By the 1890’s heavy industrialization had and was still occurring throughout the United States. More and more raw materials and new locations were needed for this age, yet America had discovered every land from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Fredrick Jackson Turner noted that the American frontier was effectively gone. Railroads now connected cities all over and many settlements were along the way. The westward movement symbolized our social changes and brought new economic ideas and advancements to the east. With a rapidly moving economy and the end to new domestic lands America questione

America also looked towards central America after the victory over Spain. The government decided they wanted a canal to connect the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. Nicaragua was the first thought of route but never caught on. In 1902 congress decided on Colombia’s Isthmus of Panama for the best location. The only problem was the Colombian government, which was unsure about the new canal. The Colombian senate was skeptical about the financial terms at first, even though we offered the hefty payment of $10 million dollars followed by $250 thousand annually. Their senate rejected the canal-zone treaty in 1903 for hoping of an additional payment of $40 million. (A, 156-157)

America realized many of their new possessions, primarily Cuba, brought new economic hope. Many island were full over fertile land and natural resources that could be exploited. The islands also possessed key locations that could easily ship products back to the US and to foreign markets. Many Anti-Imperialists argued this but the government claimed this was not the case. McKinley retaliated with a valid argument in which he stated the passing of the Foraker Amendmen

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