DBQ (Manifest Destiny)

A good example of this new expansionism was a concept called International Darwinism. Many people accepted the theory that U.S. had to be the strongest and acquire other territories overseas. They extended the idea of Manifest Destiny to the rest of the world. Josiah Strong wrote "The Anglo-Saxon race will be of the largest liberty, the purest Christianity, the highest civilization…will spread itself over the earth." Many Americans were also afraid of competition from other nations. Britain, France, Germany, Russian, and even Japan were all "grabbing" and taki

The U.S. also had an "Open Door" policy in China. John Hay, McKinley's secretary of state argued that the Chinese empire, weakened by political corruption and failed to modernize, would soon be taken over by another world power. To prevent the U.S. from loosing influence in China, Hay proposed an Open Door policy toward China to nations with spheres of influence there. This policy said that all countries would have equal trading privileges in China. The world powers did not really agree with the policy, however they had no choice but to accept it.

The first battles of the war took place in the Manila bay in the Philippines. Theodore Roosevelt sent a fleet to the Philippines, to show off the country's new navy. The Spanish fleet was quickly defeated, and U.S. troops captured the city of Manila. However the controversy over the Philippines lasted much longer then the war. Imperialists wanted to annex the islands, however anti-imperialists opposed it. They argued that by "slaughtering Filipinos" the United States betrayed it's people and did not care about the Cons

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