Should the United States government follow Washington’s advice today? • YES, the United States should follow Washington’s advice today.

OR

• NO, the United States should not follow Washington’s advice today.

DIRECTIONS:
Write an editorial defending your position. You may choose to write about foreign policy and/or political parties. However, you must clearly support ONE position – Yes or No. Your editorial must have:
• a thesis statement (We should/should not follow his advice today…..)
• 6-8 sentences with specific supporting details,
• a concluding sentence.
• Therefore, your editorial should be a minimum of EIGHT sentences.
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superior technology and improved medical knowledge to foster imperialism. quinine enabled europeans

to survive tropical diseases and venture into the mosquito-infested interiors of africa and asia. the combination

of the steamboat and the telegraph enabled the western powers to increase their mobility and to quickly respond

to any situations that threatened their dominance. the rapid-fire machine gun also gave them a military advantage

and was in convincing africans and asians to accept western control. the following table summarizes the

causes of the new imperialism:

causes of new imperialism

economic military/political humanitarian/religious technological

need for markets need for military bases white man’s burden new medicine

raw materials national security spread of christianity new weapons

source of investments source of

pride—nationalism

social darwinism

(superiority of western

society)

transportation

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