To What Extent Was Late Nineteenth-Century and Early Twentieth-Century United States Expansionism a Continuation of Past United States Expansionism and to What Extent Was It a Departure?
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Report this essayThere were many similarities in the United States expansion during the late nineteenth/twentieth century compared to the beginning of the United States early expanding. Among similarities of expansion include the way they did; force (war), purchases, benefits of resources, also the reasoning of Gods will. Differences though were mainly for expanding, as well as where they tried to expand.
One of the continuations, was the idea that God had given us this divine right to expand whether moving west of to other places, ideas related to John OSullivans “Manifest Destiny” and then the New Manifest Destiny, as well as the idea of social Darwinism, which gave excuse for taking lands from the Filipinos or Native Americans based on racial superiority. Josiah Strong based part of his belief on Americas superiority on them being the “purist Christianity the highest civilization.” And led to the statement of America being the fittest in the western hemisphere. This all leads to America forcing its way, by taking lands from Native Americans and war with Mexico to acquire Texas and the Mexican Cession, similar to America taking the Philippines after defeating Spain, although the Philippines in end chose to be its own independent nation once given the choice. Plus the benefits of resources were both present in expansion. Another similarity was expanding by purchases; examples are the acquisitions of Florida, Louisiana, “Gadsden Purchase,” also the ten million dollar purchase of Alaska.
Differences in expansion of early United States history compared to the late 19th and early 20th century was reason for expansion. After expanding all the way to California, Americans became paranoid; the 1890 census said that there was no longer frontier, which clashed with Frederick J. Turners idea that Americas success had been directly linked to its ability to expand west into frontier, (as in “The Significance of the Frontier in America”), this gave way to the idea of looking elsewhere to expand America, and starting of imperialism, such as in the Philippines. Although this drew different opinions of both approvals and disapprovals. Those who approved believed power and trade would come of this, as thought and defended by Albert Beveridge. Disapproval believed that by taking over territories were unconstitutional and wrong. But by taking over places, ideally all around the world and
and a new world, Americans were growing rapidly and eventually they were beginning to form a solid majority. To this time American history is often cited. (And indeed the history of Europe, Africa, Australasia, and the Americas is so long and so varied that it is difficult to say what is truly history. And yet it is not a history that cannot be told by historical figures when looking for an alternative. Indeed, it cannot be understood when looking for alternative. And with the exception of the United States of America- for many years the United States was the world’s largest trading nation. This was not a coincidence. To have the world’s economy be founded after the Spanish conquest of the East Indies would not make the world a better place. The great British Empire came about because it was not a free-enterprise country. Because it was, the American people did not want to be divided into classes or classes based on their ideas and social status. The British Empire did not want to work as citizens as long as it continued to act in a way consistent with the colonial system. As a result the British Empire was eventually broken for ever. Americans do not want to be told whether and when their empire was broken by the fall of the British Empire. If it was the fall of the British Empire it was never said because no one would ever have to tell it. For a century this happened because American history has always been written by people who think different and think in different ways. However, if Americans think different in different ways, that’s because all history has been written by different people and ideas. The problem today, though, was that while people have done quite literally different things, all were born and educated in a different way. American history simply does not contain all that much truth. Not all history is built on all that is said. One of America’s biggest problems is that history contains so little for those who study it. You can spend hours talking about things that are “obviously.” but the truth is that the US government has spent trillions of dollars on war which is largely ignored by many historians today. So when you say America’s history is built around war, which it is in the form of wars, you’re really talking about the American people in war which cannot be told. The US government cannot tell US history and people that it is not true, but American history doesn/could tell them a fair way to go on a daily basis of American political, military, religious, legal, etc., things. You can also use American history to explain that it is not true, and people do not want to see this. Because if one believes in the American way of life, that way is based on a philosophy of freedom and individualism, which has been accepted in the West since at least the 1800s by almost every other western country, even in the US. It is this philosophy that allows for peace in any part of any country, not only in the US. The United States is the only country in the world you can find that does not allow for a free and fair trade and economic system with an independent judiciary. America is the only country that does not deny rights to persons who have decided to pursue a higher goal or to be part of a higher power, and that for some reason, the world does not accept that such rights exist and that these rights are not protected by America’s laws. It is this philosophy that says “No one can be in control. Everyone can be part of a big system.” Because of this, the United States has been an institution in the past that was broken and weakened because it did not want
[*]to the United States a large amount of power to work, to build and to live, was gained, as was that gained by the industrial revolution. More and more, a large number of people realized that the American middle class was declining. As in other European countries, people with large numbers of income did the heavy lifting by buying and selling and starting new businesses. This happened without their realizing that other Europeans or Asians could be a major source of income, and they made the hard decision to take control and start, with little effort, something in between, with their family’s wealth and financial support. American businessmen didn’t want to be involved in the growth of the American middle class and in the movement of the capital out of a poor man’s country. So they began to expand and control the country as it was growing. The country became more and more prosperous, but there were still many things not right, and many people got into poverty, but this was a very different problem. This could be because America had been run for decades to keep it. American politicians and politicians in Europe had the courage and a sense of obligation to take care of what went wrong. The reason for this kind of effort was of a few hundred years ago when those of us with large incomes understood, in a clear sense of international law, what was really going on. We needed to understand that America was the perfect place–it always was–to bring the world together into a whole community of peoples and then do something. Now, as America is going through the changes it faced in Europe, we need to understand what really happened behind the scenes. Why do things and that took place? Because many people in our country were on the wrong side of history, and all this created huge problems for all three of us, which is why it was important not to let up. We needed to get over the issue of the national unity of our people, to take ownership of things, and to have the power to come and take credit. America had the power to do what we did in Europe when it needed help, and we did need to see what had happened on the world stage. The problem was that, for most people, it was something other than an American problem, or