why did nations engage in imperialism?
966649
Imperialism has been around since the beginning of time. And will continue as long as one nation is more powerful than its neighbors. \n   The reason? Resources, influence, human nature? Hate?
906861
Colonialism is lso the same as: expansionism, colonization, imperialism, interventionism
206818
In World War I, the six major powers were set against each other. At the time, the US was an isolationist (which means that we didn't want to get involved in European affairs) There was a lot of nationalism in the countries, and each country built up their armies. Russia, France, and Britain against Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy. Noone expected it to cause as many causualties as it did, but since each nation was so powerful, it did. The troops were in trenches, (trench warfare) for several years. At the time, they had machine guns, and the only way to advance was to cross the area between the trenches called "No man's land" When they crossed no man's land, they were mowed down with machine guns. So the generals, instead of looking for other methods, chose instead to send more troops, causing more casualties.
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Nationalism....everyone had a heightend sense of pride in their own nation. It would be easier to bring up soliders for the "great war" since everyone believed their nation to be best and worth fighting for. Also like nations got into alliances and often these alliances got quite tangled and would eventually be seenas probably the one of the main causes for the war. Imperalism....the powers that be in Europe were all competing on the international level for resources, markets, and prestige. The highly hostile and competitive atmosphere because of conflicting interests helped add to a war climate. Militarism... since most of the main powers needed a strong military to be able to exert their imperial dominance, strong militaries were popular during the period. As one nation built up their arms, the others would follow suit in order to avoid the balance of power from tipping to far one way. Each of these causes helped build a foundation for war which was sparked because of the archdukes assination.
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No countries have done such things, groups within countries have done though.  For example, Islamic fundimentalists have waged war on western civilisation (not just Christianity I might add) but that doesn't mean all of the Middle East suddenly becomes an enemy.  Much in the same way, the Nazis were German but that doesn't mean all of Germany was an enemy during WW2, just the state that took presidence.
477383
Globalization is neo-imperialism. This means the whole world should do what USA tells them to do. Anybody says anything against the western invasion, will be called "Anti-western" and be destroyed by American globalizers. On the other hand it is the god given right of the west to be anti-east. To make sure this plan of globalization works, son-of-a-bush is making sure that nobody else can have nuclear bombs. Only America has used nuclear bomb in the past and only they can have it.
448147
What imperialist expansion?  The U.S. has not taken on any new possessions in about a century.  If we were an imperialist nation than we would own Japan, half of Germany, and the panama canal, among other areas.  \n\nThe War on Terror is a response to an attack on U.S. soil.
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It widened due to the expanisionist policy of the Nazis.  Simply: they wanted to go and invade everyone else.  This caused some people to get a bit peeved, and they started to fight back.  The more the Nazis threatened or invaded other nations, the more countries joined the allies.
203365
Because a lot of world powers(the US, Germany, China, Italy, etc) were fighting in the war, and it wasn't just one country against the other.
533619
Buying?..lol, than why didn't they use that money and get industrialized, rather called "developing world"? It is stealing, and these countries happened to be poor and unable to defend their resources, because puppet regimes allowed this to happen.
203431
Late 1800's, under McKinely or TRoosevelt, it was when America was expanding for more marketes, especially in South America and the Philipines. Alot of people regard this as America's "Imperialist" stage
961250
B-definitely\nBy the end of th 19th century almost all of Africa and Asia were control ed by both Britain and French hands, and the Caribbean has been a European possession for hundreds of years.  The control of Asia and Africa by the French and British was one of the main causes of the first world war, as Germany was forced to take possession of the most undesirable locations.  This was a root cause of the rivalry that lead to WWI.
96831
Because the nations who are allowed to have them will only use them for defense(for themselves or  other, weaker countries) and China, Iran, Iraq, etc. are aggressive towards other nations. \nFor those of you who are going to argue that the US invaded Afghanistan and Iraq, we didn't do it to conquer and rule them. We invaded because they were ruled by evil, dangerous dictaters comperable to Hitler in their cruelty and threat to all civilized countries. And, even though we did attack them, we didn't use nukes. In short, we can be trusted with them, and the others can't.
145798
First, Imperialism is a policy of extending control or authority over foreign entities as a means of acquisition and/or maintenance of empires, either through direct territorial conquest or through indirect methods of exerting control on the politics and/or economy of other countries. The US has never been a acquisition nation.\n\nNow, there has been a trend to criticize imperialism not at an economic or political level, but at a simply cultural level, particularly the widespread global influence of American culture. We have a great deal of influence on all cultures and our culture is slowly changing the world. \n\nIt comes down to how you view it.
920635
Russia expanded its empire by taking over its surrounding land.\n\nA sea empire, as UK, expanded by use of its navy. Most of the British empire was no where near the islands.
561981
Of course they are different. Look at their societies; Northern have stronger economies, crime is lower, less corruption. Ironic, but it's the same in Europe as it is in north America. Criticise imperialism, but nations that were colonized by GB are better off today than countries colonized by France, Spain, Portugal, and NL. Good, uncorrupted government serves mankind well.
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Protection of shipping/trade routes.  Imperialism was beginning to come to an end.  The small island nations that would become territorties or puppet regimes of the U.S. were used as docking/filling stations for the Navy and commericial ships of the U.s.