Imperialism Webquest

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Imperialism Webquest

• AP US History
• Lacks

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Imperialism

• 1. What does imperialism mean?
• There are four types of imperialist control
• Colony
• Protectorate
• Sphere of Influence
• Economic Imperialism
• 2. What is the difference between the four? (for
  help, go back to klacks.weebly.com, Unit 5 and
  open the Imperialism Car Dealerships PDF file)

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Part I Imperialism in the World

• Look at the Imperialism and the Balance of
  Power Map on the next slide
• Use it to answer the questions on slide 4
• Write the answers on your own sheet of paper

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Part I Imperialism in the World

• 3. How many different countries have colonies?
• 4. Which country has the largest colonial empire?
  
• 5. Which continents are almost completely
  controlled by other countries?
• 6. Which continents are only controlled by a few
  countries?

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Part I Imperialism in the World

• Use the chart to answer the questions on the next
  slide
• Extent of Colonialism (1939)

Great Britain France Belgium Netherlands Germany (1914)
Area in Square Miles 94,000 212,600 11,800 13,200 210,000
Population 45,500,100 42,000,000 8,300,000 8.500,000 67,500,000
Area of Colonies 13,100,000 4,300,000 940,000 790,000 1,100,000
Population of Colonies 470,000,000 65,000,000 13,000,000 66,000,000 13,000,000
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Part I Imperialism in the World

• 7. About how many square miles of territory does
  France control?
• 8. What is the TOTAL population controlled by the
  5 countries shown in this chart?
• 9. Based on this information, which country has
  the largest colonial empire?

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Part I Imperialism in the World

• Use the chart to answer questions 10 11
• Impact of Colonization Data

Region Percentage Controlled
Africa 90.4
Polynesia 98.9
Asia 56.5
Australia 100.0
Americas 27.2
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Part I Imperialism in the World

• Which two areas of the world are almost
  completely controlled by colonial powers?

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Part I Imperialism in the World

• Make some conclusions about imperialism based on
  the information you have studied. Answer the
  questions in well-written, complete sentences.
• 11. During this time in history, which country do
  you think was the most powerful? Why?
• 12. During this time in history, which regions of
  the world were most sought after by the
  Europeans?
• 13. Make a guess How do you think imperialism
  impacted the continents outside of Europe?

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Part II Imperialism in Africa

• Berlin Conference 1884
• Use the link above to answer the following
  questions
• 14. List 3 reasons why Europeans wanted to take
  over Africa?
• 15. What was the Berlin Conference?
• 16. What agreements came out of the Berlin
  Conference?
• 17. Make a guess How will the decisions made at
  the conference change Africa?

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Part II Imperialism in Africa

• Scramble for Africa Cartoon
• Click on the link above and answer the following
  questions
• 18. According to the cartoon, which European
  countries were fighting for a position in Africa?
• 19. How did the Berlin Conference lead to the
  situation shown in this cartoon?

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Part II Imperialism in Africa

• African Imperialism Maps
• Click on the link above to answer the following
  questions
• 20. What is the main difference between the two
  maps?
• 21. What part did the Berlin Conference play in
  the creation MAP 2?
• 22. What happened to the native African political
  entities by 1914?
• 23. According to Map 2-- Which 2 European
  countries held the most territory in Africa?

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Part II Imperialism in Africa

• Use the chart below to answer the questions on
  the next slide

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Part II Imperialism in Africa

• 24. What percentage of Africa was colonized by
  1913?
• 25. According to the graph, Which 2 European
  countries held the most territory in Africa?
• 26. Think about it Would the information in MAP
  2 and the pie chart above be the same if there
  had never been a Berlin Conference?

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• Look at the map of Africa today
• 27. How did the Scramble for Africa in the 1800's
  and 1900's effect the current borders of Africa?

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Part III Imperialism in Asia
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Part III Imperialism in Asia

• Use the map on the previous slide to answer the
  following questions.
• 28. What European country owned most of India?
• 29. What did Japan own (other than its own
  islands)?
• 30. Who owned the East Indies?

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Part III Imperialism in Asia

• The Boxer Rebellion
• Use the link to answer the following questions
• 31. Who was ruling China in the late 1800s?
• 32. What countries claimed spheres of influence
  in China?
• 33. What was the Open Door Policy, and whose idea
  was it?
• 34. Who were the Boxers?
• 35. What was the Boxer Rebellion?

