The 19th century was a little crazy. Wars were starting, there was the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, and there was the battle between imperialists and anti-imperialists. Both thought they were superior in all ways. Also, they thought other races and countries were inferior. Even though they had this similarity, they were still different.

Imperialism is when people think they are “helping” others like Filipinos, Africans, and Asians and other countries by taking their colonies. All they really wanted was military strength and new markets.  They wanted colonies for money and wealth. Theodore Roosevelt and President William McKinley were imperialists. They believed their military would get stronger because more people means a better army force. Imperialists would get more money because they would be getting raw materials to sell.

Anti-Imperialists really didn’t want to get involved with the other races and counties. They excluded them by all means necessary. Anti-imperialists thought wages would go down if we colonized. The anti-imperialists hated imperialists because they didn’t like how they were “helping” them. The anti-imperialist thought that with more people they would raise the taxes to pay for military and other stuff.

Imperialists and anti-imperialists had many differences but they had one similarity. They both thought other countries were inferior. They also thought they were the best nation in the world. Imperialists thought other countries needed help and did this by teaching them new religions, government, and clothing options. Anti-imperilists  didn’t really want to “help” the other countries because they thought they were better instead.

In conclusion, both sides were racist but they had a lot of differences. Imperialists wanted to “help” and anti-imperialists didn’t want to get involved. This conflict was why the 19th century was pretty crazy.