What are some U.S. territories acquired by imperialism?

Question

I am doing a paper on imperialism and just wanted to know.

Answer 1

The question was "What are some U.S. territories ACQUIRED by imperialism? " I take it that you wish to know what U.S. territories are in U.S. possession this day that were acquired by imperialism. Hawaii comes to mind, as does Guam, Peurto Rico, Samoa, the American Virgin Islands, the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Baker Island, Howland Islands, Jarvis Island, Johnston Island, Kingman Reef, Midway Islands, Palmyra, and Wake Island. After the inception of the U.S., it could also be argued that everything in the continental U.S. from the Ohio valley to the Pacific Ocean was imperialistically acquired. Oh, lets not forget Alaska, the state that was purchased in 1867 from Russia. If I can think of any more, I'll let you know.
Btw, the definition of imperialism is: a policy of extending control or authority over foreign entities as a means of acquisition and/or maintenance of empires. This is either through direct territorial conquest or settlement, or through indirect methods of exerting control on the politics and/or economy. The term is used to describe the policy of a nation's dominance over distant lands, regardless of whether the nation considers itself part of the empire. The part about imperialism is pasted directly from Wikipedia and the link is below

Answer 2

Now how could you imply that the USA would practice imperialism? That is shocking! You must be working for some communist propaganda machine to imply such a thing.
They merely did a friendly take-over of the Phillipines at the beginning of the 20th century, and they still have Guantanamo, in Cuba. But they need Guantanamo in order to send their guests to.
They have shown a friendly interest in those Latin American countries that made the foolish mistake of electing governments democratically, and in their kindness, got involved in helping the people overturn those governments. They have remained, discreetly, to help`make sure those governments have stayed on the right track. After all, those people aren't Americans, so you can't expect them to know how to govern themselves adequately.
So, to suggest the USA would be involved in imperialism? Wherever did you get such a shocking idea!

Answer 3

Imperialism, by definition, is the subjugation of one people by another by military conquest.

The original thirteen colonies don't fit this definition, since they were settled from wilderness areas previously inhabited by people who were hunter-gatherers and therefore had no economy of "owning" land -- the existing technology was stone-age, and the colonists brought the New World the concept of industrialization, trade, efficient agriculture and scientific advances in medicine. Instead of warring tribes killing one another, all of a sudden in 100 years or less, there was a nation of cooperating settlements with a vision of freedom and free enterprise, where religion would be freely respected regardless of whether or not it agreed with that of your neighbor or governor.

The later states mostly do not fit that definition either -- they were settled in much the same way through 1846. The annexation of Texas, its own free republic for a brief 9 years after seceding from Mexico, was voluntary. The Mexican Cession of 1848 following the war with Mexico could possibly be argued as imperialistic -- about ten states fall into that category. The Gadsden Purchase of 1853, the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, the Alaska Purchase of 1867; these were purchases of land for money. The voluntary entering in of Hawaii as a territory, then statehood in 1959 (same year as Alaska) -- was it imperialistic? A local Polynesian queen ruled it but Hawaii had hundreds of years of history as a trade route stopover since Cook first discovered it. All of the states had to eventually RATIFY THE U.S. CONSTITUTION; making it their supreme law of the land. This was a voluntary act on the part of the men who owned land there. Men made the decisions for their families, as the founding fathers intended they should, because of legal precedent in the Bible. Christianity is the only religion which, when practiced Biblically and correctly, respects and honors other religions. Every other religion is at war with all the others.

We still have a vestige of freedom in the US today, because we still have a vestige of Bible-believing people in power in the US today.

Territories now still in the U.S. protectorate umbrella which are not states, number only four (4) today. There were many more immediately after World War II, but most of these have achieved full-fledged status as independent countries. The territories of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Guam, I do not know how much "imperialism" entered in to their becoming territories of the U.S..

Answer 4

Guam, Hawaii, Phillipines, Cuba (Ostend Manifesto and the such), Somoa, Virign Islands, probably. Puerto Rico. Panama canal.

Answer 5

State policy, practice, or advocacy of extending power and dominion, especially by direct territorial acquisition or by gaining political and economic control of other areas. Because imperialism always involves the use of power, often in the form of military force, it is widely considered morally objectionable, and the term accordingly has been used by states to denounce and discredit the foreign policies of their opponents. Imperialism in ancient times is clear in the unending succession of empires in China, western Asia, and the Mediterranean. Between the 15th century and the middle of the 18th, England, France, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain built empires in the Americas, India, and the East Indies. Russia, Italy, Germany, the United States, and Japan became imperial powers in the period from the middle of the 19th century to World War I. The imperial designs of Japan, fascist Italy, and Nazi Germany in the 1930s culminated in the outbreak of World War II. After the war the Soviet Union consolidated its military and political control of the states of eastern Europe (see Iron Curtain). From the early 20th century the U.S. was accused of imperialism for intervening in the affairs of developing countries in order to protect the interests of U.S.-owned international corporations (see United Fruit Co.). Economists and political theorists have debated whether imperialism benefits the states that practice it and whether such benefits or other reasons ever justify a state in pursuing imperialist polices. Some theorists, such as Niccolò Machiavelli, have argued that imperialism is the justified result of the natural struggle for survival among peoples. Others have asserted that it is necessary in order to ensure national security. A third justification for imperialism, offered only infrequently after World War II, is that it is a means of liberating peoples from tyrannical rule or bringing them the blessings of a superior way of life. See also colonialism; sphere of influence.

Answer 6

psssttt don't call the U.S. Virgin Islands the American Virgin Islands...that seem to anger or at least annoy the people there.the USVI was purchased from Denmark which didn't think it could protect them from the Germans during WWI.

As for the Mexican War it did not give U.S. Texas. Texas won it's independence on its own(with help from American volunteers such as Davy Crocket). However after Texas joined the U.S. there was some border dispute where Texas ended and Mexico began. From the Mexian War the U.S. received California, Nevada, Utah and parts of Wyoming, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico.

Answer 7

the Dominican Republic in 1916
Haiti in numerous occasions
Granada in the 1980s
the Phillipines
Panama in 1900s
Mexico in the 1800s...the war that gave the U.S. Texas
Puerto Rico
Cuba in 1886
Chile in 1973 [overthrew Allende for Pinochet]