The idea that American and European countries had a duty to spread their culture (and religion) to other 'less civilized' parts of the world. In this way imperialism was justified as doing a good thing. The name came from a poem by the English poet Rudyard Kipling.

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The idea that American and European countries had a duty to spread their culture (and religion) to other 'less civilized' parts of the world. In this way imperialism was justified as doing a good thing. The name came from a poem by the English poet Rudyard Kipling.