US Imperialism ESP QUOTE (C - USII HONORS) by Jason Grimshaw https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/secedaoo0yx6qlk2 Using the quote provided, identify and briefly explain one economic, one social, and one political motivation for US Imperialism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. en-us 2021-09-07 13:52:34 UTC 2025-09-10 00:03:07 UTC hello@padlet.com Imperialism Quote- Jacob Altman https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/secedaoo0yx6qlk2/wish/1722416301 -One economic motivation would be to expand, trade, and be able to use more of our money and resources.
-One political motivation would be our government being able to cover a vast majority of new land, receiving new, powerful allies. While still have strength to protect the new land using our unspent resources.
-A social reason could be people could live with peace and security while having liberty within their communities on new land acquired by the government. ]]> 2021-09-07 16:39:02 UTC https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/secedaoo0yx6qlk2/wish/1722416301 James Sweeney jamessweeney2024 https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/secedaoo0yx6qlk2/wish/1722417067 Economic - The US is manufacturing a surplus of goods, and it is highly unlikely that it will use it all. Therefore, they want to sell there goods elsewhere where more people could use them.
Social - The US wants to grant as many people as possible the liberties that citizens of the US hold.
Political - The US wants to spread itself and its government to new territories and regions and control as much of the world as possible.]]> 2021-09-07 16:39:22 UTC https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/secedaoo0yx6qlk2/wish/1722417067 Patrick Harrington U.S Imperialism Esp Quote. https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/secedaoo0yx6qlk2/wish/1722418756 The social roots of imperialism shown in the quote are work for all mankind, ignorant people will know that the voice of liberty is speaking to them.  This means that it will e very known by people that the country is upgrading and more standards will which affects the people greatly. 
The economic root is saying that they are reaching their limit and have the capability of making it better and this will help them make more money. 
The political roots are that they will imperialise and spread itself to new areas. ]]> 2021-09-07 16:40:01 UTC https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/secedaoo0yx6qlk2/wish/1722418756 Jasmine Ngo https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/secedaoo0yx6qlk2/wish/1722420979 One social motivation for US Imperialism is that we could be improving the lives of "ignorant peoples". America is a republic and if we were to conquer more people we could help improve their lives while they improve ours. Them improving our lives would be economic. We can sell our goods and trade with more people which would allow commerce to spread. Politically, the more land we conquer and the bigger the empire we build the better. We can then be a world power that other nations wouldn't be able to compare with. ]]> 2021-09-07 16:40:52 UTC https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/secedaoo0yx6qlk2/wish/1722420979 Madi Burkhead mburkhead2024 https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/secedaoo0yx6qlk2/wish/1722421914 One economic motivation for US imperialism was to increase trade worldwide.  The United States was capable of doing this because we were "raising more than we can consume."

The establishment of civilization in foreign places was a social reason. They believed it would bring liberty to "ignorant peoples."

 A political reason was that the US wanted to expand its territory, power, and influence. ]]> 2021-09-07 16:41:15 UTC https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/secedaoo0yx6qlk2/wish/1722421914 Jillian Morrison jillianmorrison2024 https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/secedaoo0yx6qlk2/wish/1722422196 Economic: In the quote, Alfred mentions new markets for produce. He also mentions trading. Imperialism would allow the US to spread goods further and make more money for America. 
Social: Alfred says at the end of the quote that "ignorant peoples will know that the voice of liberty is speaking, at last... that civilization is dawning, at last, for them." This shows that he believes that people outside of the US needed our help to become civilizations. Imperialism would allow this to happen. 
Political: Imperialism would allow America to be seen as just as powerful as other nations, such as Great Britain.]]> 2021-09-07 16:41:22 UTC https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/secedaoo0yx6qlk2/wish/1722422196 Michael Connly https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/secedaoo0yx6qlk2/wish/1722422458 Eco- Economically the US would benefit from imperialism as trade would increase, and allegiance with other world powers would be formed over said trade.
Pol- Political power is to be gained when imperial force is increased. As the US will become a major power on the world's stage.
Soc- As the US economy improves the quality of life for the average American improves as well.]]> 2021-09-07 16:41:29 UTC https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/secedaoo0yx6qlk2/wish/1722422458 Annalisa Hair annalisahair2023 https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/secedaoo0yx6qlk2/wish/1722422591 Eco: One economic motivation for Imperialism at the time would be that the US was making more money than they knew what to do with. This led them to be inspired to get more and expand their empire.

Soc: One social motivation for Imperialism would be that the US is going to be actively expanding and taking over people's lives. They want to have control over all the land and expand trade throughout the US as well. They want to "help" outsiders. This changes the social structure of the US by expanding it. 

