America Claims An Empire Guiding Question: What motivated the U.S. to move from an isolationist foreign policy to become a global power at the end of the.

America America Claims Claims

An EmpireAn EmpireGuiding Question:

What motivated the U.S. to move from an isolationist foreign policy to become a

global power at the end of the 19th century?

What do you think this cartoon What do you think this cartoon suggests about the United suggests about the United

States? States?

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Isolationist to Global PowerIsolationist to Global Power► In his 1796 Farewell In his 1796 Farewell

Address, President Address, President Washington cautioned Washington cautioned Americans to “steer Americans to “steer clear of permanent clear of permanent alliances.” alliances.”

►This warning became a This warning became a

theme of government theme of government policy for the next 100 policy for the next 100 years, but in the late years, but in the late 1800s, Americans began 1800s, Americans began looking outward to the looking outward to the larger world. larger world.

Isolationist to Global PowerIsolationist to Global Power

What do you think What do you think caused the U.S. to caused the U.S. to

become more involved become more involved in world affairs during in world affairs during this time after the Civil this time after the Civil

War? War?

Vocabulary Vocabulary ►ISOLATIONISMISOLATIONISM: a policy of pulling : a policy of pulling

away from involvement in world affairsaway from involvement in world affairs

Vocabulary Vocabulary ►MONROE DOCTRINEMONROE DOCTRINE: an 1823 : an 1823

warning to all outside powers not to warning to all outside powers not to interfere with Affairs in the Western interfere with Affairs in the Western Hemisphere.Hemisphere.

Vocabulary Vocabulary

►NEUTRALITYNEUTRALITY: refusal to take part in a : refusal to take part in a war between other nationswar between other nations

Vocabulary Vocabulary

►EXPANSIONISMEXPANSIONISM: a nation's practice : a nation's practice or policy of territorial or economic or policy of territorial or economic growth growth

Vocabulary Vocabulary ►IMPERIALISMIMPERIALISM: the policy in which : the policy in which

stronger nations extend their economic, stronger nations extend their economic, political or military control over weaker political or military control over weaker territoriesterritories

Foreign Policy vs. Domestic Foreign Policy vs. Domestic PolicyPolicy

► A country’s dealings A country’s dealings with with anotheranother country country

►OutsideOutside the country the country

► Examples:Examples: IsolationismIsolationism ExpansionismExpansionism ImperialismImperialism NeutralityNeutrality

► Internal affairs or Internal affairs or dealings of a dealings of a countrycountry

►WithinWithin a country a country

► Examples:Examples: Progressive Progressive

ReformersReformers

►What does the What does the eagle symbolize?eagle symbolize?

►What point does What point does the cartoonist the cartoonist make in make in portraying this portraying this eagle with eagle with outstretched outstretched wings?wings?

American ImperialismAmerican Imperialism

What motivated U.S. imperialism?What motivated U.S. imperialism?

1. 1. PoliticalPolitical: Desire for Military : Desire for Military StrengthStrength

►European imperialists European imperialists had been competing for had been competing for colonies around the colonies around the world while the U.S. had world while the U.S. had remained focused on remained focused on domestic affairsdomestic affairs

►Seeing that other Seeing that other nations were nations were establishing global establishing global military presence, US military presence, US leaders pushed to build leaders pushed to build its own military strengthits own military strength

What motivated U.S. imperialism?What motivated U.S. imperialism?

2. 2. EconomicEconomic: Thirst for New : Thirst for New MarketsMarkets

► Need raw materials for Need raw materials for new factories during new factories during Industrial AgeIndustrial Age

►Overproduction of Overproduction of food/goods (technology food/goods (technology allowed farmers to allowed farmers to produce more food than produce more food than Americans could Americans could consume)consume)

► Influx of immigrants Influx of immigrants leads to unemployment leads to unemployment and economic and economic depressiondepression

What motivated U.S. imperialism?What motivated U.S. imperialism?

3. 3. SocialSocial: Cultural/Religious : Cultural/Religious SuperioritySuperiority

► Social DarwinismSocial Darwinism Free market competition Free market competition

would lead to would lead to survival of the survival of the fittestfittest

Belief in racial superiority of Belief in racial superiority of Anglo SaxonsAnglo Saxons

► ““White Man’s Burden”White Man’s Burden” US had responsibility to US had responsibility to

spread Christianity and spread Christianity and “civilization” to world’s “civilization” to world’s inferior people who couldn’t inferior people who couldn’t rule themselvesrule themselves

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