Imperialism Project - Manasquan Public Schools



Imperialism Project AP World Bryant

By the mid-19th century all the various transformations we have studied in this course -especially the Industrial Revolution - had made Europe far more powerful economically and militarily than any other world civilization. One use of this power was to establish and expand a series of world empires by major European power.

Directions visit the following web sites and respond to corresponding questions.

1.

• What were the causes of imperialism according to Hobson?

John A. Hobson (1858-1940)

1902 Critique on Imperialism



• What sort of views about the world does Kipling's White Man's Burden imply? What was Morel's response?

Rudyard Kipling, The White Man's Burden, 1899



Edward Morel:

The Black Man's Burden, 1903



2.

• What was the uprising of the Society of Righteous Harmonious Fists?

• What does this primary source reveal about German nationalism and imperialism?

• Is the concept of Social Darwinism present in this document? Explain?

Kaiser Wilhelm II- German Interest in China 1900



3.

• What does this imaginary discussion reveal about the tensions between English and Indian societies?

Raja Rammohan Roy: Second Conference- Burning Widows Alive



4.

• By 1898, what major conflict is America engaged in?

• Does Albert Beveridge view America as a country destined to become imperial and spread democracy? Cite examples.

• According to Albert Beveridge, what territories has the U.S. already acquired?

• Cite examples of American exceptionalism and Manifest Destiny within the document?

• Does this document represent impulses still present in America and European nations? Explain.

American Imperialism- The March of the Flag



5.

• When and why was the American Anti-imperialist League formed?

• How do the first five paragraphs of this document relate to sovereignty? Explain.

• In respect to supporting the government’s imperialist actions, what does action does this document suggest? Cite examples.

• What is your overall impression of this document?

• Was the United States an imperialist country just like the European nations?

American Anti-imperialist League



The French Empire

N. America

• Pierre and St. Miquelin {Quebec}

• S. America

• Caribbean Islands

• French Guyana

Africa: Pacific to Indian Ocean

• West African Territories

• Algeria

• Djibouti

Asia

• Indian territories

• Indochina

Oceania

• Pacific Islands

English Colonial Regions

Europe

Gibraltar

Heligoland

Malta

N. America

Canada

S. America

Caribbean Islands

Guyana

{Argentina}

Africa: Cape to Cairo

South Africa

Kenya

West African Territories

Asia

India, Burma, Ceylon,

Malaysia

Aden/Yemen

Oceania

Australia

New Zealand

Pacific Islands

Me Too Empires

Germany and Italy were only united in 1871. As full nations their governments came under pressure to found colonial empires. Bismarck was not keen on this. However, both Italy and German grabbed bits of Africa:

Germany

• SW Africa

17. Tanganyika.

18. Cameroons

Italy

19. Libya

20. Somalia

21. failed in Ethiopia

Contiguous Empires: Russia and Imperialism

More the old fashioned kind of imperialism.

Russian Manifest Destiny

Visit this site and print out the map of Africa.

Age of Imperialism Site – Maps, essays, etc.



Regions of Colinization

S. America

Caribbean Islands

Guyana

{Argentina}

Africa: Cape to Cairo

South Africa

Kenya

West African Territories

Asia

India, Burma, Ceylon,

Malaysia

Aden/Yemen

Oceania

Australia

New Zealand

Pacific Islands

History of the Ottoman Empire



Story of the Suez Canal



Discussion Questions

How were the European world empires of the 19th and 20th century different from earlier types of empire?

What were the causes of imperialism according to Hobson?

What sort of views about the world does Kipling's White Man's Burden imply? What was Morel's response.

Was the United States an imperialist country just like the European nations?

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