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Want to recap a few things we did in our last class. Specifically, lets talk a little bit about the imperialism that developed in the late 19th century. Blake, do you have anything you can contribute in this regard . Blake sure. We had we were imperialistic and we thought that going sorry. One of our reasons to go were i guess humanitarian. We tried to help our little Brown Brothers down there, to try and make them more american because we felt it was superior. Joseph it is really an ethnocentrism. Blake yeah. Joseph taylor, do you have anything to add to that . Taylor the one thing that stood out the most to me was the economic aspect because the u. S. Had a lot of territorial interests in cuba and a lot of americans owned sugar plantations and they wanted to protect their citizens and investments down there. But in the u. S. , there was also overproduction, so they were also looking to advance to new markets. Joseph good, good. Anyone else have a reason . Anyone want to volunteer som
Weekend. This should be a fun class. Today, we are going to talk about the spanishamerican war. But before we get into that i want to recap a few things we did in our last class. Specifically, lets talk a little bit about the imperialism that developed in the late 19th century. Have anything you can contribute in this regard . Sure. Had we were imperialistic and we thought that going sorry. To go werereasons humanitarian. We tried to help our little Brown Brothers down there, to try and make them more american because we felt it was superior. Joseph it is really an ethnocentrism. Yeah. Joseph taylor, do you have anything to add to that . That stood one thing out the most to me was the economic aspect because the u. S. Had a lot of territorial interests in cuba and a lot of americans owned sugar plantations and they wanted to protect their citizens and investments down there. But in the u. S. , there was also overproduction, so they were also looking to advance to new markets. Joseph go
Video. Joseph i hope you had a great weekend. This should be a fun class. Today, we are going to talk about the spanishamerican war. But before we get into that i want to recap a few things we did in our last class. Specifically, lets talk a little bit about the imperialism that developed in the late 19th century. Blake, do you have anything you can contribute in this regard . Blake sure. We had we were imperialistic and we thought that going sorry. One of our reasons to go were i guess humanitarian. We tried to help our little Brown Brothers down there, to try and make them more american because we felt it was superior. Joseph it is really an ethnocentrism. Blake yeah. Joseph taylor, do you have anything to add to that . Taylor the one thing that stood out the most to me was the economic aspect because the u. S. Had a lot of territorial interests in cuba and a lot of americans owned sugar plantations and they wanted to protect their citizens and investments down there. But in the u. S
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