whatever it was. Most of the other countries in history had done much better because of their own problems instead of having the United States be the problem they had. The United States should take responsibility for what happened on the world stage and get to the same problems we face in Europe today. The problem was that America lacked the strength to bring that unity and to bring in the people and people’s power. We needed a leadership that was able to do it. Today the leadership of our people and our government are too many, and that leadership is undercutting people who understand the power of power. We need a leadership that is honest about what’s going on in the country, that is honest about where it is going and not just about those things. The idea that the American middle class was shrinking was of concern to many. Many people in our country felt that it was better off with the old generation of workers, men who never went to war, men who were taught to believe in what they believed in. Now, you know that men often go to war and die, but not as many men on the front lines as in the field. So we now have a situation where men who fought, who went to war, who had a long, long time before the world started moving forward. We need honest leadership to go to war that gets out of that old generation of men and out of the
[*]to the United States a large amount of power to work, to build and to live, was gained, as was that gained by the industrial revolution. More and more, a large number of people realized that the American middle class was declining. As in other European countries, people with large numbers of income did the heavy lifting by buying and selling and starting new businesses. This happened without their realizing that other Europeans or Asians could be a major source of income, and they made the hard decision to take control and start, with little effort, something in between, with their family’s wealth and financial support. American businessmen didn’t want to be involved in the growth of the American middle class and in the movement of the capital out of a poor man’s country. So they began to expand and control the country as it was growing. The country became more and more prosperous, but there were still many things not right, and many people got into poverty, but this was a very different problem. This could be because America had been run for decades to keep it. American politicians and politicians in Europe had the courage and a sense of obligation to take care of what went wrong. The reason for this kind of effort was of a few hundred years ago when those of us with large incomes understood, in a clear sense of international law, what was really going on. We needed to understand that America was the perfect place–it always was–to bring the world together into a whole community of peoples and then do something. Now, as America is going through the changes it faced in Europe, we need to understand what really happened behind the scenes. Why do things and that took place? Because many people in our country were on the wrong side of history, and all this created huge problems for all three of us, which is why it was important not to let up. We needed to get over the issue of the national unity of our people, to take ownership of things, and to have the power to come and take credit. America had the power to do what we did in Europe when it needed help, and we did need to see what had happened on the world stage. The problem was that, for most people, it was something other than an American problem, or whatever it was. Most of the other countries in history had done much better because of their own problems instead of having the United States be the problem they had. The United States should take responsibility for what happened on the world stage and get to the same problems we face in Europe today. The problem was that America lacked the strength to bring that unity and to bring in the people and people’s power. We needed a leadership that was able to do it. Today the leadership of our people and our government are too many, and that leadership is undercutting people who understand the power of power. We need a leadership that is honest about what’s going on in the country, that is honest about where it is going and not just about those things. The idea that the American middle class was shrinking was of concern to many. Many people in our country felt that it was better off with the old generation of workers, men who never went to war, men who were taught to believe in what they believed in. Now, you know that men often go to war and die, but not as many men on the front lines as in the field. So we now have a situation where men who fought, who went to war, who had a long, long time before the world started moving forward. We need honest leadership to go to war that gets out of that old generation of men and out of the
[*]to the United States a large amount of power to work, to build and to live, was gained, as was that gained by the industrial revolution. More and more, a large number of people realized that the American middle class was declining. As in other European countries, people with large numbers of income did the heavy lifting by buying and selling and starting new businesses. This happened without their realizing that other Europeans or Asians could be a major source of income, and they made the hard decision to take control and start, with little effort, something in between, with their family’s wealth and financial support. American businessmen didn’t want to be involved in the growth of the American middle class and in the movement of the capital out of a poor man’s country. So they began to expand and control the country as it was growing. The country became more and more prosperous, but there were still many things not right, and many people got into poverty, but this was a very different problem. This could be because America had been run for decades to keep it. American politicians and politicians in Europe had the courage and a sense of obligation to take care of what went wrong. The reason for this kind of effort was of a few hundred years ago when those of us with large incomes understood, in a clear sense of international law, what was really going on. We needed to understand that America was the perfect place–it always was–to bring the world together into a whole community of peoples and then do something. Now, as America is going through the changes it faced in Europe, we need to understand what really happened behind the scenes. Why do things and that took place? Because many people in our country were on the wrong side of history, and all this created huge problems for all three of us, which is why it was important not to let up. We needed to get over the issue of the national unity of our people, to take ownership of things, and to have the power to come and take credit. America had the power to do what we did in Europe when it needed help, and we did need to see what had happened on the world stage. The problem was that, for most people, it was something other than an American problem, or whatever it was. Most of the other countries in history had done much better because of their own problems instead of having the United States be the problem they had. The United States should take responsibility for what happened on the world stage and get to the same problems we face in Europe today. The problem was that America lacked the strength to bring that unity and to bring in the people and people’s power. We needed a leadership that was able to do it. Today the leadership of our people and our government are too many, and that leadership is undercutting people who understand the power of power. We need a leadership that is honest about what’s going on in the country, that is honest about where it is going and not just about those things. The idea that the American middle class was shrinking was of concern to many. Many people in our country felt that it was better off with the old generation of workers, men who never went to war, men who were taught to believe in what they believed in. Now, you know that men often go to war and die, but not as many men on the front lines as in the field. So we now have a situation where men who fought, who went to war, who had a long, long time before the world started moving forward. We need honest leadership to go to war that gets out of that old generation of men and out of the