Compare How Was Us Overseas Imperialism
How was U.S. overseas imperialism in 1898 similar to and different from earlier American expansion across North America, or "Manifest Destiny?" Was this "new imperialism" a fundamental departure from America's tradition, or simple a further extension of "westward migration?"
In 1898 when the United States was expanding from Hawaii to the Philippines ideas of Manifest Destiny come to mind. This neo-imperialism was not a fundamental departure from America's tradition. Because Americans believed that moving westward was important for economic forces, political forces, and Darwin ideas it was not a simple extension of "westward" migration that also departed from America's tradition. In America's first move to move westward, the United States
In 1898 when the United States was expanding from Hawaii to the Philippines ideas of Manifest Destiny come to mind. This neo-imperialism was not a fundamental departure from America's tradition. Because Americans believed that moving westward was important for economic forces, political forces, and Darwin ideas it was not a simple extension of "westward" migration that also departed from America's tradition. In America's first move to move westward, the United States