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Part III Imperialism in Asia

• Imperialism in India
• Use the link to answer the following questions
• 37. Why might India be a good place to claim
  land?
• 38. What country ended up winning India?
• 39. When did India win its independence?
• 40. What immediate problems occurred in this
  region when Great Britain left?

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Part III Imperialism in Asia

• Japanese Imperialism
• Use the link above to answer the following
  questions.
• 41. Why would Japan need to participate in
  imperialism (take over others)?
• 42. What countries/regions did they take and what
  did they get from them?
• 43. Was Japanese imperialism different from
  European imperialism? Why or why not?
• 44. What was the Meiji Restoration?
• 45. What caused the Sino-Japanese War, and what
  was the result?

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Part IV Imperialism in Latin America

• The final group of slides will help you answer
  the following
• 46. What was the traditional attitude of the US
  towards foreign policy?
• 47. Why did we become imperialists?
• 48. What was the first overseas property taken by
  the US?

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US foreign policy

• Isolationism was the basis of U.S. foreign policy
  from President Washington until World War I
• It is our true policy to steer clear of
  permanent alliances with any portion of the
  foreign world (GW, 1796)

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From isolationist to imperialism

• Americas turn to imperialism, basic reasons
• Economic Competition
• Industrial revolution creates new needs-raw
  materials, new markets investment opportunities
• Closing of the American frontier search for
  newer economic ventures
• Military Political Competition
• American interest in empire-building inspired by
  examples from European nations
• Admiral Alfred T. Mahan - The Influence of Sea
  Power Upon History
• argues for a strong US navy to defend important
  shipping lanes
• US needed strategic bases for refueling
• develop a modern fleet
• construct canal across the Isthmus of Panama
• acquire Hawaii and other Pacific islands
• American nationalism/revival of Manifest Destiny
• White Mans Burden, Kipling
• Responsibility to spread Christianity
  (Missionaries)

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The united states became an imperialist power to
gain more wealth
Year Imports Exports
1870 300 Million 350 Million
1875 900 Million 800 Million
1880 1.22 Billion 1.0 Billion
1889 900 Million 800 Million
1892 1.2 Billion 1.42 Billion
1899 1.3 Billion 1.35 Billion
1903 1.7 Billion 1.8 Billion
1914 1.6 Billion 2.8 Billion
THE UNITED STATES NEEDED NEW MARKETS TO EXPORT
THE SURPLUS PRODUCTS OF ITS FARMS AND FACTORIES
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America's first attempts at imperialism

• Samoa, then Hawaii

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Last questions

• 49. What is the poem, White Mans Burden about?
  (see poem on next slide)
• 50. How is the burden portrayed in the cartoons
  on slide 32?

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Take up the White Man's burden-- No iron rule of
kings, But toil of serf and sweeper-- The tale
of common things. The ports ye shall not enter,
The roads ye shall not tread, Go, make them
with your living And mark them with your dead.
Take up the White Man's burden, And reap his
old reward-- The blame of those ye better The
hate of those ye guard-- The cry of hosts ye
humour (Ah, slowly!) toward the light-- "Why
brought ye us from bondage, Our loved Egyptian
night? Take up the White Man's burden-- Ye
dare not stoop to less-- Nor call too loud on
Freedom To cloak your weariness. By all ye will
or whisper, By all ye leave or do, The silent
sullen peoples Shall weigh your God and you.
Take up the White Man's burden! Have done with
childish days-- The lightly-proffered laurel,
The easy ungrudged praise Comes now, to search
your manhood Through all the thankless years,
Cold, edged with dear-bought wisdom, The
judgment of your peers
WHITE MANS BURDEN BY RUDYARD KIPLING
Take up the White Man's burden-- Send forth the
best ye breed-- Go, bind your sons to exile To
serve your captives' need To wait, in heavy
harness, On fluttered folk and wild-- Your
new-caught sullen peoples, Half devil and half
child. Take up the White Man's burden-- In
patience to abide, To veil the threat of terror
And check the show of pride By open speech and
simple, An hundred times made plain, To seek
another's profit And work another's gain. Take
up the White Man's burden-- The savage wars of
peace-- Fill full the mouth of Famine, And bid
the sickness cease And when your goal is
nearest (The end for others sought) Watch sloth
and heathen folly Bring all your hope to nought.

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