The expansion of slavery was caused by imperialism. African’s and Asian’s were shipped to America and England for slave labor. In response to Kipling’s poem “The White Man’s Burden”, H.T. Johnson wrote “The Black Man’s Burden” in this poem he says that Americans are done with the “red man’s problem” and are trying to fix the “brown man’s problems”. He says, “Hail ye your fearless armies, Which menace feeble folks” (Johnson, 5-6), he is calling Americans bullies. Imperialism spread the disease of slavery. …show more content…
When a nation imperializes it tries to force their views on them. When the British discovered America they wanted to convert the Indians to Christianity. The imperialist dictate their political decision. After America helped Cuba gain their independence from Spain, Congress decided that they were not ready for independence. They created the Platt amendment. This stated eight rules that they must follow. Imperialism is immoral because it creates inequality, it forces a nation to adopt views that are foreign to them, and the imperialist dictate the nation’s political