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In 3 pages this paper examines the extremely controversial policy of imperialism the United States implemented during the nineteenth century which considers among other topics why it was adopted, how it was rationalized, the world events that contributed to it as well as the opposition organized by the American Anti-Imperialist League. Two sources are listed in the bibliography.
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very low international profile after the Civil War. The United States could not have gotten involved in any global skirmishes anyway because its navy was a shell of its
former self, with an excess of 600 warships "rotting from neglect" by the late nineteenth century (Davidson, Heyrman, Lytle, Stoff, & DeLay, 2008, p. 612). Navy Captain (later Admiral)
Alfred Thayer Mahan became the primary architect for the design of American imperialism. He claimed that if the U.S. economy wanted to rebound from the high cost of the
Civil War, it would have to rebuild its naval fleet, which would enable the country oceanic access to potentially lucrative markets in the Middle East, China, and throughout the Pacific
(Davidson et al., 2008). The desire for refurbishing the navy corresponded with the popularity of British naturalist Charles Darwins text On the Origin of Species. Originally published in
1859, the book became the basis for the Social Darwinist movement that was gaining increasing popularity stateside. The policy of American imperialism was therefore constructed based upon the economic
need for trade markets overseas and the social desire to Westernize societies by introducing them to Christianity. The imperialist policy of expansion was always rationalized based on diplomatic or human
rights objectives. For example, when American politicians wanted trade access through China, the then independent island of Hawaii became a "crucial link" (Davidson et al., 2008, p. 616).
When Queen Liliuokalani was overthrown by American sugar planters in Hawaii in 1893, the marines quickly moved in using the excuse that their presence was needed to protect Americans living
there (Davidson et al., 2008). Hawaii quickly became Americas first Pacific island territory. The imperialists also reasoned that the United States carried "the White Mans Burden" of governing
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