American Imperialism

Name: _______________________ American Imperialism THERE ARE 3 DIFFERENT KINDS OF IMPERIALISM 1) Political Imperialism: One country influences the government of another country or completely controls it. 2) Cultural Imperialism: One country’s culture impacting another country’s culture. 3) Economic imperialism: One country controls key aspects of another country’ economy. *Any combination can happen at the same time* Directions: Listed below are various examples of imperialism. To the right of each example, write the form of imperialism that best describes each action: (1) Political, (2) Cultural, (3) Economic 1) The United States set up a government in Puerto Rico. (1) Political 2) The United States and Germany divided control of the Samoan islands. (1) Political 3) American missionaries taught the Hawaiian people about Christianity. (2) Cultural 4) Commodore Mathew Perry convinced the Japanese ruler to open ports to United States trade (3) Economic 5) The United States overthrew the Queen of Hawaii and took control of her Kingdom. (1) Political 6) The United States heavily invests in China. New jobs are provided and the economy in China is stimulated. Most of the profits benefit the United States. (3) Economic 7) The U.S. will bring in businesses to Hawaii because of its Sugar plantations. (3) Economic 8) Students in Mexico begin to learn and use the language of the United States. They even begin to adopt the style of dress of the students in the United States. (2) Cultural 9) After defeating Spain, the U.S. acquires Spain’s territories. One is the Philippines. American forces defeat a rebellion by the Philippines to retake control of their land (1) Political 10) Though this is not necessarily imperialism, the U.S. did expand its territory by purchasing the area of Alaska fro Russia in 1867 for its resources. Which type of imperialism does this most closely resemble? (3) Economic