AP World History: Modern / Unit 6: Consequences of Industrialization (c. 1750–1900)
6.1 Rationales for Imperialism from 1750 to 1900
Notes
Justifications: Social Darwinism, the "civilizing mission" ("white man's burden"), religion, nationalism, and economic needs (raw materials, markets).
Practice
Social Darwinism was used to:
Pseudoscience.
An economic motive for imperialism was:
Industrial needs.
The "civilizing mission" claimed imperialists would:
Paternalism.
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