AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
AMERICAN IMPERIALISM
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the growing desire for new economic markets outside the United States
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a belief that American should not expand beyond its current borders
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the idea that Americans were a superior people and had a God-given right to control the North America continent
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a philosophy that stated government should take a “hands off” approach to the economy
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Detailed explanation-1: -The philosophy describing the necessary expansion of the nation westward was called Manifest Destiny; the belief that it was our duty to settle the continent, conquer and prosper.
Detailed explanation-2: -The term was used by the then-Democrats in the 1840s to justify the Mexican–American War, and it was also used to negotiate the Oregon boundary dispute.
Detailed explanation-3: -Which statement best describes the doctrine of manifest destiny? God expected white Americans to expand across the continent and spread democratic ideals.
Detailed explanation-4: -Newspaper editor John O’Sullivan coined the term “manifest destiny” in 1845 to describe the essence of this mindset. A symbol of Manifest Destiny, the figure “Columbia” moves across the land in advance of settlers, replacing darkness with light and ignorance with civilization.