The United States during this time period was rapidly becoming one of the largest nations in the world, and what a large nation needs is a large amount of protection. Originally, Secretary Adams had persuaded President Monroe to agree with his thinking back in 1823. From this, the Monroe Doctrine was put into place, which stated that there was to be no more colonization by foreign countries in the Americas. It also proclaimed that monarchies should be kept away from this continent, or the United States would react

with military strength. This of course had only been a bluff. However, at the end of the 1800s, the American people wanted military protection from nearby foreign neighbors. As depicted in Thomas Nast's "The World's Plunderers," large nations like Russia, Germany, and Britain were claiming more and more land and creeping ever closer to the United States. Many people began to think that one of these countries might take away a part of their own country if the government did not put into place some sort of military protection. Josiah Strong stated "And can any one doubt that the result of this competition of races will be the 'survival of the fittest'" in his Our Country: Its Possible Future and Its Present Crisis. In this said race, America did not want to lose. This instance had been the first time since the Monroe Doctrine that Americans were outwardly saying, "Stay away from my country!"

The final similarity of expansionism from before the nineteenth century and towards the end of it was the simple idea of profit. Every person around the world wants to make some money. They want to build big houses and not have to work and just bask in their wealth until they die. America was already doing great by earlier expansionism into the West. Events like the Louisiana Purchase and the Mexican War had already brought America more land and more opportunities. Also, with the population rising rapidly in America, the country needed more food and supplies to satisfy its citizens. Similar to past expansionism, the years up to 1914 were also focused on moving West. Although the Americans were also fighting for Cuba, the main fight was for the Philippines and later, expeditions to China to trade. In 1898, Spain still controlled the Philippines, but Commodore George Dewey was commanded to sail with his ten ships and gain control of Manilla. On May 1st, 1898, he accomplished this and became a hero overnight. In the Platform of the American Anti-Imperialist League of 1

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