U.s. Government 's Impact On The United States

Throughout the history of the United States, America had a desire to expand its boundaries. The United States acquired most of it's land during the nineteenth and early twentieth century with a brief break during the Civil War and Reconstruction. However, the way America went about graining new lands drastically changed from non-aggressive means in the beginning to extremely aggressive means towards the end. This essay will depict the extent to how late nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century United States expansionism was a continuation

William Seward's proposal of the Alaskan Purchase sparked many different opinions on the matter. Most citizens are looking at Alaska as a poor decision. However many people see the benefits that Alaska can provide. Alaska lands have a wide abundance of natural resources, also not many residents. Using the natural resources could have a great impact on the Revolutionary side of the country, improving the need for resources in most businesses. Alaska would also open up many land areas to the U.S. that could benefit Military wise. Although Alaska would be the first U.S. territory that did not border the continent.

In the late 1890's, the United States experiences imperialistic feelings rise again. The country as a whole feared our resources running out, so there was an increase in foreign trade. The intellectual justification for the idea of the New Manifest Destiny was social Darwinism, or survival of the fittest. In Latin America, the United States sided with Venezuela against Britain over border disputes; we were willing to go to war with Britain on the matter and we were protecting our own interests there. In 1898, France and Britain annexed Hawaii to the United States, which was an

After the Civil War, the United States struggled to keep up with other countries in the world. While figuring out how fix the corruption in the American government, the other countries were practicing imperialism. Imperialism is a policy by which strong nations extend their political, military, and economic control over weaker territories. Realizing that we needed to make a change, the United States started working towards the goal of practicing imperialism as well. To do this, our first few targets were Hawaii and Alaska. In 1867, we sought to buy Alaska because they had resources that we wanted, such as lumber and minerals. This was known as Seward’s Folly after the Secretary of State William Seward. In 1898, our desire of Hawaii was fulfilled when they agreed to annexation. However, this was not without struggle. King Kalakaua of Hawaii wanted the white planters to vote, but when he died, his sister, Queen Liliuokalani reversed his decision. She took away the power of whites, which eventually led to her being overthrown with the help of the United States Marines. The Hawaiian people opposed annexation, but when Mckinley became president, Hawaii was declared American territory. Sanford B. Doyle, a white plantation owner who asked for the annexation, became the first governor of Hawaii. This addition into American territory drastically influenced our economy.

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Prior to the First World War, the USA was a flourishing power in terms of having one of the largest economies and military strength, however America had few foreign policy ambitions during this period. Despite purchasing Alaska from Russia in 1867, there was no real interest in expanding America. Before The Great War, it seemed unlikely that America would become involved in war over the conflicts of other western powers. They considered themselves a ‘City on the Hill’, an example to the rest of the world of stability and democracy. The large Navy ensured security of the North American continent and the small professional army, points to the overwhelmingly defensive front they put on. Washington adopted an isolationist policy with regards

In an attempt to increase trade and prove itself as an economic and military superpower, the US began to expand overseas and increase its military size; the US believed in International Darwinism and saw these actions as an expansion of Manifest Destiny which lead to imperialism. People like William H. Seward pushed to annex Midway Island and purchased Alaska to expand the size of the US. However, imperialism became a controversial debate among the American people throughout the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Expansionists and Jingoists like Theodore Roosevelt wanted to protect and gain control of other nations including Puerto Rico, Philippines, and Guam, whereas anti-imperialists such as William Jennings Bryan, Mark Twain, and Jane Adams were against entangling the US in unneeded conflicts overseas and depriving other nations of their rights. Thus, while advocates of expansionism wanted to educate and civilize other nations and improve US unity, oppositions argued that the US should improve domestic conflicts instead of involving themselves in foreign affairs and should not force America’s ideals on other nations.

The benefits the United States gained from Hawaii won secure access to sugar and fruit plantations. A Pacific port

At the turn of the century, and after gaining our independence, the United States land mass more than doubled through the use of purchasing, annexing, and war. However, the foreign policy of our government took a predominately isolationist stand. This was a national policy of abstaining from political or economic relations with other countries. General Washington shaped these values by upholding and encouraging the use of these principles by warning to avoid alliances in his farewell speech. The reasoning behind these actions was that the Republic was a new nation. We did not have the resources or the means to worry about other

There were several islands that the United States needed to gain access to first to be able to reach China easily. In 1897, President Mckinley decided to annex these islands, which led to Hawaii becoming a colony of the United States in 1898. The U.S. also sought out for Cuba and many Americans hoped that it could be a new slave territory.

By the early 1900’s, the United States and those who governed it, felt like the rest of the world was theirs for the taking. Whether it be military, economic or political based, American imperialism was the root cause of most of the United States involvement in international affairs. One example of this is the annexation of Hawaii. The relationship between Hawaii and the United States was based on the economic advantage to American sugar cane plantation owners and the import/export industry. By the 1890’s Hawaiian Queen Liliuokalani was determined to remove the hold that the wealthy Americans had in Hawaii. At this same time in 1980, the McKinley Tariff was placed on imported sugar cane from Hawaii making the product less competitive and

During the late 19th century, the United States competed with other industrialized nations to claim territory. This period of time was known as the Imperial Age. Imperialism is when one country extends its influence over other lands. This scramble for territory was fueled by the prospect of new markets and military advantages. Moral obligations such as civilizing “backward” nations, and moral obligations such as spreading Christianity, also led Americans to seek lands to conquer.

This section, Ch. 4 Sec. 1, was based upon Imperialism, specifically imperialism in the Pacific, hence the title of the section “Imperialism in the Pacific”. As expressed in the section, during the 19th century, imperialism in America was flourishing, becoming a major aspect of America and initializing America as an Imperial Power nation. Imperialism is the policy in which stronger nations extend their economic, political, or military control over weaker nations, through annexation and establishing colonies overseas. The progression of Imperialism in America was due to the fact that many people and American leaders wanted United States to join in and gain on the power of imperialism, as many other countries did, by imperialising the pacific

First, there are three areas of interest that the United States need to access in order to gain greater trade relations and alliances in order to exploit the Pacific territories. Japan, Hawaii, and China have predominately controlled the Pacific islands up to this point, but with an improved Navy presence the U.S. could find economic and cultural success for both the working and upper class. Another focal point for the United States that was vital to world trade is having a passage from the Pacific Ocean to the Caribbean. This connector will allow the east and west to control means of production along with improving economic wealth. Weaker countries in the Pacific and Caribbean rely on the United States commercially, as their governments and political authority realize that annexation is in the best interest for both parties involved. The citizens of these smaller countries are not capable of maintaining stable lifestyles so they need the outside support of the United States. In aiding weaker countries the United States will benefit from stronger foreign relations that will benefit the U.S. in terms of trade and foreign

The United States expanded territorially in many different ways. One of the main ways was war, also purchasing land or just taking land, as they did to the Indians. There were many points of view on expanding territorially and many reasons why or why not the United States should expand. The ideas of manifest destiny, imperialism, social darwinism, and the fear that if the United States didn’t join in and try to acquire land then there would be no land left for them. They would be inferior to other countries and that is not what they wanted. On the other hand anti-imperialist thought that expansion was immoral and they were afraid that expanding too much would start polluting America and threaten American Liberties. In the end the United