USA HISTORY

Advocated American expansion as a way to increase national pride, spread civilization, and gain world power.

(A) Teddy Roosevelt

(B) Alfred T Mahan

(C) ** Henry Cabot Lodge

(D) Sanford B. Dole

Concept note-1: -Henry Cabot Lodge supported American expansion as a way to increase national pride, spread civilization, and thereby gain world power. Drawing upon the theories of Mahan, Cabot Lodge favored an American-controlled canal through Central America and a strong navy to protect American ships.

Concept note-2: -Both a desire for new markets for its industrial products and a belief in the racial and cultural superiority of Americans motivated the United States’ imperial mission.

Concept note-3: -A term coined in the late nineteenth century to refer to advocates for expanded U.S. economic, political, and military power in the world. imperialism.

Concept note-4: -A complex mix of political, social, and economic factors fueled American expansionist sentiment in the 1840s. Many Americans subscribed to the concept of “Manifest Destiny, ” the belief that Providence preordained the United States to occupy as much land on the continent as possible.