Chamberlain and Fabri: Strong Advocates A brief but seriously intense period of imperial and colonial expansion took place in many Western nations between 1870 to 1905.1 With the addition of newly formed nations such as Germany, the desire for expansion transformed into a competition, as the opportunity to build or enlarge empires, (especially for those that were newly formed), decreased at a rapid rate. Unclaimed areas were claimed with a sense of urgency, before other nations could do so. This heightening of national competition produced a new sense of popular nationalism with which people of all classes, religions, and ethnic groups identified. In this sense, many ad