Pol: The political motivation for Imperialism was the fact that the government just wanted more power. The more territory they had, the more powerful they felt. The quote says that they would circle the globe with a flag of liberty to dawn civilization on others.]]> 2021-09-07 16:41:33 UTC https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/secedaoo0yx6qlk2/wish/1722422591 Tiffany White https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/secedaoo0yx6qlk2/wish/1722422960 An economic motivation for US imperialism as expain in the quote is the oppurtunity for new markets. With the expansion more markets and trade would be availible. A social motivation would be the spread of the idea of freeodm and liberty. The US ideas and morals would be able to be shared with more territory. A politcal motivation would be having more territory to control. ]]> 2021-09-07 16:41:40 UTC https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/secedaoo0yx6qlk2/wish/1722422960 kathy cai https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/secedaoo0yx6qlk2/wish/1722423041 economic- there is more money being made than they thought. They had so much they wanted to expand their territory for "labor"
Political- us will take the territory of all the world soon "flag of liberty will circle the globe" empire guarded by guns
social- People will have their own opinion but it'll be for their own good, their will be more places for people to move and settle.

]]> 2021-09-07 16:41:42 UTC https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/secedaoo0yx6qlk2/wish/1722423041 Sofia Acero https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/secedaoo0yx6qlk2/wish/1722423166 Economic: America's commerce could be expanded to other countries through an empire, therefore strengthening the economy.
Social: Having many people live in peace and liberty in an American empire.
Political: America can acquire many new territories to expand into.]]> 2021-09-07 16:41:46 UTC https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/secedaoo0yx6qlk2/wish/1722423166 Grace Reinke https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/secedaoo0yx6qlk2/wish/1722423634 Economic: The economic roots of American Imperialism is trying to colonize other places in order to gain more money.
Social: The social roots of American Imperialism is to "civilize" these new areas and teach them trades.
Political: The political roots of American Imperialism is that they are colonizing other people and saying it is to protect them, however they want more power.]]> 2021-09-07 16:41:58 UTC https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/secedaoo0yx6qlk2/wish/1722423634 Ayva Connor https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/secedaoo0yx6qlk2/wish/1722423696 One part of the quote that stood out at as an economic motivation for US Imperialism was "... today we are making more than we can use..." and the quote continues to say new capital is needed for labor. Basically what is being said is we have a so much money we need new markets for it. Politically a motivation being said is the flag of liberty will circle the globe aka the US wants to spread itself out and gain new territory. Socially it says lives could be improved of "ignorant peoples".]]> 2021-09-07 16:41:59 UTC https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/secedaoo0yx6qlk2/wish/1722423696 Derek Mahoney derekmahoney2023 https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/secedaoo0yx6qlk2/wish/1722423713 One economic motivation for US Imperialism was expanding trade and spreading commerce across the world. The idea was the US was producing more goods than they need so trying to trade with other countries would spread the market. One social motivation for US Imperialism was nationalism which would come from growing to be one of the wealthiest countries and expanding territory. One political motivation for US Imperialism was building an empire by gaining territory with a strong military.]]> 2021-09-07 16:42:00 UTC https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/secedaoo0yx6qlk2/wish/1722423713 Jacob McGrail jacobmcgrail2023 https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/secedaoo0yx6qlk2/wish/1722424201 Economic - As industry is growing in the US, more goods are being produced, and thus people want to sell those goods to a larger market.

Social - Some believed it would bring liberty to "ignorant peoples," and that they would become more civilized.

Political - As the US military took control over more territories, they attempted to justify it by claiming that the people living there would be defended by the military, and that American ideals of freedom and liberty would be spread to those territories.]]> 2021-09-07 16:42:12 UTC https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/secedaoo0yx6qlk2/wish/1722424201 Hailey Lazarevic haileylazarevic2023 https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/secedaoo0yx6qlk2/wish/1722424377 One economic motivation for the US to begin building an empire is so the US can expand their markets, one political motivation is so the US can take over new land, and one social motivation is that the quality of life for Americans would improve.]]> 2021-09-07 16:42:16 UTC https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/secedaoo0yx6qlk2/wish/1722424377 Matt Direnzo: ESP quote matthewdirenzo2024 https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/secedaoo0yx6qlk2/wish/1722424916 ECO-  The U.S has "too much" money and goods so they need to expand for their markets to other places.
SOC- The people so they want to expand goods and ideas to people around the globe and improve their lives.
POL- The government wants to implement their ideology into the "ignorant" people of these new territories. ]]> 2021-09-07 16:42:30 UTC https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/secedaoo0yx6qlk2/wish/1722424916 Abby Doku https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/secedaoo0yx6qlk2/wish/1722425031 Political- "the flag of liberty will circle the globe and the highway of the ocean- carrying trade to all mankind." This is showing that the American Flag will be known to many and people will know to trade with the US
Economical- "Today we are raising more than we can consume. Today we are making more than we can use" This is showing that the technological advancements have improved so much that there is now an overflow of product and something needs to be done about it. 
Social- "Ignorant peoples will know that the voice of liberty is speaking, at last for them... that civilization is dawning at last for them" This is showing that by all of this being done, it could improve the lives of people in the United States. ]]> 2021-09-07 16:42:33 UTC https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/secedaoo0yx6qlk2/wish/1722425031 Erick Portillo erickportillomunoz2023 https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/secedaoo0yx6qlk2/wish/1722425185 One economic motivation for US imperialism was that the US was making too much produce so they would like to sell it to other places since they have so much of it. 
One social motivation for imperialism is to expand into other areas of land and give people a place to live safely and to expand trade with other nations. One political motivation was to spread their government to as much of the world as possible and gain new territories. ]]> 2021-09-07 16:42:37 UTC https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/secedaoo0yx6qlk2/wish/1722425185 Maddy LoVerme https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/secedaoo0yx6qlk2/wish/1722426106 Economic: an economic motivation for US imperialism was that the US would be able to gain more profit by selling their products to more citizens.

