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US Imperialism

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strong navy 1. build naval bases in other territories 2. access to harbors = trade 3. GB has best navy 4. Alfred T. Mahan writes The Influence of Sea Power Upon History (1890)
Chistianity/racial superiority 1. Josiah Strong (evangelist) writes Our Country (1885) -WASP must fight race war & civilize weaker races -Social Darwinism - survival of fittest 2. white mans burden
Global competition 1. GB, France, Belgium, & other Euro countries have colonies from Africa to Pacific Islands 2. "Everyone else is doing it" (Thomas Nast- political cartoon) - US needs to get more territories before nothing is left
What territories did the US acquire & build naval bases on? Guantanamo Bay (Cuba), Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), & Pago Pago Samoa
Effect of Alfred T Mahan? Influences Teddy Roosevelt to build Great White Fleet in 1907
Overseas Markets 1. Overproduction in US 2. Want to sell to China/Asia bc they have big population & were slow to industrialize
Frontier is closed no where else to expand except for overseas
Republican expansionists 1. aka "jingoists" 2. Teddy Roosevelt, John Hay, Henry Cabot Lode (senator of Mass.) 3. want U.S to be the best
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