Looking back at the start of American Imperialism in the latter 1800s and into the 20th century, in my opinion, the positives outweighed the negatives for American expansionism. It helped the United States a lot. For example when they forced Japan to start trading with the US, it helped because then the US had more resources. When they bought the land or they gained land they used it well, and for a good purpose. It gave people homes, and it helped industry grow. Even though imperialism caused wars, it also helped the country arrive to its goal. Different countries got to know each other and they mingled with each other. They got to know a new cultures and new idea's. Imperialism also helped a lot in the economic factors, it caused growth of industry in Europe, and created a need for natural resources. Undeveloped countries gave them these resources as: rubber, and petroleum. Viewing it from a nationalistic factor, it was a bit of the two, positive and negative. In the latter 1800's nationalists feelings grew stronger in many countries. This caused the European nations to take strong actions and protect their interests. Military advanced the most, its navies and armies had advanced technology, and soon they were far superior than the African and Asian armies. In my opinion the more positive factor is the Humanitarian factor. Colonial officials, doctors and missionaries believed they had a duty to spread the blessings of Western Civilization, including its law, medicine, and Christian Religion. To conclude this is why I think that there are most positive sides to imperialism than negatives.
*The picture I took the original one from google, but then I modified it and deleted and added some stuff to it.
0 comments:
Post a Comment