This week we are looking into U.S. imperialism: what was it, what did it "look like", why do it, and what were the consequences? Did any oppose it, and if so, then why? Additionally, we are reading some primary sources to shed additional light on the topic.
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Check out the Sparknotes materials on the Spanish-American War and the role of Theodore Roosevelt, for instance. http://www.sparknotes.com/history/american/spanishamerican/section6.rhtml
http://www.sparknotes.com/biography/troosevelt/section8.rhtml
Prompt: Compare and contrast the goals of the era of Manifest Destiny
to the goals of the new imperial republic. Here are some things to discuss. Were the goals and consequences of U.S. imperialism dramatically different from the goals and consequences of Manifest Destiny? What proof can you find in your readings? And was American imperialism justified?
Be sure to type a SUBSTANTIAL post that uses concrete facts and that does NOT repeat what has been said. Then read over your peers' work and reply to someone else.
Yes, the goals and consequences of U.S. imperialism were different from the goals and consequences of manifest destiny. In manifest destiny the US want to gain land for wealth and power to expand the US , where as in US imperialism the US saw it as their duty to spread their Democratic ways and also their christian (puritan) religion to help other countries in need. The justification of the US's actions can be argued on both sides. Looking at it from the US's point of view, its actions are justified because to them they are helping other countries ..."saving them from themselves". But looking at the US's actions from another country's point of view the US would be unjustified because "what gives them the right to interfere, if not take over, in our country."
ReplyDeleteThat is right in its own way it gives to think about whether during that time period they acknowledge the others point of view and they simply ignore it or they truly were blinded by their "white mans burden"as they so called their justification for their actions
DeleteOverall, with imperialism, my opinion is that, "White man's burden," was just used in their benefit to acquire land and wealth upon changing countries to the American Way thus in the majority of times benefiting the U.S.
DeleteThe goals of westward expansion and those of the new imperialistic rublic were similar. Westward expansion happened because the belief of manifest destiny in that america should expand from coast to coast,that same idea was taken when in 1890 the frontier was closed. The closing of the frontier led for Americans to feel that they need to do more. The united States ha grown in power because of the industrial revolution they need to expand more to assert their place as a powerful country. America needed to show or assert their place in the competition against the great powers of Europe thus leading them to acquire islands in the pacific and start the race foe eastern attention for merchandise.
ReplyDeleteThat's true, but during the U.S Imperialism their goal of acquiring islands wasn't just to gain power and competition. It was also because America believed in the White man's burden, and they thought they were doing the lands they were acquiring a good.
DeleteI agree that during u.s.imperialism Americans wanted to expand to assert its powers and show the other nations what it was capable of.
DeleteU.S Imperialism was extrem during the times of manifest destiny. The U.S citizens strongly believed in white superiority and that it was their job to help oder small countries by protecting them from the big ones. That is how slowly the U.S began to gain Panama, Hawaii, Cuba, etc.. The effect it had on the country was favorable, but it left a Wong image to the eyes of others..
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American influence to others goes beyond a standard than just an influence of a democracy, with the Usage of providing a public education others are forced to learn the teachings of religion and what's "best" for the economy. ( capitalism)
DeleteAlso America influenced many other countries to become independent by sharing culture
DeleteU.S. Imperialism was the spread of american beliefs of a democracy. Also with the spread of ideas that can make american grow as a superpower , with the influence being forces onto other countries. As compared to other European counties that are also attempting to expand , creating a difficulty among super powers which usually end with warfare.
ReplyDeleteThat is how America justified the control it used over smaller countries. However, they ultimately wanted to be known and they wanted places to distribute their products and to ultimately make their economy grow.
DeleteManifest Destiny was the belief that America had the God given right to expand from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. Land-hungry Americans and the increase in population were main reasons that contributed to the movement. The goals of imperialism were to create new markets, because the world was becoming a competition between the large powers. Also, they wanted to continue with Protestant ideals and Christianize the captured nations. Furthermore, America promoted democracy, however they were breaking their own rules by looking to conquer land. They didn't see it as a bad action , they thought they were benefiting those nations. One of the lands was the Philippines. The Americans took interst in it because it had place for a naval base which America searched as understood in the "US Looking Outward" piece.
