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Race Vs Imperialism

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U.S imperialism was both like and unlike the imperialism practiced by European powers. The assertion that U.S. imperialism was unlike any other is because of the way that citizens viewed themselves. While native European citizens supported imperialism because of resources and wealth which their colonies provided, they mainly supported the expansion of their empires because they thought they were “helping” the supposed inferior races by colonizing. Race played a very large and important role in the rise of overseas European empires and while they acknowledge this fact, the U.S., on the other hand, had a different reason. While some U.S. policy makers did acknowledge that race was a factor and that they, like the Europeans, were only trying

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