At the end of the 1800s/early 1900s, America was experiencing major difficulties such as maintaining unaffected trade and commerce points during external wars, rising need for a strong navy to protect the country and support the merchant industry, and the outrage of the American Genocide. These significant issues led to the influence of imperialism in America. Imperialism was majorly used throughout American expansion.
While American expansion provided untapped resources, it also led to conflict across the globe. American expansion abroad was not justified as it gained control over foreign countries and violated principles established by the early founding fathers. For example, in the Anti-Imperialist League Platform Excerpt, it is stated that “We believe that imperialism, a policy of dominating other countries, is against freedom and leads to militarism, a dangerous focus on building up military power.” This establishes the idea that expansion violated the federal government’s principles as it disregarded freedom towards its citizens and those affected by global expansion. Those affected by global expansion …show more content…
This can also be seen in “Imperialism: Flag of an Empire” as it says, “The Democratic Party does not oppose expansion when it adds land that can be settled by American citizens or adds people who want to become citizens and can fulfill their duties.” This says that expansion should benefit every party involved in some way, which in this case it does not. In this case, global expansion only benefitted America as it left other countries such as Cuba and the Philippines damaged through endless war. Finally, this idea is portrayed in the political cartoon “Expansion”. This cartoon depicts Uncle Sam being fed anti-imperialist ideas. By force-feeding this knowledge, Uncle Sam, the
While American expansion provided untapped resources, it also led to conflict across the globe. American expansion abroad was not justified as it gained control over foreign countries and violated principles established by the early founding fathers. For example, in the Anti-Imperialist League Platform Excerpt, it is stated that “We believe that imperialism, a policy of dominating other countries, is against freedom and leads to militarism, a dangerous focus on building up military power.” This establishes the idea that expansion violated the federal government’s principles as it disregarded freedom towards its citizens and those affected by global expansion. Those affected by global expansion …show more content…
This can also be seen in “Imperialism: Flag of an Empire” as it says, “The Democratic Party does not oppose expansion when it adds land that can be settled by American citizens or adds people who want to become citizens and can fulfill their duties.” This says that expansion should benefit every party involved in some way, which in this case it does not. In this case, global expansion only benefitted America as it left other countries such as Cuba and the Philippines damaged through endless war. Finally, this idea is portrayed in the political cartoon “Expansion”. This cartoon depicts Uncle Sam being fed anti-imperialist ideas. By force-feeding this knowledge, Uncle Sam, the