AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR
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It gave the military easier access to Europe.
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It increased the number of military volunteers.
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It allowed military ships to refuel and control large portions of the Pacific Ocean.
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It forced the government to decrease military spending and fire soldiers.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Making the journey to China and maintaining the U.S. presence there also required a network of ports extending across the Pacific Ocean, and as such, the China trade soon drove the United States to expand its presence throughout the Pacific region.
Detailed explanation-2: -A significant push toward the west coast of North America began in the 1810s. It was intensified by the belief in manifest destiny, federally issued Indian removal acts, and economic promise.
Detailed explanation-3: -By the end of the Mexican-American War in 1848, the United States had extended sovereignty from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean and from the 49th parallel on the Canadian border to the Rio Grande in the south.
Detailed explanation-4: -The three permanently inhabited U.S. Pacific territories are the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and American Samoa.