Turn of the American Imperialism
Instructions:
You will argue in support of idea of Imperialism during the turn of the century (1900). You do not need to restrict yourself to the moral justification. The arguments for expansion took many avenues. Your submission should be a minimum of 200 words in length. Try not to make assumptions. Instead, assume the historical role of someone who lived in the United States near the turn of the century. You could be a manufacturer, a pastor, or a politician. Be creative.
Solution
Turn of the American Imperialism
At the start of the 20th Century, USA had an international conflict as the need to prosper economically, politically, and militarily became the new wave across the globe. In the year 1980, USA was one of the earth’s most productive frugality. Imperialism, coined as gaining power over nations, was a contemporary practice exercised by a number colonial powers such a Spain and England in a few states in America. This essay transcends an argument for American Imperialism.
Henry Cabot Lodge articulates that the nation had to expand so as to compete(Woodcock, 1947). Basing this analogy as a social Darwinist proponent, one had to survive to fit in the society(Crook, 1996). America, at that time, as a prosperous nation, farmers had to diversify. The country had a magnitude of food, and it had to be sold to other nations. As such, it would be one of the most convenient time for farmers to diversify, having control over a territory would grant us(farmers) an opportunity to expand, to sell our products to the nations and gain more ideas to enhance production.
Nonetheless, as a proponent of American imperialism, I support President William Taft believes in economic dominance especially in Latin America and Asia. What does this mean for farmers? Production as a business activity entails the dynamics of economics. Having an economic dominance in this Era would mean; free markets for farms produce, an available supplier of agricultural equipment, and available labor too. Having a treaty with other nations would as such establish healthy relations, hence peace, just as Carl Schurz suggested(Philip S. Foner, 1972).
Conclusively, we
might have opposed imperialism with its dynamical consequences such as war and
forced civilization. But for farmers,
this was a period of prosperity and a period to produce enough food to feed the
nation. Therefore, American imperialism was the best way to make America what
it is today.
References
Crook, P. (1996). Social Darwinism: The concept. History of European Ideas. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0191-6599(96)00005-8
Philip S. Foner. (1972). The Spanish-Cuban-American War and the Birth of American Imperialism Vol. 1:1895–1898 (1st ed.). Monthly Review Press. Retrieved from https://books.google.co.ke/books/about/The_Spanish_Cuban_American_War_and_the_B.html?id=g9ppAAAAMAAJ&redir_esc=y
Woodcock, G. (1947). American Imperialism Today. Freedom, 5.
