United States And Imperialism

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intervening in these different areas of the world, the United States (supposedly) planned to idealize by imposing their civilized ways of society and religion on these crude populations of foreign people. This idealizing by the U.S. would also involve introducing American politics into the troubled environments. The "ideal" politics happened to follow the form of the United States government; a setting where "liberty and justice for all" would help to create a more civilized world. Idealism seems to be a very influential factor until the practicality of it is questioned. When it comes down to the naked truth, America has always been motivated by money; the "pull yourself up by your bootstraps" saying is probably the motto of 99 percent of Americans; thus, one might become skeptical towards the claim that idealism was the main motive for expansion. Although the United States's motivation for expansion did rely somewhat on idealism, the prevalent and straight-forward factor ...

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in order to stop the Cuban revolt. Americans felt a genuine humanitarian concern for Cubans, but self- interest motives were the basis for the United State's intervention and establishment in Cuba. As with Hawaii, Cuba had profitable resources and a convenient island location to the south of Florida. In 1896, when faced with the issue of war, McKinley decided to watch out for the United State's economic opportunity before he sought to deal with Spain's oppressive hold on Cuba. McKinley feared that taking any action against Spain might upset business recovery after the depression, or hurt the $27 million trade with Cuba in 1897. In 1898, pressure for war ensued; there was rioting in ...

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