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15 Cards in this Set
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What was the religous mission for justifying expansion?
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spreading Christianity to pagans abroad.
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What was the political mission for justifying expansion?
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spreading democracy to the oppressed.
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What was the ecenomic mission for justifying expansion?
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1. Spreading industrilization
2. Prosperity 3. Spreading modern tech. to the poor. |
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What is White Man's Burden?
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Idea: Whites were superior racially and technologically to the poor and backwards.
-Spreading Capitolism |
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Who was Charles Darwin?
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a botnist and zoologist. He studied evolution of species.
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What is Social Darwinism?
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The idea of survival of the fittest.
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What was the voyage of the Beagle?
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Darwin took a voyage to the Galpagos Island to study evolution of species.
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What were the 3 critques of social Darwinism?
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1) "Fitness" is often created by a society rather than reflected by it.
2) Are we brothers/are we brothers' keepers. 3) False analogy |
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What was the real cause of Expansion Abroad?
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America was producing more food and manafacturing more goods than we needed so, we needed to sell them.
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What were the good reasons for Seward buying Alaska?
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1) oil reserves
2) gold 3) strategic location 4) great beauty |
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What were Mahn's boat changes?
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He switched Yankee Clipper boats to metal plated ones with a steamed power engine.
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What were China's Luxury goods?
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silk
tea ivory porcelain(china plates) |
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What were the China trade ideas?
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1840's 1) The Brits forced China to trade with them by using armies.
1890's 2)Spheres of Influence opened China to the world with trading zones. 1898 3)Open door policy- We "persuades", with force, Europeans to open China to the world. |
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What were the Midway Islands useful for?
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Midway islands useful for:
1)Strategic defense regarding Asia. 2)Stocking trade ships. |
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What does protectorate and abdicate mean?
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protectorate=
a country or region protected or partly controlled by a more powerful country. abdicate= to formally give up power or high office. |
