Chapter 22 DBQ

1. Fredrick Jackson Turner believed that the Frontier was the key to the American economic boom. He believed that Frontier shaped American culture and made it more different and unique from the British culture, which America came from. Turner fears that with the closing of the Frontier America will not be able to spread Christianity and the idea of democracy and civil liberty to save the inferior races. Turner believes Christianity and the idea of civil liberty are the two things that all of mankind need to be "lifted into the light of the highest Christian civilization."

2. Proponents of people argued that it was part of the American destiny to govern smaller nations. They believed that the reason America was developed with such a proficient government was to .help govern nations of the inferior race. Josiah Strong states that God "has made us adept in government that we may administer government among savage and senile peoples." According to Strong Americans were the chosen people of God and it was the American's responsibility to 'save' the inferior race.

3. I believe at the time ideology was most important in encouraging American imperialism but economic benefits and strategic interest were the underlying factors in encouraging American imperialism. Big Businessmen and Politician saw American imperialism as a way to expand power. The Ideology was used to gain support from the public because the principals of democracy and freedom were very important to the average American.

4. Foreign policy should be governed by economic interest because even though Foreign policy based freedom and democracy are wonderful in theory, it provide any benefits. An economic based foreign policy would farther the country more.

5. The United States should enter in the internal affairs of a foreign country when they start to effect the United States economy. "The right to intervene may be justified by the very serious injury to the commerce, trade, and business of our people."(Sumner) Other reasons is when the conflict is being prolonged and neither side is "either unable or unwilling to stop or mitigate...," which was Sumner's justification for U.S. intervention into the Spanish American War.