American Imperialism

1) Place a political cartoon about Imperialism, either American or European, on your blog and interpret it.

Interpretation: This image depicts the American flag raveling around Earth, it represents the fact that America has it's hands in everything and is trying to conquer or "imperialize"  other areas to it's own benefit.  These areas are usually weaker in terms of government, military, and economy.

2) List the reasons why the United States decided to become an Imperialistic country in the last part of the 1800s.

The U.S. decided to become an Imperialistic country for a number of reasons

• Natural Resources
• Resources such as petroleum or sugar were what the U.S. wanted
• New Markets
• With new resources came the desire to sell them, the U.S. needed more markets to sell their goods
• Competition/Nationalism
• The U.S. was an extremely competitive country, they wanted to prove that they have what it takes to conquer new areas and take pride in their accomplishments.  If Great Britain had an impressive navy, then so so did the U.S.
• Humanitarian/Religion
• The U.S. wanted to spread Christianity to those who were "non-believers" and those who were considered "savages"
• The U.S. also wanted to spread it's law to other countries as well as it's medicine
• Military
• The U.S. wanted new technology for their military
• The U.S. also wanted to expand their bases to other countries to increase their military presence