AP US History
Lacks
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)
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
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?
Part I: Imperialism in the World
 Use the chart to answer the questions on the next slide
 Extent of Colonialism (1939):
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Great Britain
Area in Square
94,000
Miles
Population
45,500,100
Area of Colonies 13,100,000
Population of
Colonies
470,000,000
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Germany (1914)
212,600
11,800
13,200
210,000
42,000,000
8,300,000
8.500,000
67,500,000
4,300,000
940,000
790,000
1,100,000
65,000,000
13,000,000
66,000,000
13,000,000
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?
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%
Part I: Imperialism in the World
10. Which two areas of the world are almost completely
controlled by colonial powers?
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?
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?
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?
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?
Part II: Imperialism in Africa
 Use the chart below to answer the questions on the next
slide
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?
 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?
Part III: Imperialism in Asia
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?
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?
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?
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?
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?
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)
From isolationist to imperialism
 America’s 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 Man’s Burden”, Kipling
 Responsibility to spread Christianity (Missionaries)
The united states became an
imperialist power to gain more
wealth
THE UNITED STATES
NEEDED NEW
MARKETS TO EXPORT
THE SURPLUS
PRODUCTS OF ITS
FARMS AND
FACTORIES
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
•Samoa, then Hawaii
Last questions
 49. What is the poem, “White Man’s Burden” about? (see
poem on next slide)
 50. How is the burden portrayed in the cartoons on slide
32?
WHITE MAN’S 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.
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