellectual thinking dominated by Social Darwinism in the 1890’s provided the ideological support and racial justification for colonialism in Africa and slavery in North America (Pinder, 2002). Exploitative and derogatory attitudes towards non-white races in the European dominance of Africa and America were reinforced by the idea of the fittest will survive. Social Darwinism provided a mechanism for the “scientific and natural” domination of nature and non-Europeans that propagated the

When faced with 19th-century European colonialism, Japan fared the best compared to India and the Congo. The reasons behind European colonization was Industry and social darwinism. Social darwinism is the belief that certain groups of people were genetically predisposed to specific jobs and tasks. Through the theory, Europeans came to believe that because of their predisposition they had the right to rule over others, which is also known as imperialism. Imperialism can be defined as “the takeover of a country or territory by a stronger nation to dominate the political, economic, and social life of the people of that nation.” Moreover, since social darwinism supported imperialism, it, therefore, justified racism.

Imperialism and the spread of empire felt a new surge of importance in the second half of the 19th century. As industries began looking for new resources and markets to sell their goods, countries began to expand their economic and political power over the majority of the world. This new surge of economic conquest was the result not only of industrialism, but of nationalism and the new phenomenon known as Social Darwinism. When Charles Darwin published his work, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, many leading figures in Europe interpreted it as a justification of social class discrepancies and racial superiority. Class discrepancies and racial superiority were not new occurrences on the European Continent, but they were now backed by scientific evidence that stated

Brant Johnson History 305 Section 8 Globalization by Imperial Expansion The central features of European imperialism; monopolistic Capitalism, the Civilizing Mission, and competition amongst Imperial powers all lead to a shrinking community and globalization of the world’s population. These features helped to create complex trade routes connecting communities around the globe while also introducing interaction between indigenous populations with European colonists. However these relations were not always equally beneficial. Creating linkages between peoples for interaction is the key that each of these features have in common and is the main factor in helping to spread culture and ideals to bring about a globalized world population. Monopolistic

Some colonial gentleman even changed their religious beliefs to reflect European ideas that God only played an indirect affair with humans. Educated colonists were especially interested in the new ideas that showed the Age of Enlightenment what it really was. How did the Glorious Revolution affect colonial politics? • The dethroning of King James in England and at the end of the Dominion of New England showed all of the success of the representative government over dictatorship. Colonists came to see their legislatures as colonial alternatives of parliament on its own.