AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR
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Teddy Roosevelt
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Alfred T Mahan
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Henry Cabot Lodge
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Sanford B. Dole
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Detailed explanation-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.
Detailed explanation-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.
Detailed explanation-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.
Detailed explanation-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.