imperialism

VHistory 101B 10/25/00 Section 8 Western Imperialism We live in a world in which the consequences of nineteenth and twentieth century Western imperialism are still being felt. By the early nineteen hundreds Western civilization reached the high point of it’s long standing global expansion. The expansion took many forms such as economic, political, and cultural imperialism. Europeans invested a lot of money abroad to build railroads, ports, mines, plantations as well as factories and public utilities. …

…so today. Although Westerners gave many justifications for the motivation of imperialism and gained much support for it, many people do not think it is a good thing. However, even though many conflicts and exploitation resulted from imperialism, I feel that there has been an overall good impact on the entire world. Imperialism has helped move the economy along, and has made strong political and cultural ties between many countries that are still seen today.