ReplyDeleteThe goals of U.S imperialism is that the us felt like they needed to. Because of white man's burden, the us felt like it was there duty from god to help the people of the world because they were the superior race.
ReplyDeleteYeah, but they also wanted more power and resources from the other countries.
DeleteAnd Manifest Destiny was different because the US thought it was their right to expand from the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean. It was about growing and not so much about interfering with other groups of people.
DeleteYes the goals between the manifest destiny and the imperial republic is different. In the manifest destiny era many people believed it was gods destiny to grant them with land and money therefore they took over and claimed land in a very distastful manner. In the imperial republic where imperialist took control other countries in order to help shape them Like us.
ReplyDeleteU.S helped Puerto Rico Hawaii Cuba and others
DeleteU.s imperialism was the spread of democracy. The u.s wanted to its way of living among other countries that they believe should have been civilized. This is why the concept of " the white man's burden" comes about. The u.s believed they we obligated to help countries they saw inferior to them so does countries could prosper the "American way". The manifest destiny however was focus only the us rising and stabilizing itself she it expanded not so much helping other countries.
ReplyDeleteU.S Imperialism was also the spread of religion.
Deleteyes the white man's burden informs us a lot about what the US wanted to do.
DeleteManifest destiny was the expansion westward because that's what god wanted. U.S. imperialism was that america wanted to spread democracy and the result of that end with them becoming Avery powerful country. America also influenced many countries because of how powerful the were during this time period.
ReplyDeleteThe U.S. will help the countries in need like Hawaii, and many more so they wouldn't be struggling. They would even force people to do things, because they believed that they didn't know what was good for them
DeleteIn Manifest Destiny the U.S. saw it as their right to expand across the confront to gain power and with US imperialism they saw it as they duty to look out for poorer countries and to basically step in to solve their problem even if the countries didn't want help. Both ended with the US gaining more land and power.
ReplyDeleteAmerica was determined to "help" the poorer countries and thought of it as the "white man's burden."They were so forceful and caused many countries to dislike them. All they did was take their money and see what they could benefit from them.
DeleteThis then made the US gain strength over the other nations including naval power.
DeleteNice, simple, and to the point, but remember the spread of democracy was brought through U.S imperialism.
DeleteThe persuit of imperialism also wanted to gain economic power to compete with foreign countries-Marcelle
DeleteThe goals for US imperialism were very different from the goals of Manifest Destiny. With US imperialism, the US saw that it was their duty to help other countries to end any kid of oppression or slavery problems they had.They also wanted to educate them with religion and democracy because the US way was the right kind of knowledge.With Manifest Destiny the US just wanted to gain land so they could expand overseas and have power over the land they acquire.
ReplyDeleteWith the aquiring land caused by Manifest Destiny, it influenced the idea of democracy which in later term influenced the thoughts of imperialism.
DeleteAlso with imperialism, the US also wanted to be seen as powerful with all the resources they had compared to the other foreign counties.
DeleteManifest Destiny and U.S Imperialism were the same in many ways. The United States wanted to spread the idea of democracy to other small countries. Imperialism did have benefits like helping countries with their problems and development. The United States thought it was their responsibility to help them.Even though all seemed good, the United States wanted something back from the country. This lead to trouble with other neighboring countries.
ReplyDeleteThe US seemed to only want to help if they got something in return such as helping Panama fight the Columbians. They only did that to build the canal which benefited the US.
DeleteThe goals of U.S Imperialism and Manifest Destiny were not the same, but the consequences were similar. Manifest Destiny was the idea of expanding west to acquire more land and resources. U.S imperialism on the other hand was the belief that it was their duty to rescue the poor countries and to spread democracy. The gaining of land and money was a consequence of both Imperialism and Manifest Destiny. American Imperialism was justified shown through the poem "The White Man's Burden" that stated the duty of bringing democracy to other countries whether they wanted it or not.
ReplyDeleteThe goals of Manifest Destiny were driven by believing that it was a "God" given right to expand west, from sea to shining sea. This brought along settlements and brought along the spread of a democratic country. The foals of U.S imperialism is America feels that it is their responsibility to spread democracy, increase economic market and spread their influence on countries outside of the U.S boundaries. All in all, the characteristic that both share is that the U.S has had the power to control ecomic, political, and social factors of land aquired or explored. In the end, both worked out for the U.S benefit more than anything else.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you with US Imperialism that US thought it was their responsibilities to take care of other countries but they were also seeing how it was going to benefit them.
