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1. List two reasons in opposition to American Expansion from the reading.
2. How does Paragraph 4 support American expansion? Include a quote to support your answer.
3. How does Paragraph 5 support American expansion? Include quote.
4.How does Paragraph 6 support American expansion? Include quote.
5. How does Paragraph 7 support American expansion? Include quote.

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1. Imperial rule seemed inconsistent with America's republican principles. The US was uninterested in acquiring people with different cultures, languages, and religions.
2. America would have been closed out of global markets if it didn't expand, "country might be closed out in struggle for global markets and raw materials".
3. That if the US didn't expand then then it would start to decline, "Darwinian struggle for survival and that countries that failed to compete were doomed to decline".
4. Prosperity depended on the naval power of a country,"Whoever rules the waves rules the world".
5. America needed to civilize the uncivilized people of Africa and Asia and it was their duty to do so, "the idea that the US had a special mission to uplift backward people around the world".

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1. Imperial rule seemed inconsistent with America's republican principles.
2. America wanted to catch up with European powers and did not want to be left out, "the European powers seized 10 million square miles of territory in Africa and Asia".
3. America had a Darwinist view on those countries who were doomed to decline, "doomed to decline also contributed to a new assertiveness". US also became more dependent on other countries.
4. If the US wanted to control the seas, it meant they would have to establish naval bases and coaling stations, causing expansion, "national prosperity and power depended on control of the world's sea-lanes".
5. US felt they had the duty to "help" people by imposing religious beliefs upon them, "religion missions in Africa and Asia, including 500 missions in China by 1890".

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1. Imperial rule, United States was uninterested in acquiring people with different culture.
2. Lack of raw materials and fearful that the country might be closed out in the struggle in the global market "In the United States, a growing number of policy makers, bankers,  manufacturers, and trade unions grew fearful that the country might be closed out in the struggle for global markets and raw materials"
3. " A belief that the world nation were engaged in a Darwinian struggle for survival and that countries that failed to compete were doomed to decline." Country that were engaged in Darwinian believed that if you do not expand your country will fail.
4."Whoever rule the waves rules the world" Mahan. Mahan was a naval strategist and argued that national prosperity and power depended on control of the world's sea lane.
5. The United States wanted to help out those less fortunate around the world. This also was a big factor in expansion. "The idea that the United States had a special mission to uplift "backward" people around the world also commanded growing support."

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1. Imperial rule seemed inconsistent with America's republican principles, and the United States was uninterested in acquiring people with different culture, languages, and religions.
2. Many people were "fearful that the country might be closed out in the struggle for global markets and raw materials." European powers seized 10 million square miles of territory and 150 million people were subjected to colonial rule.
3. The American economy was dependent on foreign trade. "A quarter of the nation's farm products and half its petroleum were sold overseas."
4. It was believed that power in the sea led to power in the world. "National prosperity and power depended on control of the world's sea-lanes."
5. "The idea that the United States had a special mission to uplift backward people around the world also commanded growing support." Many religions had missions in Africa and Asia.

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☞Military power, Great Britain's military was 5 times the size of America's army.
☞Navy power, its navy was 10 times the size of America's navy. America was a young country and had little experience with diplomacy.
2. Europeans scramble for empire, this made Americans realize they could get more power and control over others. "A shift had taken place in American attitudes toward expansion that was sparked partly by a european scramble for empire" (Paragraph 4).
3. The US realized that they were too dependant on other countries and they wouldn't survive without them. "By the 1890s, American economy was increasingly dependant on foreign trade." (Paragraph 5).
4. Control of the seas meant control of the world. "'Whoever rules the waves rules the world,' Mahan wrote." (Paragraph 6).
5.  The US believed that sharing beliefs would turn people to the right path. "the US had a special mission to uplift "backward" people."  (Paragraph 7).

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1.  - The imperial rule seemed inconsistent
- US was uninterested with acquiring people with different cultures, languages and religions
2. - In the mid 1890's american attitudes have shifted towards expansion due to european scramble for empire "between 1870 and 1900, the european powers seized 10 million square miles of territory in Africa and Asia, a fifth of the world's land mass."
3. - World's nations were engaged in a darwinian struggle which pushed US towards expansion "By the 1890's, the american economy was increasingly dependant of foreign trade
4. - You need to control the world's sea lanes and to do that you need secure oil and naval bases "whoever rules the waves rules the world"
5. - It supported expansions so that they can go spread their religion on other countries "protestant religious denominations established religion missions in Africa and Asia"

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It was inconsistent with America's republican principles.

The US was not interested in acquiring people with different cultures

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About 150 millions people were subjected to colonial rule. "In the US a growing number of policy makers, bankers, manufacturers, and trade unions grew fearful that the country might be closed out in the struggle for global markets and raw materials".

3.

The world's nations were engaged in a Darwinian struggle for survival and that the countries that failed to compete were doomed to a new a new assertiveness by the US.

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In hopes to become a major naval power "the US began to replace its old wooden ships with steel vessels powered with coal or oil in 1883"

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The US has the idea of uplifting backwards. "The mainstream protestant religions denominations established religion missions in Africa and Asia"

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Imperial rule seemed inconsistent with americans republican principles

uninterested in acquiring people from other cultures

2. due to the expansion of European powers, the US felt they were "fearful that the country might be closed out in struggle for global markets and raw materials."

3.
The US started to believe they were better than other countries, but also relied on their trade. Their want for expansion was increasingly dependent for foreign trade. "A quarter of the nation's  farm products and half its petroleum were sold overseas."
They wanted to get away from having to rely on foreign trade.

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America started basing itself on the quote that "Whoever rules the waves rules the world". They started to expand outwards and control the sea.

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The US wanted to "uplift 'backward' people around the world". They wanted to spread religion. The Protestant religion established missions in Africa, Asia, and in China