20th Century American Imperialism Essay

During the 19th and early 20th Century, industrialization became the main cause for the development of new industries, as well as the expansion of many nations around the world. With the discovery of new ways to use the raw materials found during the First Industrial Revolution, in addition to the finding and creation of new resources such as electricity, steel, and chemicals in the Second Industrial Revolution, major countries around the world set their sights on having spheres of influence in other nations that served as the most opportune sites and destinations for the trading world and industrialization. This led to the transformation of several nations, as the world powers at the time became imperial powers when they began to dominate other countries not just in an economical sense, but socially and politically as well. Although countries such as the United States and Japan engaged in part of these imperialistic tactics, the majority of the countries that exemplified imperialism were located in Europe. Nations like Great Britain, Germany and Russia began to flex their regal muscle over most of the other the countries in the Eastern Hemisphere through the use of the manipulation of the newly found …show more content…
Russia's industrialization was mainly focused on railroads, and by 1900 they were fourth in the world in steel production and had many other industries as well. Russia then began to be able to have an impact in Asia when they became allies with France, and because of the sheer fact that they were geographically connected to Asia gave them an advantage over the other European nations in regards to having an economic influence in the Eastern Asian area of the world. Russia would however grow into a major power following World War