Imperialism

What is Imperialism?

• Countries working together

• A country taking over another country

• A country helping another

• Countries fighting against each other

Imperialism includes controlling the country's...

• Economics

• Military

• Government

• Culture

• Flag

One of the reasons why the United States participated in imperialism is because we wanted to compete with European powers.

• True

• False

Was cultural superiority a reason why we participated in imperialism?

• No, we believe all countries are equal

• No, other countries think their culture is better than ours

• Yes, we think white, christian and modern is best

• Yes, we want everyone to be like us

Why were some people against imperialism?

• They thought it was wrong for the U.S. to control other countries when we talk about freedom and democracy

• They thought it was wrong because they believed other countries should be getting involved and not the U.S.

• They thought that we might lose wars

• No one was against imperialism

Reasons why we got into the Spanish-American War

• A letter from a Spanish insulting the American President

• USS Maine exploding

• Yellow Journalism

• Interest in Cuban business

The USS Maine most likely exploded by _________, instead of Spanish intent.

Yellow Journalism played an important role in our Spanish-American war involvement

• Yes, a lot

• Kind of

• No

Check everything that is correct about the Spanish American war.

• The United States won

• It lasted 2 years

• We controlled Cuba

• We controlled the Philippines

Treaty of Paris set a relationship for U.S. and Cuba, what was it like?

• Cuba could not allow other countries besides the United States to interfere.

• Cuba would not let the U.S. be involved in their businesses

• Cuba would only be allowed to have a relationship with the United States

• Cuba did not agree to the Treaty of Paris and the relationship is non-existing