Question

22. Summarize. Toward the end of the nineteenth century, some American politicians and diplomats believed that the United States should become an imperialist power. Write an essay explaining at least three of the points in favor of increased U.S. involvement overseas.

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Answer 1

one of the point in favour to increased us involvement overseas was the idea of keeping up with the competition .

some people believed that us needed to colonize because european countries were doing te same thing otherwise the us would be left behind

another point that favored increases involvement came from a moral perspective . some people believed it was duty of the us to bring civilization and religion to supposed weaker nations

extra points

1 ] NEW market of united states industry which was overproducing at the time in terms of supply for domestic consumption

2 ] geo strategic bases to protect us overseas trade

3 ] it would be increases us international prestige