HISTORY
THE AGE OF IMPERIALISM
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Question
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to become an empire, the US needed to acquire naval bases and strengthen its naval power
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the burden of the white man is to support and uplift non-whites
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imperialism was not democratic and engaging in it would be hypocritical
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the nation’s economic needs could be satisfied from within as the US should avoid risking itself in foreign entanglements
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Detailed explanation-1: -Mahan feel the United States should build up its naval power? Alfred T. Mahan believed that the US should build its navy to protect US shipping interests and stay competitive with evermore imperialist European nations.
Detailed explanation-2: -Mahan believed that if the Royal Navy blockaded the East Coast of the United States, the US Navy should be concentrated in one of its ports, preferably New York Harbor with its two widely separated exits, and employ torpedo boats to defend the other harbors.
Detailed explanation-3: -Mahan wanted the United States to build a blue-water navy. He wanted the nation to promote and subscribe to policies that would require the development of a large navy consistent with his theories as expressed in The Influence of Sea Power.
Detailed explanation-4: -Alfred Thayer Mahan was a leading imperialist who felt that national greatness was based on a nation’s naval power. He urged a large navy, a large merchant fleet, and colonies to serve as coaling stations and places for trade.