DeleteYes indeed we did aquire more lands sometimes at the destruction of other territories and to declare democracy as the true government.
DeleteImperialism and Manifest Destiny had similar goals, because they both believed in expanding our nation. However Manifest Destiny says that the ruling country has the right to territorial expansion, and Imperialism says the ruling country has the right to colonize. The effects of Manifest destiny is that we got carried away we wanted to much, and we ended up hurting our selves, but we did get Mexican territories such as Texas. (lost the Philippines and pushed Native Americans off) Imperialism destroyed other peoples lives and countries, humiliated people, judgement, hatred, terrorism,etc... We mostly benefited from both, but it showed how much America would do to get what they wanted.
ReplyDeleteThe Manifest Destiny and U.S Imperialism had very similar goals that involved the U.S gaining an advantage. The initial start of Imperialism was the manifest destiny, as its goal was to expand west and gain more power. This idea had been successful and gave the U.S a new desire to expand elsewhere and send their ways to 'other' countries. They thought about it as the "white's man burden" and engaged themselves into wars like the Spanish-American War. This liberated many people and gave America a new sense of superiority that led them to want other countries as their own. Much like the manifest destiny, imperialism caused America to gain new land in order for them to benefit from it(Hawaii). Even though America's goal was to spread democracy and freedom, it failed to make other countries happy and satisfied with them. America forced them into their wishes, causing a corrupt image of ''imperialism.''
ReplyDeleteThe U.S imperialism was a belief that the US had the right to "save" other less fortunate countries because they weren't able to rescue themselves. The US wanted other countries to follow in their foot steps by spreading Christianity, democratic ideas, and economic marketing. Manifest destiny was also another belief that the people of the united states should expand west in order to gain land and resources. The consequences of US imperialism was that they often interfered with countries that assumed they were allies making it difficult to stay away from other countries conflict. Both were ideas that the US should have greater power and strength as a nation.
ReplyDeleteManifest Destiny and U.S imperialism allowed for the expansion of the United States but provided different justifications. In both cases Americans looked to acquire more land and natural resources. However, during the era of manifest destiny many believed it was their right to expand and acquire new land despite the opposition encountered. During the U.S imperialism era Americans believed it was their duty to help foreign nations improve and civilized the natives because it was what was best for them. There were individuals who suffered as a result such as Indians during manifest destiny and foreign nations during u.s. imperialism but in a way America did benefit because it did acquire new land and resources for itself.
ReplyDeleteBoth the Manifest Destiny and Imperialism had the idea of expansion but Imperialism involved lands outside the country. During the Manifest Destiny the goal was more land oriented for settlement while Imperialism was more on spreading the idea of Democracy while also using smaller countries for benefit. The Panama canal is an example of Imperialism due to their involvement with another country for transportation benefits. Smaller countries started seeing us as the "Bully" which was the consequence of Imperialism.
ReplyDeleteDuring Manifest Destiny, people believed the U.S was destined by God to expand westward to be granted land, money, and power. U.S imperialism however, was different. The United States saw it was their responsibility to help other countries even though they didn't want the help. The U.S stuck their noses in and received more land and power. Which led to the spread of democracy on both ends (manifest Destiny, u.s imperialism)
ReplyDeleteYes, now I Truly understand why we us the term the white man's burden when we talk about us imperialism.
DeleteThe goal of Manifest Destiny was to expand the US from coast to coast. The goal of New Imperial Republic was to expand out to foreign lands. For Manifest Destiny their goal wasn't to establish foreign trading. Manifest Destiny was their belief that they were supposed to expand. The new imperial republic expanded to establish democracy, capitalism, and education into foreign lands so the US can have more people to trade with and take money from. The US's justification of this superiority over everyone is the "white mans burden", their belief that it is their obligation to "help" the less fortunate even if it isn't any of their business.-David Leal
ReplyDeleteImperialism is the policy of extending the rule or authority of an empire or nation over foreign countries, or of acquiring and holding colonies and dependencies. The goals for U.S. Imperialism was strictly to expand our nation. It really illustrated that America was willing to do whatever it desired to get whatever that was that they wanted. Imperialistic ideas were strictly for the United States, even though that sounds selfish & demanding, America was willing to do anything for it's own benefit.
