Imperialism in latin america
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Both industrialization and emerging ideas of nationalism transformed societies, reshaped the global balance of power, and changed how people saw themselves and others. Nations with the capacity and willingness to industrialize gained economic and political power and asserted their influence over others in the form of imperialism promoted by ideas of nationalism. Nationalism also emerged in nations affected by imperialism, manifested in resistance and reaction. 
"A new consciousness seems to have come upon us - the consciousness of strength - and with it a new appetite, the yearning to show our strength ... Ambition, interest, land hunger, pride, the mere joy of fighting, whatever it may be, we are animated by a new sensation. We are face to face with a strange destiny. The taste of Empire is in the mouth of the people even as the tast of blood in the jungle." Editorial, Washington Post, 1898
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"God has not been preparing the English-speaking and Teutonic peoples for a thousand years for nothing but vain and idle self-admiration. No, He has made us adept in government that we may administer government among savage and senile peoples - He has marked the American people as His chosen nation to finally lead in the redemption of the world." Senator Albert J. Beveridge, 1900

Unit Goals

  1. To define imperialism and expansionism and how these terms were interpreted in the late 19th Century America.
  2. To understand the shifting tides of imperialism at we neared and then entered the 20th Century.
  3. To explore American imperialism in the Caribbean and Latin America.
  4. ​To explore the goals and effectiveness of the anti-imperialist voices.

Essential Questions

  1.  How does the development of nationalism impact people, nations, and empires?
  2. How did imperialism affect the cultural, social, political, and economic climate of societies?
  3. What characteristics and factors unite people as a nation?
  4. Is there such a thing as completely unbiased history? ​

Enduring Understandings

  1. Imperialism transforms the political, economic, and cultural systems of both imperial countries and those colonized.
  2. Nationalism unifies some nations and devastates others.
  3. Geography and location significantly impacts events in history.   

Key Vocabulary

Roosevelt Corollary, Imperialism, Caudillos, Social Darwinism, Exceptionalism, Protectorate, Sphere of Influence, Paternalism, Ethnocentrism, Nationalism, Monroe Doctrine

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Background on the Guatemalan Coup of 1954 Click Here
19 Ways US Imperialism Has Caused LatinX Immigration to the States to Increase Click Here