Scramble for Colonies
Europeans wanting not just resources, but total control in Africa and Asia in the late 1800s was known as this.
New Imperialism
Yellow Journalism used these types of headlines to attract readers.
Sensationalism (overstate, scandal), Bias-favoring one side over another, Exaggerate, “Shock Factor”, Lies
This was Great Britain's "Crown Jewel" colony.
India
Gandhi was born here.
India
Between 1800 and 1830 much of Spanish and Portuguese Latin America became this.
Independent countries
Popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, this stated that the weak were diminished or lessened and their cultures limited while the strong grew in power and cultural influence over the weak.
Social Darwinism
Yellow Journalism pushed the united States to declare war on this country.
Spain
Between 1800 and 1900, 20 million Indians starved for this reason.
Farmers switched from growing food to growing crops. Food supplies could not keep up with population growth.
Gandhi first began to fight for Indian rights in this country.
South Africa
President Roosevelt claimed the United States could do this in any Latin American country for this reason. (Two answers)
Intervene as they saw fit for "chronic misconduct."
Name one economic motive for European imperialism.
The need for raw materials (resources) and markets (places to sell manufactured goods).
Publisher of the New York Herald. Proponent of Yellow Journalism.
William Hearst
This Indian organization wanted "Home Rule" with the British in India.
Indian National Congress
India achieved independence from this country in 1947.
Great Britain
Define: Monroe Doctrine
December 2, 1823. The European powers, according to Monroe, were required to respect the Western Hemisphere as the United States' sphere of interest (area of control). The doctrine warns European nations that the United States would not tolerate further colonization or monarchs answering to European countries.
Name two ways new national boundaries drawn by Europeans affected African peoples.
Europeans ignored the location of ethnic, linguistic, and religious groups within each region. And, new borders divided African kingdoms and tribes or put together ethnic groups with little knowledge of each other’s languages and customs.
Create a Yellow Journalism headline about the Monroe Doctrine role play.
Ummmm...well?
Name one benefit of British rule in India and describe why you believe it was a benefit to Indians.
Brought order and stability, honest and efficient government, schools for the elite, railroads, telegraph and postal service.
Gandhi practiced this type of resistance against the British.
Active, non-violent, non-cooperation.
You are the editor of the New York Journal. Write a headline using Yellow Journalism to describe any part of the Monroe Doctrine role play.
Let's hear it.
Describe one reason that would motivate a European country to control a country in Africa or Southeast Asia.
Rivalries, economics, Social Darwinism, religious, humanitarian. Explained
Using the headline below from the NY Journal, cite an example of yellow journalism from the headline and explain why it is yellow journalism.
DESTRUCTION OF THE WAR SHIP MAINE WAS THE WORK OF AN ENEMY
NAVAL OFFICERS THINK THE MAINE WAS DESTROYED BY A SPANISH MINE.
Various answers.
After the British left India, British India split into these two countries, one Muslim and one Hindu.
India and Pakistan
Gandhi was assassinated following the independence of India (Hindu) and Pakistan (Muslim). Do you believe he was successful in achieving his goal of independence? Why?
Let's hear your answer.
Name three causes for American imperialism.
Anglo-Saxonism (European, especially English, culture dominates the world), Military Bases, Overseas Markets