Dbq 1920s Imperialism

British Imperialism negatively affect on Indian Politics. Due to the government being beyond the control of native Indians and the fallout of religious groups fighting after independence made the political climate a toxic one. Though the British administration was “superbly efficient” (¶#6, Lavani), that administration was made of 960 offices. 900 offices were held by english men whilst the remaining 60 were held by Indian politicians (Document 2). Natives in government positions were outnumbered 15 to 1, an insane statistic that left Indians politically powerless.

The concept of imperialism is one that has pervaded nearly every major society or empire throughout human history. It seems to be a natural consequence of societies growing in size, power, and knowledge. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries vast changes occurred in Western Europe (and soon spread elsewhere) that spurred a new round of imperialism the likes of which had not been seen before. The changes were the industrial revolution that was taking place. Countries were rapidly advancing to industrial societies producing much greater quantities of goods at much lower costs. The goods produced ranged everywhere from cotton textiles to military machinery, all of which would play important roles in rounds of imperialistic expansion that

The motivation for imperialism were the expansion of territory and money. The loss of culture and spread of disease were the impacts of imperialism. Expansion of territory happened everywhere during the early 1900’s. Many countries wanted to become larger, expand on new territory to earn more wealth. As seen in document one, many countries were at the Conference of Berlin; some of those countries where, The UK, Germany, Russia, France and China dividing up the African continent for themselves. The Conference of Berlin was a deep rooted issue that continued on for a year from 1884-1885. The point of view on this issue is considered personal. People from different countries are drawing on a map of South America and “claiming” land they don’t own yet. In class, we

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, America and Europe started increasing their power by taking over land in another part of the world. The first reason for imperialism is the nations wanted to take an empire to give it new markets in which to sell goods, and from which to buy raw materials. The second reason is they felt that taking an empire would give it more naval bases from which to project power, this would allow their nation to become a more important power. The third reason are the need to civilize other cultures on the rest of the world of US, and European countries felt that they had a superior civilization and that they had an obligation to spread that civilization to other countries.

African colonization obviously offered new wealth sources, such as markets and resources, to the European nations; however, many people doubted the ethicality of the act. In his speech in 1888, Joseph Chamberlain, British industrialist, politician and reformer, clearly argues that colonization is incredibly necessary to the British nation. He believes that the British Isles could not last for a single day without the natural markets for trade provided by the African colonies (Document 4). However, since he is an industrialist, Chamberlains goal is to increase his own wealth along with his countries, therefore, this argument could be distorted. Cecil Rhodes, British imperialist, easily revealed his thoughts on Imperialism when he said “Philanthropy is good, but philanthropy at 5 percent is even better” in a speech at the chartering of the British South Africa Company in 1889 (Document 5). William Clark disagreed with imperialist in a Progressive Review in 1879. His opinion was that the financers who hope to gain profit use Jameson, a “British military officer who led an

European Imperialism was one of the most dominant forces of its time. They were able to accomplish many things in the 1800s such as taking over in Africa, India, Japan, and the Middle East. Europeans had many motives for imperialism, such as religion and just because they could, but there were three that were the most important. The dividing forces behind European imperialism were land, power, and money.

Would you like if someone came into your house and start changing everything you do? Well, that is what the British did to India but on a bigger scale. The British thought that Indian had a lot of resources, which it did it was called “Jewel in the crown.” So, they came in and started changing their political, economic, and social ways of life. There were some positives and some negative to what happens when the British control India. This was a negative effect of India because they had no responsibility in their government, forced to grow cash crops, and learning the English language. Although I believe it was negative, some people believe it was a positive effect on India.

The world’s perception of the United States changed quite a lot due to imperialism. The United States joined the force that crushed the boxers. This made America look like a big bully for taking over the boxers like that on their own land. In 1905 China boycotts against the US because they couldn’t come to an agreement on a new immigration treaty. The United States perception of the world also changed a lot too.

