Seven Reasons for the Expansion of the American Empire 1. World Markets (McKinley’s) a. 1865 US export $400 million dollars’ worth of stuff b. 1890 US export $1.6 billion dollars’ worth of stuff 2. Capital Investments a. 1870 zero investments in world markets b. 1900 $500 million investments in world markets 3. Protection a. Stronger military i. 1883 - US navy 1.…
During the mid-nineteenth century, a number of U.S. business leaders attempted to take expansion into the region into their own hands by financing unauthorized military interventions, known as “filibusters,” in countries such as Cuba and Nicaragua with the hope of overthrowing the government and expanding the United States. Although the federal government refused to recognize such unauthorized expeditions as legitimate, it did invoke the expansionist doctrine in the buildup to the Spanish-American War (1898), which resulted in the United States taking possession of a number of Spanish territories in the Caribbean. By the close of the nineteenth century, Manifest Destiny had led to the U.S. acquisition of the outlying territories of Alaska, the Hawaiian Islands, Midway Islands, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, Guam, Wake Island, American Samoa, the Panama Canal Zone, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.…
MANIFEST DESTINY- had overtaken American justification for expansion- The US had the right and the obligation to expand to the Pacific.…
One of the continuations, was the idea that God had given us this divine right to expand whether moving west of to other places, ideas related to John O'Sullivan's "Manifest Destiny" and then the New Manifest Destiny, as well as the idea of social Darwinism, which gave excuse for taking lands from the Filipinos or Native Americans based on racial superiority. Josiah Strong based part of his belief on America's superiority on them being the "purist Christianity the highest civilization." And led to the statement of America being the fittest in the western hemisphere. This all leads to America forcing its way, by taking lands from Native Americans and war with Mexico to acquire Texas and the Mexican Cession, similar to America taking the Philippines after defeating Spain, although the Philippines in end chose to be its own independent nation once given the choice. Plus the benefits of resources were both present in expansion. Another similarity was expanding by purchases; examples are the acquisitions of Florida, Louisiana, "Gadsden Purchase," also the ten million dollar purchase of Alaska.…
The long history of the United States is one of continual expansion as shows in the late nineteenth and twentieth-century. Certain factors can be found that are responsible for early American expansion and late nineteenth century imperialism. The motives for expansionism both in America and out were relatively the same. Religious reasons such as in early expansion was spreading Christianity and in late imperialism spreading Christianity to our little brown brothers in the Philippines. Economic factors were contributed by building railroads in expansion and using the sugar and cheap labor in Cuba during imperialism years. Social motives like those in the early years were that of railroads across the plains and keeping up with the European powers in the imperialistic years. Humanitarian, we thought, reasons in the early expansion years was assimilating the Indians and then years later, assimilating the Filipinos. Finally, geographic motives such as the Louisiana Purchase to double the size of America and annexing Hawaii and imperializing Cuba and the Philippines in the later years. The only major difference between these times was the expansion beyond America’s borders.…
one would think that rapid territorial growth of the United States would have helped the nation avoid conflicts rather than create them. Explain why expansion brought North and South into conflict, and identify the most important events in the developing contest over the west. USING SPECIFIC EXAMPLES, explain how the environment affected the American expansionism and economic development, both positively and negatively.…
For the country to protect its valuable territory, it must build itself from within. By protecting itself, they are keeping their chances of colonization high. The United States sought to obtain some of the new territory so that they may protect themselves not only economically but militarily. Alfred T. Mahan wrote text on how the United States should control many islands in the pacific so that they could be used as â??coaling stationsâ?�(doc C). They saw this strategy as an advantage in battle tactics in case of war. Many economic benefits came with the new territory. The new islands such as Guam and Hawaii were merely an earlier idea on a larger scale. In the early nineteenth-century, the idea of Manifest Destiny caused a large migration to the western half of the country. The thought that new benefits for boosting the economy would come from the new fertile lands. They would also have control of two oceans; a key to economic prosperity. This expansionism and craving to gain the benefitsof new lands to protect their military and economic interests was merely a rise to power that they knew they deserved; this has always been a primary factor in the ideals of the United States.…
