Amer. & the World [Why the U.S. wanted overseas territories]

Amer. & the World [Why the U.S. wanted overseas territories)

Open Ended

Good Morning!

Poll

Did you watch any part of the Inauguration?

• Yes

• No

Multiple Choice

How did most Americans viewed imperialism?

• It was an important idea of laissez-faire capitalism.

• It was necessary to stop colonialism.

• It was a continuation of Manifest Destiny.

Multiple Select

The main goals of those who supported U.S. imperialism was

• to obtain overseas markets

• to obtain overseas territories

• to obtain overseas naval bases

Multiple Choice

· Territories can provide raw materials for industries.

· Territories have customers who would buy U.S. products.

The ideas expressed in the bullet points were primarily favored by

• Anti-imperialists

• Business leaders

• Isolationists

• Some people felt the U.S. was destined to rule over inferior people because it is racially and culturally superior to others

• Primarily supported by Social Darwinists

• A quest for an empire would restore the nation’s pioneer spirit.

• If the United States remains isolated, America will not survive

• Newspaper and magazine editors printed adventure stories/articles about distant and exotic places, increasing public interest and stimulating demands for a larger U.S. role in world affairs.

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• The United States sought to follow European success with overseas expansion.