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Can't Get Left Behind
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Can’t Get Left Behind There were several motives for expansion overseas in the 1890’s. Overseas markets, national prestige, and manifest destiny are a few of the motives. American factories needed certain raw materials such as rubber and tin that could only be obtained from abroad. European countries were dividing up Africa into colonies and seemed ready to do the same with China and the United States could not afford to fall behind. The American policy of Manifest Destiny fit well with Charles Darwin’s theory of survival of the fittest. Americans felt that it was their responsibility to spread western civilization to the less advanced nations. So, we began our period of imperialism. In the 1880’s a monarchy governed the Hawaiian Islands, but the United States had a significant influence in Hawaiian economy. American sugar cane farmers dominated the sugar industry, but the farmers had to pay the McKinley tariff. The sugar cane farmers deposed the queen in 1893 and proclaimed the Hawaiian Islands independent. The American sugar cane farmers requested the United States to annex the islands.
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Title: Can't Get Left Behind
Words: 856
Rating: None
Pages: 3.4
submitted by: janiceD
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