Throughout the history of the world, imperialism has played a major role. Imperialism is one country’s complete domination of the political, economic, and social life of another country. Imperialism has many positive and negative effects. The Age of Imperialism is considered 1800 - 1914. During this time Europe became a major world leader. European countries set up colonies all over Africa, Latin America, and Asia, and encouraged their citizens to populate them. European imperialism boosted Europe’s economy, and made them a world power. Imperialization had an entirely different effect on Africa, Latin America, and Asia. People of these countries were mistreated, they lost their culture, land, and self respect. The negative effects of

Imperialism began in in the 19th century as Europe began to force itself upon weaker countries by commandeering control of those weaker states’ economies and governments. The acquisition of these states was legitimized through creating racial divisions and encouraging stratification of the classes where the white man asserted himself as the pure and capable

Throughout history, the major powers of the world constantly seek to conquer other parts of the world. Most of the powers were centralized in Europe, for example the Roman Empire. During the Age of Exploration, the idea of taking over other nations is brought back in a more modernized way. Imperialism is the idea of a major power controlling another nation or land with the intentions to use the native people and resources to help the mother country in any way possible. Starting around the 18th century, this policy is adopted by many European countries and continues for centuries after. However, the motives for the Europeans to adopt this policy of Imperialism are still being examined. Reasons for these countries to take such actions due to

Imperialism is defined as a policy of extending a country 's power and influence through diplomacy or military force. Countries during the Industrial Revolution wanted to imperialize due to social, political, and economic reasons. As early as the mid 1800’s, the European countries craved the idea of power and conquering new lands in order to obtain resources/raw materials. They took over Africa, the Ottoman Empire, India, and Southeast Asia due to this as well as for their convenient location. They believed that the more land one owns, the stronger the country would be. Although some can argue the fact that imperialism had a detrimental effect because these countries lost their culture and independence, the end result of this was definitely more positive than negative both short term and long term. These countries would not be as thriving today if this had not happened. European Imperialism in parts of the Middle east, Africa, and Asia had more of a positive impact on the world due to education, modernization, healthcare/sanitation, and more trade/resources used.

The truth is that imperialism was never idealistic. It has always been driven by economic or strategic interests.”

Throughout the late 19th century, European countries thrived for power through imperialism or the act of conquering another country, taking over and using that country for support of the mother country for things such as natural resources, cheap labor and economic benefits such as international seaports. Imperialism was the empowerment of another country such as Great Britain over India. Imperialism was a type of social darwinism where the country that imperialized the most places was to be the strongest, fittest, and most likely to survive. Reasons for imperialism vary such as materials for factory made goods, cheap labor, spread of christianity, power and money. Europeans believed that it was a necessary part of life and justifiable, however, this was not the case. Imperialism was an unjustifiable act by the Europeans. Imperialism equalled darwinism for it was a situation where the highest, upper class survive and the lowest, poorest class die. A prime example is British rule over India and the differences between classes. As an act of deliberately taking away rights from other religions, creating poverty and famine, ripping cultural beliefs and killing hundreds of people, imperialism was an unjustifiable act.

Imperialism is defined as a strong economic and political empire takes over a weaker economic and political empire. Stronger empires conquered weaker empires to industrialize the land and to weaken other threating empires. To build a strong empire, a nation must use their military power to conquer a weaker nation, take the supplies and goods to support the mother nation, and use the supplies and goods to benefit your own empire by conquering even more empires. Imperialism did not begin in the twentieth century, imperialism has been around as early as the sixteenth century. The Imperialism in early sixteenth century is referred to as the “Age of Old Imperialism”. The Imperialism that is going to be referred to in this paper is going to be known as the “Age of New Imperialism”. This new trend of Imperialism leads us into the question of why did the Europeans want to be Imperialistic? Europeans wanted to be Imperialistic because of economic and industrialization interest, political and military interest and for cultural interest. The European nations were reaching their peak in power, while China and India were reaching their low points in power. These new causes of Imperialism is what divided the weaker empires from the stronger empires in the early 20th century.