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Imperialism
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the policy in which stronger nations extend their economic, political, or military control over weaker territories.
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Imperialism
the policy in which stronger nations extend their economic, political, or military control over weaker territories.
Alfred T. Mahan
- Admiral of the US Navy
- urged the govt officials to build up American naval power in order to compete with other powerful nations
- Result: US built 9 steel-hulled cruisers
Social Darwinism
A belief that free market competition would lead to the survival of the fittest
White Man's Burden
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Seward's Folly
- Seward arranged for the US to buy Alaska from the Russians for $7.2 million
- had trouble persuading the house of rep's to approve
- Alaska becomes state 1959, was rich in timber, minerals, and oil.
