Below is an excerpt from a speech from US Senator A.J. Beveridge made in 1900 following the Spanish American War. Reflect on the three main causes/motivators for countries to engage in imperialism as you read the passage and then answer the question that follows. “It is elemental. It is racial. God has not been preparing the English-speaking and Teutonic peoples for a thousand years for nothing but vain and idle self-contemplation and self-admiration. No! He has made us the master organizers of the world to establish system where chaos reigns. He has given us the spirit of progress to overwhelm the forces of reaction throughout the earth. He has made us adept in government that we may administer government among savage and senile peoples. Were it not for such a force as this the world would relapse into barbarism and night. And of all our race He has marked the American people as his chosen nation to finally lead in the regeneration of the world. This is the divine mission of America, and it holds for us all the profit, all the glory, all the happiness possible to man. We are trustees of the world's progress, guardians of its righteous peace.” (Sen. A. J. Beveridge, in Congressional Record, January 9, 1900) Does this quote support political, economic, or social causes for imperialism? Use evidence from the text to support your answer. Your answer must be in complete sentences and plagiarism of any kind will not be tolerated. Question 38 options:
