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A New World Power - Term Papers

A New World Power

The Spanish-American War fought in 1898 and World War I fought in 1914 helped recognize the US as a powerful nation. In the Spanish-American War, the US fought Spain in Cuba over the territories of Cuba and the Philippines. In World War I, the Triple alliance fought the Triple Entente in Europe. Both US President McKinley (president during the Spanish-American War) and President Wilson (president during WWI) tried to keep the US neutral during these wars by passing treaties. Two wars caused by different problems resulted in events which shaped the US into a world power.
Both wars were partially caused by imperialism. Most European nations and the US were caught by the idea of ...

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Americans were outraged. Cuba had begun to declare independence from Spain so they were placed in these camps. Support for Cubans cause of independence affected â€śdeep historical rootsâ€ť in the US which became the main cause for war. In World War I, problems developed when the following happened:

- Germany violated the Sussex Pledge
- Arthur Zimmerman wrote a note of alliance to Mexico
- Germany sank the Lusitania

Other problems developed with nationalism and military expansion. Since the French revolution, Europe has had the idea of national in which â€śpeople of the same ethnic, language, and political ideals have the right to be an independent nation.â€ť Problems of nationalism still exist to today which results in tension between nation and regions. After 1870, Germany was having an Industrial Revolution causing an influx of manufacturing and expansion into foreign markets increasing. As a result of this tension, European nations created domestic and foreign ...

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Added: 5/25/2005 10:32:12 AM
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