After more than one hundred years of isolationism, at the end of the nineteenth century the United States became an imperial power.
Log in Ryder Graysen 8 years agoPosted 8 years ago. Direct link to Ryder Graysen's post “Why did they call people ...” Why did they call people backwards when the constitution says all men are created equal • (27 votes) IKT 8 years agoPosted 8 years ago. Direct link to IKT's post “We now all apply this to ...” We now all apply this to all people, but at the time, the prevailing mode of thought on the subject was "all men like us are created equally". (32 votes) Faolanz Spiralz 8 years agoPosted 8 years ago. Direct link to Faolanz Spiralz's post “What is the puck thing? T...” What is the puck thing? The puck image? I don't understand what is it? Is it America taking over most of the power? • (8 votes) Cynthia Lin 7 years agoPosted 7 years ago. Direct link to Cynthia Lin's post “Do you mean the magazine?...” Do you mean the magazine? The Puck Magazine just had an image that represented the American people beginning to move forward as an imperialistic nation. The woman in the image was a representation of the state of Columbia, who at the time, people thought was a symbol of the United States. The hat (with the words "world power") was America "trying on" the idea of taking control of other nations and seeing if they liked it. Arnav Kamulkar 5 years agoPosted 5 years ago. Direct link to Arnav Kamulkar's post “Would it be correct to as...” Would it be correct to assume, that the "white man's burden" mindset is similar to the mindsets seen with Native Americans in the 1700's with missions and rehabilitation to convert them to Christianity? • (11 votes) Death Adder 5 years agoPosted 5 years ago. Direct link to Death Adder's post “Yes, it's very similar. T...” Yes, it's very similar. This idea was based on a Rudyard Kipling poem called "The White Man's Burden," and encompassed the idea that this article talked about. The missionaries did the same thing when they came to North America, believing that they were obligated to save the "savage" natives with their religion. (6 votes) haroldc 2 years agoPosted 2 years ago. Direct link to haroldc's post “what is another name for ...” what is another name for empire • (6 votes) Stephen White 2 years agoPosted 2 years ago. Direct link to Stephen White's post “Some other words that wou...” Some other words that would be similar to empire are: kingdom, realm, domain, territory, province, commonwealth, federation, confederation, power, world power, or superpower (10 votes) Tyrone Cooper 4 years agoPosted 4 years ago. Direct link to Tyrone Cooper's post “how has the gilded age be...” how has the gilded age benefited our modern society? David Alexander 4 years agoPosted 4 years ago. Direct link to David Alexander's post “The abuses of that era, w...” The abuses of that era, which included political corruption and a wide divide between the VERY rich and the rest of the population, in coordination with a system in which government regulation was weak, led to terrible conditions. Now, 130 years later, as we face another such condition in America, we can learn from what went wrong then so as not to repeat the mistakes. In that way, the gilded age can benefit our current era. (8 votes) Joel Vazquez 9 months agoPosted 9 months ago. Direct link to Joel Vazquez's post “What do u think about imp...” What do u think about imperialism?!! • (6 votes) David Alexander 9 months agoPosted 9 months ago. Direct link to David Alexander's post “I'm against it. How abou...” I'm against it. How about you? (4 votes) LilyanaP 9 months agoPosted 9 months ago. Direct link to LilyanaP's post “Why did they burn people” Why did they burn people • (6 votes) David Alexander 9 months agoPosted 9 months ago. Direct link to David Alexander's post “To die from fire is a sca...” To die from fire is a scary thing. When oppressive governments or other power structures use burning as a way of execution, they are terrorizing everyone, by saying, "Obey us or this could happen to you." It is a scare tactic. (5 votes) Tovonn Smith 7 years agoPosted 7 years ago. Direct link to Tovonn Smith's post “So did the Spanish-Americ...” So did the Spanish-American war kind of cut it for the United States, making them anti-social and want to cut all ties with people so they didn't have to worry about dependence, or to depend on others sort of speak? • (6 votes) amgarcia430 4 years agoPosted 4 years ago. Direct link to amgarcia430's post “I feel like it's the oppo...” I feel like it's the opposite actually. Previously, we had been closed off from other countries and now they were more willing to expand and contribute to the world economy. This was also after the Industrial Revolution which allowed for quicker ways to transport cargo. That is why this time period we were "imperializing" much like the British and other European powers had done. (3 votes) malhas5949 4 years agoPosted 4 years ago. Direct link to malhas5949's post “why did the us became an ...” why did the us became an imperial power in the 1890s? • (5 votes) Biko O. 4 years agoPosted 4 years ago. Direct link to Biko O.'s post “After the Spanish-America...” After the Spanish-American War (Apr 21, 1898 – Aug 13, 1898) The U.S was left with the islands of Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines. The U.S figured that if they were to leave these territories to themselves they'd plunge into Anarchy so they imposed themselves on the territories economically and politically. (3 votes) chhuon.menglin a year agoPosted a year ago. Direct link to chhuon.menglin's post “In my opinion, American p...” In my opinion, American people lent support for the concept of "Imperialism" due to the superpower. Once the U.S came to imperial empire, it would gain a lot of benefits for the country as a whole, especially, the economy. Well, the term "colonialism" is basically different from the term" Manifest destiny". The U.S have maintained an isolationist policy toward the world almost two decades. • (5 votes)Want to join the conversation?
