USA HISTORY

“The United States sent troops into my nation uninvited. Your business leasers gained control of our resources.” This quotation reflects Latin American opposition to the United States policy of

(A) conatinment

(B) humanitarianism

(C) neutrality

(D) ** imperialism

Concept note-1: -In the late nineteenth century, the United States abandoned its century-long commitment to isolationism and became an imperial power. After the Spanish-American War, the United States exercised significant control over Cuba, annexed Hawaii, and claimed Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines as territories.

Concept note-2: -The most important argument in favor of US imperialism was the financial gain to be had by giving American businesses access to colonial resources and markets.

Concept note-3: -In the U.S. context, a host of economic, geopolitical, cultural, and political motives caused what scholars call the “new imperialism” beginning in 1898.