America was blinded by pride and arrogance at the turn of the 20th century. America has continued to do more harm to itself and others today in countries such as the Middle East. At the turn of the 20th century, America began to emerge as a major world power as the US joined the major imperialist nations trying to expand their empire. While America got more resources and markets, imperialism did more harm than good. For one, it went against the values of independence, popular sovereignty, and freedom that America had and still does value so much. An example of this is when the United States acquired Hawaii - when president Cleveland came into office, the investigation he launched revealed that the majority of Hawaiians didn’t support US rule of the islands - and regardless of this discovery, the islands were annexed in 1898.
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An example of this was in the Philippines after the US had pushed its power and influence over the country after pushing out the Spanish. Emilio Aguinaldo organized a rebellion against US rule which resulted in the loss of over 5,000 Americans, 200,000 Filipinos, and thousands of dollars in funds to crush the rebellion. Other immoral actions also harmed the nation, such as the use of concentration camps by the United States. Imperialism also helped spread negative ideologies in America that caused more harm than good to both American citizens and people in other nations. Harmful ideologies such as social darwinism and racial and national superiority spread during the rise of US imperialism. The US was also profiting from nations held under its power and therefore hurting its economy and its ability to become independent, thus highlighting another aspect in which imperialism was far more harmful than
An example of this was in the Philippines after the US had pushed its power and influence over the country after pushing out the Spanish. Emilio Aguinaldo organized a rebellion against US rule which resulted in the loss of over 5,000 Americans, 200,000 Filipinos, and thousands of dollars in funds to crush the rebellion. Other immoral actions also harmed the nation, such as the use of concentration camps by the United States. Imperialism also helped spread negative ideologies in America that caused more harm than good to both American citizens and people in other nations. Harmful ideologies such as social darwinism and racial and national superiority spread during the rise of US imperialism. The US was also profiting from nations held under its power and therefore hurting its economy and its ability to become independent, thus highlighting another aspect in which imperialism was far more harmful than