ReplyDeleteThe goals of Manifest Destiny and US Imperialism were not the same. The goals of Manifest Destiny were to acquire land, for wealth and power to expand the US. However the goals of US Imperialism were to help out the poor and help them with Democracy and Religion.
ReplyDeleteBoth things involved wanting to expand. Imperialism was influenced by Europe. Some people thought imperialism was good because it involved the white man's burden which meant helping those who need help. Other thought it was a bad thing because they were opening up there boarders to unknown people and they were scared of what was going to happen. Manifest destiny was about expanding westward to take away pressure from the east. They believed that the west would bring many opportunities and more land. During the expansions, native americans lost there home, became " extinct," and people gained competition. America believed it was meant for the US to expand from sea to sea and they did what was necessary to achieve that...ericka saenz
ReplyDeleteManifest Destiny and The US Imperialism had different goals and similar consequences. Manifest Destiny goals were they wanted to expand over seas to get power of the land they are on. The US Imperialism thought it was their duty to help other countries in need. They had similar consequences because they both earned land and money after their goals.
ReplyDeleteThe goals and consequences of imperialism and manifest destiny were indeed different, although their consequences were about the same. Manifest destiny was the belief of westward expansion by god's choice. People basically wanted to acquire more resources and land. U.S imperialism was the belief that the United States had the right to save poor countries and spread their democracy to them. The same consequences of U.S imperialism and manifest destiny include the gathering of land and money. For U.S imperialism, the United States basically wanted, "inferior," countries to lead the, "American Way." They justified this with the poem, "White man's burden."
ReplyDeleteMarcelle: Both US imperialism and manifest destiny had the same goal, to expand. The only difference is the perspective of the American public. In imperialism the expansion was overseas with the hopes of gaining new economically enhancing resources, such as Hawaii's sugar plantations. In Manifest destiny Americans sought to attain more land because they needed more land for plantations with the increase in population. American Imperialism was not justified. It was a contradiction to their American beliefs and the countries in "need" did not ask for American help.
ReplyDeleteThe goals for imperialism and manifest destiny were different. Imperialism was basically the extension by a country of its power into and over other countries while manifest destiny was the religious belief that the US had to expand coast to coast. Manifest Destiny involved conquering territory militarily and taking over the native people’s land and imperialism was that the ruling country had the right to colonize.
ReplyDeleteManifest destiny and Imperialism are different, because Manifest Destiny had to do more with agricultural interests while Imperialism was more of industrial interests. With imperialism America wanted to spread democracy, and get new economic markets, fueling stations, and military bases in the pacific. They also wanted to help out the poor states. With Manifest destiny they wanted to create new states over the states they had taken over. They had similar consequences, because both Manifest Destiny and Imperialism caused US to go into war to be able to take over the territories. The "White Man's Burden" is very straight up and didn't "sugar coat" what the US wanted to do.
ReplyDeleteManifest destiny and Imperialism are different, because Manifest Destiny had to do more with agricultural interests while Imperialism was more of industrial interests. With imperialism America wanted to spread democracy, and get new economic markets, fueling stations, and military bases in the pacific. They also wanted to help out the poor states. With Manifest destiny they wanted to create new states over the states they had taken over. They had similar consequences, because both Manifest Destiny and Imperialism caused US to go into war to be able to take over the territories. The "White Man's Burden" is very straight up and didn't "sugar coat" what the US wanted to do
ReplyDeleteDefinitely the ideas of Manifest Destiny ands Imperialism differ from Manifest Destiny the sole belief that America had the rights given to them by the divine leader to spread its borders from coast to cost versus the idea that Imperialism took on the burdern of conquering other forigen lands and brandishing democracy as the right government. known as "The White Man's Burden " to fight wars and claim land beyond the United States . Both indeed succeeded bringing forth new territories yet at the cost of lives and broken empires simply showed how desperate America could become .
ReplyDeleteIt also created hatred towards the U.S by the undeveloped countries
DeleteThe goals for U.S Imperialism and Manifest Destiny were not quite the same. U.S imperialism thought it their duty to spread democracy to the poor countries. For example, Puerto Rico, Hawaii and other land. Manifest Destiny only focused on the U.S expanding itself.
