OGT Review 3
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OGT REVIEW 3Revised 2011
What is Imperialism?
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Policy used by some nations to take over other nations
Why do countries imperialize?
Raw materials/natural resources New markets for finished products Spread western civilization
Kipling’s “White Man’s Burden”Social Darwinism
Convert people to Christianity Establish military bases and overseas ports Increase the power and influence of the
controlling nations Nationalism/desire to become a world power
Impact on People in Controlled Areas Could not rule themselves Language, religion, and culture were
forced upon them by ruling nations Gave up natural resources without
compensation Literacy rates went up as education
improved Health standards improves
How did the U.S. become an imperial
power?
Alaska Hawaii Spanish-
American war (1898)Cuba
○ Teller Amendment
○ Platt Amendment
Puerto Rico○ Foraker Act
GuamPhilippines
Resistance to Imperialism What arguments may be made for and
against imperialism? Many people rebelled in the imperialized
countries.Boxer Rebellion in ChinaGandhi’s non-violent protest movement
against British in IndiaFilipino Rebellion against the U.S.
How did the Treaty of Versailles at the end of World War I impact foreign policy?
Germany had to take the blame for WWI
Took territory from Germany
Germany had to pay reparations, leading to economic and political instability
Germans had deep resentment for the Treaty of Versailles
Between the World Wars World wide
depression created political and economic stability in many countries
Rise of dictatorships: Why? Hitler and GermanyStalin and USSRMussolini and ItalyFranco and SpainTojo and Japan
The Failure of the League of Nations leads to World War II U.S. remained isolated and did
not join Weak organization and could not
stop the rise of totalitarian nations
Great Britain and France failed with the policy of appeasement
Germany attacked Poland in 1939 and Britain and France followed the attack with a declaration of war
U.S. to enter in December of 1941 after the attack on Pearl Harbor
Results of World War II Ended in 1945 with the U.S. dropping of the
atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki Marshall Plan Differing intentions between the U.S. and
the Soviet Union would lead to the Cold War The U.S. and its allies formed NATO The Soviet Union and its allies (“Satellites”)
formed the Warsaw PactChurchill would state that “an iron curtain had
descended upon Europe”
Events of the Cold War Truman Doctrine and Containment Berlin Blockade Atomic weapons and the arms race Communist Revolution in China The Korean Conflict McCarthyism The Cuban Missile Crisis The Vietnam War The Berlin Wall fell in 1989, leading to the
reunification of Germany
U.S. Domestic Affairs in the 1920s Red Scare Women’s right to vote The Great Migration Immigration Restrictions Revival of the Ku Klux Klan Roaring 20s Harlem Renaissance Stock Market Speculation Stock Market Crash
U.S. Domestic Policy in the 1930s Great Depression New Deal (Relief,
Recovery, Reform) Dust Bowl
U.S. Domestic Policy 1940-1945
U.S. in World War II Home Front Industrial
Mobilization Women and
Minorities in the Workforce
Rationing Internment of
Japanese-Americans
U.S. Domestic Policy 1945-Present Postwar Prosperity McCarthyism Space Race Immigration Patterns (Sun Belt, Rust
Belt) Antiwar protest Counterculture Movement Women’s Liberation Movement Civil Rights Movement
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