The Question of an American Empire The backdrop to the future Spanish- American War

The World Around the US Following the Civil War, the US becomes a leading European nations begin to look for new empires in Europe’s aggressiveness threatens

What should the US do? Some Americans want to exercise influence over the Manifest destiny  the idea that “new” manifest destiny  the US is destined to expand

What the US needs to do It was agreed that the US required access to foreign markets American producers were making too many goods for the At the same time, European empires were

Other influences in the US Social Darwinism  Certain peoples and nations were supposedly Fredrick Jackson Turner’s essay on the frontier in US history.

Other influences in the US It was the “white man’s burden” This idea fit into

More Influences on Americans The new world was now influenced by modern technologies that would link far nations together: These technologies changed warfare and lessened Many Americans, like Theodore Roosevelt, argued the US needed to

America is Still Divided at the turn of the Century Public opinion was still deeply America still retained the principle that people should The US could obtain overseas