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US IMPERIALISM 1890-1912, US IMPERIALISM 1890-1912 - Coggle Diagram
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US IMPERIALISM 1890-1912
MOTIVES FOR IMPERIALISM
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progressive imperialism: US imperialism was motivated by a desire to improve the lives of non-Americans and export American values to less developed countries.
linked to the missionary work undertaken by Americans due to the belief that WASPS (White Anglo-Saxon Protestants) were a superior peoples with a duty to help members of 'lesser races'.
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need for markets
'open door' policy as opposed to actual territorial expansion.
the USA faced surpluses in farm produce and needed a market to absorb these.
Following 1893 depression.
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preclusive imperialism: if the USA didn't impose control of a country one of the other empires would instead.
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US foreign and imperial policy changed significantly from 1890-1912 as it had developed from isolationist with minimal intervention abroad to greater support for imperial expansion and involvement in its first major external conflict in nearly 100 years.