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    Name:___________________________________________ Period:___________

    New Imperialism DBQ


    The Industrial Revolution equipped Europe with new
    technology, industry, transportation, communication, and
    scientific techniques. Armed with these new items, they
    left their ports for destinations throughout the world to
    exert their power and gain valuable resources.

    Write an essay based on the following arguments and


    prompt. Use the side box for notes.

    1. Analyze the various reasons why European nations


    sought out colonies overseas and what reasons they gave for doing so.

    In your response you should do the following.

     Respond to the prompt with a historically defensible thesis or claim that establishes a line
    of reasoning.
     Describe a broader historical context relevant to the prompt.
     Support an argument in response to the prompt using at least six documents.
     Use at least one additional piece of specific historical evidence (beyond that found in the
    documents) relevant to an argument about the prompt.
     For at least three documents, explain how or why the document’s point of view, purpose,
    historical situation, and/or audience is relevant to an argument.
     Use evidence to corroborate, qualify, or modify an argument that addresses the prompt.

    Document 1: Lord Frederick Lugard, British empire builder.

    There are some who say we have no right to Africa at all, that “it
    belongs to the natives.” I hold that our right is necessary that is upon us
    to provide for our ever-growing population – either by opening new
    fields for emigration, or by providing work and employment…and to
    simulate trade by finding new markets.

    Document 2: “The White Man’s Burden” by Rudyard Kipling

    Take up the White Man’s burden – in patience to abide,


    To veil the treat of terror – and check the show of pride;
    By open speech and simple – An hundred times made plain,
    To seek another’s profit – and work another’s gain.
    Name:___________________________________________ Period:___________

    Document 3: Cecil Rhodes

    I contend that we are the first race in the world and that the more of the
    world we inhabit the better it is for the human race. I contend that every
    acre added to our territory provides for the birth of more of the English
    race, who otherwise would not be brought into existence . . . I believe it
    to be my duty to God, my Queen and my country to paint the whole map
    of Africa red, red from the Cape to Cairo. That is my creed, my dream
    and my mission.

    Document 4: Indian nationalists Dadabhai Naoroji

    [Indians] call the British system, ‘Sakar ki Churi’ the knife of sugar.
    That is to say, there is no oppression, it is all smooth and sweet, but it is
    the knife notwithstanding.

    Document 5: South African Bishop Desmond Tutu, 1984


    When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the
    land. They said ‘Let us pray.’ We closed our eyes. When we opened
    them, we had the Bible and they had the land.

    Document 6: Sekou Toure, an African nationalist

    Colonialism’s greatest misdeed was to have tried to strip us of our


    responsibility in conducting our own affairs and convince us that our
    civilization was nothing less than savagery, thus giving us complexes
    which led to our being branded as irresponsible and lacking in self-
    confidence.
    Name:___________________________________________ Period:___________
    Document 7: British governor-general of Nigeria, Frederick D.
    Lugard, The Rise of Our East African Empire, 1893
    Even the less advanced and more primitive tribes may be equally
    benefited, if not only mechanical and artisan work, such as the
    carpenter’s and blacksmith’s craft, but also the simpler ways of
    agriculture are taught. The sinking of wells, the system of irrigation, the
    introduction and planting of useful trees, the use of manure, and of
    domestic animals for agricultural purposes, the improvement of his tools
    by the introduction of the primitive Indian plough, etc. – all of these,
    while improving the status of the native, will make his land more
    productive, and hence, by increasing his surplus products, will enable
    him to purchase from the trader the cloth which shall add to his decency,
    and the implements and household utensils which shall produce greater
    results for his labor and greater comforts in his social life.

    Document 8: Carl Peters, German author, Die Gründung van


    Deutsch-Ostafrika (The Foundation of German East Africa), 1906

    In the partition of the earth, as it has proceeded from the beginning of


    the fifteenth century up to our times, the German nation received
    nothing. All the remaining European culture-bearing peoples possess
    areas outside our continent where their languages and customs can take
    firm root and flourish. The moment that the German emigrant leaves the
    borders of the Reich behind him, he is a stranger sojourning on foreign
    soil. The German Reich, great in size and strength through its bloodily
    achieved unity, stands in the leading position among the continental
    European powers: her sons abroad must adapt themselves to nations
    which look upon us with either indifference m even hostility. For
    centuries the great stream of German emigration has been plunging
    down into foreign races where it is lost sight of. Germandom outside
    Europe has been undergoing a perpetual national decline...

    The Society for German Colonization aims to undertake on its own, in a


    resolute and sweeping manner, carefully chosen colonization projects
    and thereby supplement the ranks of organizations with similar
    tendencies. Its particular tasks will be:
    1. to provide necessary sums of capital for colonization;
    2. to seek out and lay claim to suitable districts for colonization;
    3. to direct German emigrants to these regions

    Document 9: A Sikkimese Woman Carrying a European on her


    Name:___________________________________________ Period:___________
    Back
    Name:___________________________________________ Period:___________

    Grading

    _____ (0-1 point) Thesis/Claim

     Responds to the prompt with a historically defensible thesis/claim that establishes a line
    of reasoning.

    _____ (0-1 point) Contextualization

     Describes a broader historical context relevant to the prompt.

    _____ (0-3 points) Evidence

     Uses the content of at least three documents to address the topic of the prompt.
     Supports an argument in response to the prompt using at least six documents.
     Uses at least one additional piece of the specific historical evidence (beyond that found in
    the documents) relevant to an argument about the prompt.

    _____ (0-2 points) Analysis and Reasoning

     For at least three documents, explains how or why the document’s point of view,
    purpose, historical situation, and/or audience is relevant to an argument.
     Demonstrates a complex understanding of the historical development that is the focus of
    the prompt, using evidence to corroborate, qualify, or modify an argument that addresses
    the question.

    Areas for Improvement

    Areas of Mastery

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