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This 3 page paper briefly summarizes Maureen Konkle’s article about U.S. imperialism and the way the government systematically redefined indigenous peoples as savages in order to take their land. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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their land, it was necessary to define them as savages or otherwise undesirable; or to see them as "children" in need of the white mans superior knowledge. This paper summarizes
the main points of Konkles article, and argues that her assertions are correct. Discussion One of Konkles main points is that its difficult to approach U.S. imperialism because it is
so widely accepted as to be invisible. Historian William Appleman says that "in the United States empire is absent from explicit recognition but permeates U.S. society as a way of
life" (Konkle, 2008, p. 297). The idea of an American empire is "completely naturalized (thus the way of life) but also utterly depoliticized (thus the difficulty of recognizing it as
a historical process comparable to others)" (Konkle, 2008, p. 297). Perhaps the best illustration of how ingrained the idea of U.S. empire is, or rather, how often it is overlooked
because it is part of the fabric of the nation, is the idea of Manifest Destiny. This doctrine is usually presented in history courses as the reason why the United
States moved west, and nothing else is said about it. America had a "destiny" to go from sea to sea, and now we move on to the next topic. However,
some serious reflection reveals problems with this approach, and part of the reason for the invisibility of American empire. Students are told about Manifest Destiny, but its never questioned, merely
presented as a fact of history. But there is absolutely no logical reason why the U.S. had to spread across the continent. It could comprise two countries, or 12, or
32. Nor are we invited to consider what this doctrine meant to indigenous peoples. Instead, material is presented in history courses that tends to be told from the white perspective,
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