Research Paper On 19th Century American Imperialism

“Imperialism” spoke about the United States involvement with other countries toward the end of the 19th century. The United States wanted to be an imperialist countries, like Great Britain, France, Japan, and Germany, in order gain economic and trading benefits. It started with the idea of liberating Cuba from Spain. After the United States won, they made Cuba accept a protectorate, allowing the United States to do whatever they want basically. Afterward, the United States had its first Asian war with Philippines. Using the excuse to “civilized” the people, the United States did not want to grant independence to Philippines. There were several causalities in this war. Later on, the United States also had wars in the Pacific with Korea and Vietnam.
Sometimes, I think we stick our head where it should not be and it leads to so many unnecessary battles. The United States put on a pretentious mask that they are there to help. But that was never the truth. Starting with the Cubans, we saw opportunities in an island so close to Florida. After helping them escape Spanish rule, we choose to put a protectorate on them. It is hypocritical that we “liberate” them from Spain in order to control them ourselves for our gains. We exposed their people not only from their land, but also tried to dominate their way of life.
Considering our history as a colony of Great Britain, we should know better not to enact the same actions on other countries. We did what the English did to us back in the 1700s; we did not want to hear about the natives’ grievances. They are thousands of miles away of us, so we should not try to interfere with them. The idea of western civilization being superior to other cultures is narrow-minded. The acts of racism toward the natives are just wrong. “Racism and social snobbery” are valid terms to describe the American’s attitude toward smaller