Cuban Revolution & sinking of the U.S.S. Maine, Advocated for overseas expansion by growing the U.S. Navy, Forced annexation by the U.S. for use as a naval base and for its Hawaiin sugar, Panama canal, Sensational rereporting - writers exaggerate/invent stories to sell more newspapers, After the Spanish American War, the U.S. directly controlled this territory, policy that gave the U.S. the right to police the Western Hemisphere, The U.S. had become a world power, All nations would have equal opportunities to trade in China, Further commercial interests in Latin America by use of economic power & loans rather than military power, Americans wanted to sell goods to new markets & buy raw materials for new industries.

U.S. Imperialism

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