ReplyDeleteManifest Destiny was God's will to expand their land all the way to the Pacific ocean, whilst US Imperialism was to expand their democracy and markets to show that they are getting stronger.
Deleteboth are similar in different ways because manifest destiny and imperialism both believed in exploring and claiming new land, but imperialism caused the US (superior) to go and make other people (inferiors) believe in what we thought was right like democracy, education, and Christianity. and manifest destiny was the US wanting more and more land and we ended up kind of destroying ourselves in the process but the good thing was that we gained new land from mexico like Texas but at the same time wiped out Native Americans and losing the Philippines. and by all of this showed great lengths America would go for to claim what they wanted
ReplyDeleteThe ideas of Manifest Destiny and Imperialism was different. Manifest Destiny was more towards agricultural ideas and imperialism was more the industrial ideas. Manifest destiny wanted to create states over states and imperialism wanted to spread democracy. Both in which did send the U.S into war
ReplyDeleteMAnifest Destiny was the idea that they were destined for something better and imperialism was taking over foreign countries basically Americanizing everything.
DeleteThe people in other countries that were victims of US Imperialism greatly hated the Americans for what they were doing. With Influences from the white mans burden etc. American saught it as they had to help these very poor creatures. Creatures to say the form of racism they took it as. The way they saw these people was for them disgusting. but because they had to help them they had to. They educated them and helped them to have a better lifestyle, when in reality they didn't want the help. The foreign people saw it as America is trying to take away our culture. They were greatly hated. They saw it as a great thing when it wasn't for everyone else.
ReplyDeleteImperialism was like the idea of manifest destiny but more exaggerated. It was the thought that us should expand democracy across waters and to help other countries in there quest for freedom if they so desire it.
ReplyDeleteThat was white man's burden. But it wasn't really help, it was more like reforming the native people of other lands, and forcing them into studying the Amrican way of life and how we ran our government and society during that time. Don't forget, back in that time period, The WHITE way was the RIGHT way!;D
DeleteThe goal of Manifest Destiny was to expand for wealth and power. This is similar in US imperialism, however, now an idea of White Man's Burden is incorporated. Americans felt that it was their duty to help other countries that were in need. Some countries did not want this help though.
ReplyDeleteU.S imperialism was very strong during the late 18th century and the beggining of the 19th century. It was said to be for the sake of democracy with beliefs of WMB. Many Americans did not oppose it because they actually believed that it was for a good cause to take over other countries and support them. However, the less developed countries never did ask for support from the U.S, which led to greater hate from them towards the U.S
ReplyDeleteThe goals of Manifest Destiny and US Imperialism were very different. For Manifest Destiny, Americans believed that it was God's will that they had to expand from the Atlantic Ocean all the way to the Pacific Ocean. For US Imperialism, the United States were literally just expanding to other areas outside of their territory and promoting their democratic and religious ideas. They also felt that they were highly superior over others, such as the Filipinos. They felt that expanding was a must, as seen in The White Man's Burden.
ReplyDeleteDifferent goals. During the era of Manifest Destiny, Americans justified expanding based on what they believed was the god given right to expand into all parts of North America that were unclaimed next to their boundaries (west past the Appalachian mountains), and if necessary take out or control the people living in those territories, to create states out of the newly claimed territories, and to unite all people under the idea of democracy. Toward the end of the century, America began to acquire land beyond the United States for new economic markets, as well as fueling stations and military bases in the Pacific (naval strength), and to bring much of the undeveloped world under its control (the world’s cop). Unlike during the era of Manifest Destiny, these new lands would not be colonial settlements and wouldn’t become states, and their populations wouldn’t get American citizenship.
ReplyDeleteThe difference between Manifest Destiny and us imperialism is that imperialism was the US thinking that it was there sworn duty to help out the weaker countries regardless of whether they actually wanted the help or not. But Manifest Destiny was more spiritual. That God told them to expand west for a much better life than they had before.
ReplyDeleteThe US also wanted to educate them with religion.
DeleteThey were both different from each other.With US imperialism, the US saw that it was their duty to help other countries to end any kid of oppression or slavery problems they had.They also wanted to educate them. With Manifest Destiny the US just wanted to gain land so they could expand overseas and have power over the land they acquire.
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