WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
IMMIGRATION IN INDUSTRIAL AMERICA
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to establish a commonwealth of colonies
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to establish military bases around the world
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to acquire new markets and sources of raw materials
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to spread democratic ideals to other areas of the world
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Detailed explanation-1: -American business leaders and farmers believed that foreign markets with access to additional consumers would alleviate some of these problems. By 1890, many American business leaders began to cast covetous eyes overseas in a search for new markets and investment opportunities.
Detailed explanation-2: -At the end of the 19th century the growth in population and in production led many people to look outward. By expanding, America would ensure that there would always be access to foreign markets for America’s surplus products to be sold. To fuel America’s industrial economy, people found expanding very beneficial.
Detailed explanation-3: -Some saw lucrative economic opportunities in the vast stretches of arable land and superb Pacific Coast ports. Others dreamed of the romance of settling uncharted terrain, or thought the United States should expand rapidly across the continent before foreign nations could do so.
Detailed explanation-4: -The three reasons the US expanded overseas was for economical power in overseas markets, to civilized non white nations like the Europeans did during the birth of America, and because the frontier was closed and Americans wanted to expand their influence.