American Imperialism was good because it improved the United States’ economy. During imperialism, the United States expanded in trade. In a graph of U.S. trade, as the years went by during imperialism, the amount of money (in millions) increased from exports and imports. This shows as the U.S. imperialized, the U.S. increased in trade from gaining resources and markets from their colonies. Trading led to the U.S. being able to purchase more resources and military equipment from their colonies to imperialize. Some people claim that imperialism was bad because of how the U.S. was focused on taking over countries(Source 9). However, the U.S. was improving trade for the country and expanding their boundaries. For instance, the U.S. made massive
