During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries it was questioned about what America stood for. Throughout this period of time Americans wondered if their nation was becoming aware of their actions and what they were becoming. Many were conflicted on whether expansionism was acceptable or not. Negative views on expansionism led to opinions of national identity in terms of long- standing isolationists and anti-colonial traditions of the United States.
All the way through history, the United States had come off as a willful nation that would take what they wanted at any means necessary. This was common of both cases of expansion as Americans jeopardized war and national safety for the goal of gaining land, or even purely for proving a point.
All the way through history, the United States had come off as a willful nation that would take what they wanted at any means necessary. This was common of both cases of expansion as Americans jeopardized war and national safety for the goal of gaining land, or even purely for proving a point.