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    FIGHTING FOR INDEPENDENCE The Spanish American War was the most powerful colonial nation by the end of the 19th century. 1898 is when the United States went to war to help Cuba win its independence from Spain. The United States won and gained the territories of The Philippines‚ Guam and Puerto Rico. The U.S should not have annexed the Philippines because the Philippines were a country of their own. Additionally‚ they had their own language‚ their own currency and their own culture and tradition

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    did greatly vary between empires. As you mentioned‚ the Spanish particularly benefited for a time from their exploits in South America. However‚ despite the abundance of trade and incoming wealth‚ the empire eventually struggled. Between war and imperialism‚ the Spanish empire ultimately faltered. Space wise‚ colonialism was beneficial as the new lands provided new places to settle and opened new markets for the various empires. As you mentioned‚ there were downsides to expansion‚ for example‚ tension

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    world. Consequently this rise in immigration resulted in a rise of American nativism. American values‚ the lack of jobs‚ World War I‚ and II are just a fraction of the things that enhanced nativism in America between 1900 and 1930. America was built on value and many American’s believed that immigrants were changing America by changing its neighborhoods and trying to implement their own morals into the deeply engrained ethics of American society. Since immigrants were far to poor to move farther away

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    influence which was forged on the backs of imperialism. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines an empire as “a major political unit having a territory

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    African Americans had been mistreated many years before the Civil War in the United States‚ and around the world. When the Civil War ended they thought they would have as many rights as whites‚ but they were wrong. This mistreatment‚ segregation‚ and racism continued well past the turn of the century‚ and even beyond World War I. Nowadays African American soldiers‚ and citizens of the world alike have so many more opportunities than back in the late 1800s and early 1900s. As Addie W. Hunton‚ Kathryn

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    Throughout history many countries have enacted upon a type of foreign policy known as Imperialism. The agenda of a country with an imperialist foreign policy is to increase the size‚ materials‚ or power of said country by use of force and or politics. Imperialism was a highly profitable foreign policy and caused cultural diffusion that assimilated many social/economical/political progressions to different countries and cultures. Around this time period many countries began to embark on their own

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    From 1865 to 1900‚ African American freedoms were very limited socially. Black Codes said that African Americans could not marry anyone that is white. If someone that was black was not generally attracted to their own race or vice versa‚ they were unable to marry who they wanted to. The Ku Klux Klan burned many houses of African Americans as well as the white people that wanted to help them. If you were in any way positively involved with black people‚ the KKK would find a way to basically ruin your

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    due to the reopening of trade relations between Europe and Japan. Japanese art‚ especially ukiyo-e print‚ had a special appeal to some French impressionistic artists of the time such as Edgar Degas and Henri Toulouse- Lautrec. In this time period imperialism in Europe had sparked an interest in other cultures of the world. With the opening of Japanese trade‚ its culture was revealed to Europeans as being not only unusual and strange‚ but refined and elegant. The French printmaker‚ Felix Bracquemond

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    According to the prompt‚ the definition of Imperialism requires a country to exercise control over a foreign country or to acquire or hold colonies or dependences. Because of the somewhat confusing situation surrounding United States territories‚ particularly America Samoa‚ there has been some question over whether or not the United States is Imperialistic. While it certainly met the definition during the early 19th century and into the 20th century‚ does it still meet the definition today? This

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    In the 1900’s‚ there was a large population of African Americans who lived in the South. However‚ around 1910’s and 1920’s‚ they started moving out to other states. Some of them moved to other states looking for better jobs‚ while others moved looking for better education for themselves and their children. Some just wanted to escape the racism and the discrimination they were facing in the South. African Americans tried to go to the big Northern Cities because they thought they would have better

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