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Pressures to expand(4)

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Bellevue West High School

There were four main reasons for the growth of imperialism: economic, nationalism, military, and humanitarian factors. Economically, nations faced overproduction and needed new markets and natural resources from developing countries. Militarily, nations sought to increase their power by dominating weaker ones. Nationalism fueled the belief that a nation's ideals and goals were superior. These pressures led the U.S. to expand its territory through policies like Manifest Destiny and annexing lands like Hawaii for their resources and markets to support economic growth.

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The Pressures to Expand
ImperialismPolicy by a stronger nation to attempt to create an empire by dominating weaker nations economically, politically, culturally, or militarily
Why Expand?Need for new markets & Natural Resources
The need to out-do other rival nations
Increase in nations military powerNationalismA nations belief in themselves, their ideals, and their goals to be superior to those of other nations.
Four Reasons Imperialism GrewEconomic FactorsNationalismMilitary FactorsHumanitarian Factors
Imperialism = Good EconomicsProblem: Overproduction in the U.S. tended to lead to economic depressionsProblem: Developing nations (U.S., Britain, Germany) needed increasing amounts of natural resourcesSolution: Potential consumers of American goods lived in smaller foreign nationsSolution: Colonize smaller nations that possess natural resources (rubber, petroleum, etc.)
Monroe DoctrineU.S. would be neutral in European affairsWarned other nations not to interfere in the West
Manifest DestinyThe U.S. was destined to expand across the United StatesUsed as reason to expand west during the 1830s-1850s
Manifest Destiny
Time to AnnexAnnex: Join a new territory to an existing countryWhy annex:To expand countryAvailability to new resourcesExample: Hawaii in 1898
Public ResponseMost people began to support the of U.S. expansion The want for markets and trade relations was important for growthWhat could this expansion lead to

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Pressures to expand(4)

  • 2. ImperialismPolicy by a stronger nation to attempt to create an empire by dominating weaker nations economically, politically, culturally, or militarily
  • 3. Why Expand?Need for new markets & Natural Resources
  • 4. The need to out-do other rival nations
  • 5. Increase in nations military powerNationalismA nations belief in themselves, their ideals, and their goals to be superior to those of other nations.
  • 6. Four Reasons Imperialism GrewEconomic FactorsNationalismMilitary FactorsHumanitarian Factors
  • 7. Imperialism = Good EconomicsProblem: Overproduction in the U.S. tended to lead to economic depressionsProblem: Developing nations (U.S., Britain, Germany) needed increasing amounts of natural resourcesSolution: Potential consumers of American goods lived in smaller foreign nationsSolution: Colonize smaller nations that possess natural resources (rubber, petroleum, etc.)
  • 8. Monroe DoctrineU.S. would be neutral in European affairsWarned other nations not to interfere in the West
  • 9. Manifest DestinyThe U.S. was destined to expand across the United StatesUsed as reason to expand west during the 1830s-1850s
  • 11. Time to AnnexAnnex: Join a new territory to an existing countryWhy annex:To expand countryAvailability to new resourcesExample: Hawaii in 1898
  • 12. Public ResponseMost people began to support the of U.S. expansion The want for markets and trade relations was important for growthWhat could this expansion lead to
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