The departure of imperialism from expansionism is more obvious than its continuation. First of all, for expansionism, there was not as much problem as imperialism becuase it was expanding domestically. Meanwhile, it was more complicated for later because those countries America wanted to conquer were foreign territories and it led rebellions. Before America started looking outside of the nation, countries like Germany, Britain, Japan and Russia had already controlled most of the world (Doc A). Inspired by them, America felt a necessity to be a part of the
The departure of imperialism from expansionism is more obvious than its continuation. First of all, for expansionism, there was not as much problem as imperialism becuase it was expanding domestically. Meanwhile, it was more complicated for later because those countries America wanted to conquer were foreign territories and it led rebellions. Before America started looking outside of the nation, countries like Germany, Britain, Japan and Russia had already controlled most of the world (Doc A). Inspired by them, America felt a necessity to be a part of the