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Throughout history, imperialism has been explained from different aspects. Some have seen imperialism as a beneficial influence, and others have seen it as a harmful influence. But even though imperialism has benefited the U.S and other countries, it also had a negative outcome upon the seized nation. Throughout the Documents there are many examples of the negatives of imperialism. One Document that shows negative effects of imperialism was document 2. In Document 2, there is a quote that states," When the Whites came to our country, we had the land and they had the Bible. Now we have the Bible and they have the land." This Document shows a negative influence because it stated that the natives didn't even have control of their own land

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...Western Europe and American were industrialized countries and they became more powerful than the nations that had not industrialized such as Asia. The powerful nations were driven to extend into these weaker nations by political, economic, and ideological needs for advancement. In doing so, they were introducing Imperialism although this was not a new practice as it dates back to antiquity. During the 19th century after the Industrialization, we see Imperialism take a new shape and form in order to become more prevalent. The motivations for Imperialism were economic, political, and ideological. Economically, the industrialized nations were eager to extend their nations to find new markets that the non-industrialized worlds may offer. They...

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