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AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM

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Many people agreed with political humorist Mark Twain who commented, “I am opposed to having the eagle put its talon on any other land.” Mark Twain could be described as
A
an imperialist
B
an anti-imperialist
C
a Roosevelt supporter
D
an environmentalist
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -And so I am an anti-imperialist. I am opposed to having the eagle put its talons on any other land.

Detailed explanation-2: -Twain objected to America’s imperialistic ambitions after the Spanish American War because he felt that imperialism was antithetical to America’s highest values of freedom and equality. In the Spanish American War of 1898, the U.S. acquired colonies in the Philippines, Puerto Rico and Guam.

Detailed explanation-3: -Mark Twain’s weapons of satire: anti-imperialist writings on the Philippine-American War.

Detailed explanation-4: -It included among its members such notables as Andrew Carnegie, Mark Twain, William James, David Starr Jordan, and Samuel Gompers with George S. Boutwell, former secretary of the Treasury and Massachusetts, as its president.

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