AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
END OF WWI
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establishing peace without victory
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encouraging national self-determination
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putting the United States in a position of world power
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establishing free and open trade between Western nations
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Detailed explanation-1: -Although a Republican, Lodge was a staunch supporter of American interventionism and can even be considered an imperialist. Imperialism is the policy of expanding a nation’s control over other foreign regions or states. To end World War I, Wilson and the Democrats had drafted the Treaty of Versailles.
Detailed explanation-2: -Following American victory in the Spanish–American War, Lodge came to represent the imperialist faction of the Senate, those who called for the annexation of the Philippines. Lodge maintained that the United States needed to have a strong navy and be more involved in foreign affairs.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Lodge Reservations, written by United States Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, the Republican Majority Leader and Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations, were fourteen reservations to the Treaty of Versailles and other proposed post-war agreements.
Detailed explanation-4: -(July 5, 1902 – February 27, 1985) was an American diplomat and Republican Party politician who represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate and served as United States Ambassador to the United Nations in the administration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower.