Late 19th Century Imperialism: An Internet Exercise
"What were the forces that caused Americans to become interested in overseas expansion in the late 19th century?"
Kipling Poem “White Man’s Burden” www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/Kipling.html
Alfred T. Mahan, “Sea Power” www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/protected/alfred.htm
Speech of Senator Albert J. Beveridge www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1898beveridge.html
Frederick Jackson Turner, “The Frontier Thesis” www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/s_z/turner.htm
Sermon of Josiah Strong (just read last paragraph) www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/protected/strong.htm
Chart of unemployment rates 1890’s eh.net/encyclopedia/article/whitten.panic.1893
Map of late 19th century imperialism in Asia www.emersonkent.com/images/imperialism_in_asia_1840_19.jpg