Motivations for Imperialism and by the US

A policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries poitically, socially, and economically.

• imperialism

• isolationism

• exploration

• colonization

idea that many European countries had a duty to spread their religion and culture to those less civilized

• black man's burden

• white man's burden

• M&Ms

• missionary zeal

The king of Belgium who colonized the Congo and sent expeditions into central Africa

• King Leopold II

• King Albert

• Kaiser Wilhelm

• King Louis Napoleon

Term given for the rapid invasion of Africa by the various European powers. This began imperialism in Africa.

• assimilation

• Congress of Vienna

• Scramble for Africa

• Berlin Conference

1898 war that began when the United States demanded Cuba's independence from Spain.

• Zulu Wars

• Boer War

• Philippine American War

• Spanish-American War

The belief that only the fittest survive in human political and economic struggle.

• Social Darwinism

• Gospel of Wealth

• Manifest Destiny

• Gospel of Truth

an American foreign policy opposing interference in the Western hemisphere from outside powers

• Open Door Policy

• Big Stick Diplomacy

• Monroe Doctrine

• Dollar Diplomacy

economic factors, nationalism, cultural superiority, religion, geopolitics

• effects of imperialism

• causes of imperialism

• causes for exploration

• effects of exploration

What economic factors drove Western imperialists to look for more colonies to conquer?

• Belief that one racial group is superior to another

• The application of ideas about evolution and "survival of the fittest" to human societies - particularly as a justification for their imperialist expansion

• the attitude (of a person or a government) that subordinates should be controlled in a fatherly way for their own good

• Industrialization increased the need for more raw materials and new markets to trade and sell.

Why were European borders drawn in Africa so problematic?

• It gave all of England the best resources

• it divided certain groups and/or united folks who may have been hostile towards one another

• It only took into account Christian nations

• Germany missed out on the best areas