The Effects of Imperialism
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ESSAY DBQ: Effects of Imperialism
AP WORLD HISTORY
Document-Based Question: Effects of Imperialism
Directions: The following question is based on the accompanying Documents 1- 13 (The documents have been edited for the purpose of this exercise.) This question is designed to test your ability to work with and understand historical documents. Write an essay that: Has a relevant thesis and supports that thesis with evidence from the documents. Uses all or all but one of the documents. Analyzes the documents by grouping them in as many appropriate ways as possible. Does not simply summarize the documents individually. Takes into account both the sources of the documents and the author’s points of view.
You may refer to relevant historical information not mentioned in the documents.
Question Evaluate the following statement regarding new imperialism of the late 19th and early 20th centuries: “Imperialism is a progressive force for both the oppressors and oppressed.”
Make additional reference to sources to support your argument beyond the documentation that is offered.
Some excerpts taken from: Teaching With Documents Copyright © 2001, Peter Pappas, www.edteck.com
DBQ EFFECTS OF IMPERIALISM
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Document 1
From: Imperialism and World Politics, Parker T. Moore, 1926 To begin with, there are the exporters and manufacturers of certain goods used in the colonies. The makers of cotton and iron goods have been very much interested in imperialism. Their business interests demand that colonial markets should be opened and developed and that foreign competitors should be shut out. Such aims require political control and imperialism. Finally, the most powerful of all business groups are the bankers. Banks make loans to colonies and backward countries for building railways and steamship lines. They also make loans to colonial plantation owners, importers, and exporters. The imperialist business interests have powerful allies.
DATE
PERIOD
ESSAY DBQ: Effects of Imperialism
AP WORLD HISTORY
Document-Based Question: Effects of Imperialism
Directions: The following question is based on the accompanying Documents 1- 13 (The documents have been edited for the purpose of this exercise.) This question is designed to test your ability to work with and understand historical documents. Write an essay that: Has a relevant thesis and supports that thesis with evidence from the documents. Uses all or all but one of the documents. Analyzes the documents by grouping them in as many appropriate ways as possible. Does not simply summarize the documents individually. Takes into account both the sources of the documents and the author’s points of view.
You may refer to relevant historical information not mentioned in the documents.
Question Evaluate the following statement regarding new imperialism of the late 19th and early 20th centuries: “Imperialism is a progressive force for both the oppressors and oppressed.”
Make additional reference to sources to support your argument beyond the documentation that is offered.
Some excerpts taken from: Teaching With Documents Copyright © 2001, Peter Pappas, www.edteck.com
DBQ EFFECTS OF IMPERIALISM
1
Document 1
From: Imperialism and World Politics, Parker T. Moore, 1926 To begin with, there are the exporters and manufacturers of certain goods used in the colonies. The makers of cotton and iron goods have been very much interested in imperialism. Their business interests demand that colonial markets should be opened and developed and that foreign competitors should be shut out. Such aims require political control and imperialism. Finally, the most powerful of all business groups are the bankers. Banks make loans to colonies and backward countries for building railways and steamship lines. They also make loans to colonial plantation owners, importers, and exporters. The imperialist business interests have powerful allies.