USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM

[SOURCES]
What often happens to areas that are colonized?

(A) ** the economy suffers and are the people are not treated as equals

(B) they become wealthy with the abundance of new opportunities that are presented

(C) they are often deported to another country

(D) they are executed

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -Colonialism’s impacts include environmental degradation, the spread of disease, economic instability, ethnic rivalries, and human rights violations-issues that can long outlast one group’s colonial rule.

Concept note-2: -Migrant wage labor, the need for housing, food and entertainment triggered considerable urbanization, social distortion and the advent of new forms of sociability and political activity.

Concept note-3: -Some outcomes that former colonies are left to deal with today are poor treatment of indigenous populations, income and wealth inequality, weak governmental infrastructure, and religious conflicts.