AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
AMERICAN IMPERIALISM
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“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
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conatinment
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humanitarianism
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neutrality
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imperialism
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-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.
Detailed explanation-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.
Detailed explanation-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.
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