Chapter Introduction

This blog will cover chapter 26 of the A History of Western Society Eighth Edition textbook.

This chapter covers the expansion of European empires, as powerful western European countries such as England, France, and Germany sought to claim as much land as possible in Africa and Asia, to colonize it as a means of bolstering their economy and political standing on the world stage. It also covers the social issues created by the European policies of racism and ethnocentrism that were used as justification for imperial expansion.

Chapter Objective

In this blog I hope to further my knowledge of the true conditions of Imperial colonies of this time period and also draw a connection between the imperialism of the late 19th Century to the United State's foreign policy today

Essential Question

What was the public opinion of rapid imperial expansion, and of the reasons used to justify it?

Imperialism was generally accepted in the larger nations participating in its growth, although the critics of its racist and seemingly brutish aspects were very outspoken during the period.