Social: a social motivation for US imperialism was that the US government wanted the credit of "teaching" the natives around them how to be "civil" among western standards.  

Political: a political motivation for US imperialism is that the government would have more power over more territory, therefore, making them an international superpower]]> 2021-09-07 16:43:00 UTC https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/secedaoo0yx6qlk2/wish/1722426106 michelle dacri michelledacri2024 https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/secedaoo0yx6qlk2/wish/1722426308 economic roots - as we were producing more, we wanted to branch out more to find new markets for products. "Therefore we must find new markets for our produce, new capital for our labor"

social roots - motivation to spread freedom and liberty. people will be able to have their own opinion and there will be more places for people to move and settle. "And as their thunders salute the flag, ignorant peoples will know that the voice of liberty is speaking, at last, for them"

political roots - we wanted to dominate the trade and be known as number one. We wanted people to know who we were and what we were doing and that we were advancing. "As our commerce spreads, the flag of liberty will circle the globe and the highway of the ocean - carrying trade to all mankind"]]> 2021-09-07 16:43:06 UTC https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/secedaoo0yx6qlk2/wish/1722426308 Hannah Collette hannahcollette2024 https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/secedaoo0yx6qlk2/wish/1722428821 In this quote by Alfred Beveridge from 1898, the economic, social, and political roots of American Imperialism are displayed. A political root for imperialism is described in the words "'the flag of liberty will circle the globe and the highway of the ocean - carrying trade to all mankind - will be guarded by the guns of the republic." This part of the quote explains how America would conquer territories around the world, in which those territories would be a part of America and become protected by America's government military. Additionally, an economic root of imperialism is represented in the words "'Therefore, we must find new markets for our produce, new capital for our labor...'" This part of the quote represents how America was making more money than it could spend, so it needed to find new territory on which it could spend its money. Finally, a part of the quote that represents the social roots of imperialism are the words "'...ignorant peoples will know that the voice of liberty is speaking, at last, for them...'" These words explain that when America conquers parts of the world, these foreign people from those territories will become citizens of the United States, and be able to have rights under the Constitution.]]> 2021-09-07 16:44:06 UTC https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/secedaoo0yx6qlk2/wish/1722428821 Ella Wells https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/secedaoo0yx6qlk2/wish/1722429407 Economic - The US would be able to market goods towards more people- Beveridge says “find new markets for our produce”

Social - More people would hear the “voice of liberty” speaking for them. People of the US could be unified under the flag even as they expand territory

Political - The government wants more control- more control comes hand in hand with more territory, and with more people part of their country, they could become a bigger power in international affairs


]]> 2021-09-07 16:44:22 UTC https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/secedaoo0yx6qlk2/wish/1722429407 Meghan Le meghanle2024 https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/secedaoo0yx6qlk2/wish/1722430788 Economic - The US is making more than they can use and they want to expand where they can sell and trade their goods. 

Social - They're doing it for the "ignorant people" they will know what the voice of liberty is.  

Political - The government wants to spread and gain new territories. With more territories they gain more power. ]]> 2021-09-07 16:44:50 UTC https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/secedaoo0yx6qlk2/wish/1722430788 Avery Derr https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/secedaoo0yx6qlk2/wish/1725557114 economic-theres more supply than demand, and they need to expand in order to have more ability to sell/trade

social-the us is controlling, and is taking over peoples lives and choices due to their power

political-politics gained great popularity, and this made the us want to expand even more to gain power]]> 2021-09-08 17:10:48 UTC https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/secedaoo0yx6qlk2/wish/1725557114