Throughout the history its been argued whether the United States had been expansionistic oriented or not, due to its limited presence only in the North American continent. In the late nineteenth century, the United States emerged the drive in expanding to the outside of the continent. The idea of imperialism in the Philippines became popular under the parole of protecting the world from Spanish rule, which was just a cover-up for the real reasons for the presence on these islands. This policy caused much controversy among politicians as well as the citizens. There were many reasons behind these imperialistic urges. One of the main reasons is that the United States sought to expand to foreign markets, and needed the Pacific islands as refueling stations for their ships. The other important reason for the expansion was to spread the Christianity among the heathen (Carnes page 576). In addition, the final reason for these imperialistic urges is that the U.S. had the necessity to annex some overseas properties.…
In the late 1800s America was beginning to expand its territory overseas. With booming increase in wealth and industrialism, America was prepared to take on new challenges outside its boundaries. Manifest Destiny and American Imperialism both had differences and similarities in which led to American expansion overseas, The overseas expansion began in 1898 with the Spanish American war. America used the explosion of Maine to ignite a war with Spain. As the Rough Riders eng Both of these were similar in the fact that they wanted to expand America.…
Did the Expansion of America come about due to the deliberate, strategic, and diplomatic efforts by the US Government or the results of isolated incident?…
During the 1890s, the United States was expanding its territory and power internationally in the pacific and in Latin America. We slowly rose up economically as we made business alliances with other markets, and we rode up politically as we have been successful in battles and wars. Our motives for invading and expanding are examined as we examine our successes throughout the New Era and the World Wars.…
The United States expansion pattern is quite simply explained by the country’s desire for growth, which came from a place feeling threatened by the possibility of Latin American territories growing, and at one point becoming a credible threat to U.S. power. However, given the times, as Gonzalez explains, one of the main reasons the U.S. felt it could not allow for these areas of Latin America to become independent (even if their governments were modeled after the American revolution) was because they were headed towards eradicating slavery. As part of the expansion pattern, North-American merchants and traders supported weak Latin-American leaders only to overthrow them and later annex these territories.…
Expanding the boundaries of the United States began almost immediately after the country declared its independence from Britain in 1776. Growing from the original thirteen colonies along the eastern seaboard to eventually encompass a major part of North America from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean, manifest destiny played a significant role. The manifest destiny of the country was to expand and grow as much as possible to provide ample space for the millions of people to come (Tindall & Shi, 2013). This growth and expansion increased opportunities for economic development including manufacturing and exportation of products. Once the expansion reached the Pacific Ocean and the borders were defined with Mexico and Canada, the only…
It was our Manifest Destiny to expand our empire. In the United States, settlers across the board believed they were destined to expand across North America from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Thomas Jefferson, our third president, predicted that the nation’s future depended on its westward expansion. According to the online OpenStax textbook, section 11.1, subsection: Lewis and Clark, it states, “Many Americans also dreamed of finding a Northwest Passage and opening the Pacific to American commerce and influence, including President Thomas Jefferson. In April 1803, Jefferson achieved his goal of purchasing the Louisiana Territory from France, effectively doubling the size of the United States. The purchase was made possible due to events…
The industrial revolution of the last quarter of the 19th century was the primary factor in the shifting foreign policy. As the nation became more industrialized it began to look overseas for new markets for its manufactured goods and for new sources of raw materials to feed the growing industrial system. To protect these foreign markets and raw materials the United States began to expand its power and influence overseas through the acquisition of trading centers, naval stations, and coaling ports. Indeed one of the major differences between the expansion of the 1890s and previous decades was that the nation did not see these new territories as potential states to add to the nation, but as spheres of influence in the aid of foreign trade.…