AMERICAN IMPERIALISM AND RACE A BURDEN. IMPERIALISM 1900.

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM AND RACE A BURDEN

IMPERIALISM 1900

HISTORICAL CONTEXT

1890s United States expansion continues- gain Alaska and Hawaii

Mind frame of the time- whites are sent by god to protect the world and establish democracy (Manifest Destiny, Spanish- American war)

Foreign affairs

Social Darwinism

Period of Jingoism

Henry Du Pre Labouchere (1831-1912)

Raised in England

Politician and writer

Radical-attacked socially privileged order (same one that he came from)

Against:

Fraud

Injustice

Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936)

Born and resided in Bombay (Mumbai), India during British control of India

English writer

Supported imperialism

BURDEN

The Brown Man’s BurdenFebruary 25, 1899

The White Man’s BurdenFebruary 1899

Appealing to Americans to join imperialism

Duty of white man

Saving the “half-devil and half-child” people by:

Providing food

Protecting against sickness

Civilizing them

Creating peace

Not have an iron fist king

THE WHITE MAN’S BURDEN

Overview of poem- Kipling’s message

THE BROWN MAN’S BURDEN

Mocking “White Man’s Burden”

Brown man’s loss white man’s gain

False claim by white man of “helping” brown man

Claim of philanthropy

Abuse

Little money/value from labor

Freedom only for white man

More blood spilled

Racism

White’s economic gain

QUESTIONS??? NB RESPONSE • What lessons can be learned from America’s Age of

Imperialism?

• What actions do you believe America should take going forward (post Spanish-American war)?

• What should be America’s foreign policy in 2011?