Economic strength also convinced Americans to imperialism because of the Panama Canal, Hawaii, and Alaska. The Panama canal was important for economic strength because it cut trade mileage. Before the canal, America ships would have to sail around south america in order to trade from New York to california. This was 13,500 miles.The canal help cut this voyage, to 5,800 miles, meaning America was able to lower it prices and have more sales, making more money. Another reason why economic strength was a necessity was Hawaii. Hawaii helped America because in Hawaii US built Pearl Harbor, and that allowed ships to refuel. Since 1790s, American merchants had to stop there on there way to China or East India. Also, white planters in Hawaii had close ties to the United States.
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The last reason why economic strength drove America to imperialism was the importance of Alaska. When William Seward thought about buying Alaska, many thought it was a wrong move to make, however in 1959, when Alaska was bought it was rich with timber, minerals, and oil. This shows Economic strength because oil can be expensive to buy from other countries, but since Alaska had oil America did not need to buy as much oil from other countries, saving the United States money. As you can see, Economic strength convinced America to imperialism because of the Panama Canal, Hawaii, and
The last reason why economic strength drove America to imperialism was the importance of Alaska. When William Seward thought about buying Alaska, many thought it was a wrong move to make, however in 1959, when Alaska was bought it was rich with timber, minerals, and oil. This shows Economic strength because oil can be expensive to buy from other countries, but since Alaska had oil America did not need to buy as much oil from other countries, saving the United States money. As you can see, Economic strength convinced America to imperialism because of the Panama Canal, Hawaii, and