The New Imperialism Objectives: Fill in the blanks for objectives 1 and 2. For Objective 3, explain the arguments for
and against imperialism based on the 2 primary source quotes given
1. Identify the economic causes of imperialism during the time period from 1875 to 1914.
imperialism definition: the domination in political, economic, and cultural life of one country over another country
A. Analyze the causes of new imperialism [pages 388 – 89]
1. Economic reasons:
a.
b.
c.
d.
2. Military reasons:
a.
b.
c.
d.
3. Expansion = world power = superiority:
a.
b.
c.
B. Explain why Western imperialism spread do rapidly [page 390]
1. Weakness of non-western states:
a.
b.
2. Western advantages
a.
b.
c.
d.
C. Describe how imperial governments ruled their empires [page 391]
1. colonialism [not in book as worded]:
full or partial political control over another country; occupying it with settlers &
exploiting it economically; imposing one’s culture on the natives to turn country into
provinces
2.
3.
2. Explain how national pride effected the desire of European nations for overseas colonies [page 394]
A. Paternalism [page 394]
B. superiority complex: King Leopold II of Belgium
3. Analyze primary sources from the time and compare conflicting viewpoints on the morality of imperialism.
See instruction above…write answers on back.
A. Cecil Rhodes Confessions of Faith 1877:
“I contend that we are the finest race in the world and that the more of the world we inhabit the better it is
for the human race. I contend that every acre added to our territory provides for the birth of more of the
English race, who otherwise would not be brought in to existence…I believe it is my duty to God, my
Queen, and my country to paint the whole map of Africa red, red from the Cape to Cairo. That is my
creed…What an alteration there would be if the Africans were brought under Anglo-Saxon influence.”
B. Chief Kabongo of the Kijuyu in Kenya 1873 [ Kenya becomes a protectorate of Great Britain in 1888]:
“A Pink Cheek man came one day to our council…and he told us of the King of the Pink Cheek
who…lived in a land over the seas. ‘This great king is now your king,’ he said. This was strange news. For
this land was not ours…We had no king, we elected our councils and they made our laws…our Elders tried
to tell this to the Pink Cheek…But at the end he said, ‘…what I have told you is a fact. You now have a
king …and his laws are your laws.”