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They encouraged it because it lead more missions to countries. "The mainstream protestant religious denominations established religion missions in Africa and Asia, including 500 missions in China by 1890."

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The United States was upgrading their naval force which was essential to expansion and control of foreign countries. "Whoever controls the waves controls the world".

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Their economy was getting better. "By the 1890s, the American economy was increasingly dependent on foreign trade. A quarter of the nation's farm products and half its petroleum were sold overseas."

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Their attitudes changed for the better and they liked the idea of expansion. "By the mid-1890s, a shift had taken place in American attitudes toward expansion that was sparked partly by a European scramble for empire"

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Answer the following questions in a new post. Include your group members' names at the bottom of the post.

1. List two reasons in opposition to American Expansion from the reading.
2. How does Paragraph 4 support American expansion? Include a quote to support your answer.
3. How does Paragraph 5 support American expansion? Include quote.
4.How does Paragraph 6 support American expansion? Include quote.
5. How does Paragraph 7 support American expansion? Include quote.

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1. Imperial rule seemed inconsistent with America's republican principles. U.S. was uninterested in acquiring people with different cultures, languages, and religions.
2. It was sparked because of the  European scramble for empire."About 150 million people were subjected to colonial rule."
3.Nations were engaged in a Darwinian struggle for survival because american economy was increasingly dependent on foreign trade."A quarter of the nations farm products and half its petroleum were sold overseas."
4."Whoever rules the waves rules the world"-Alfred T. Mahan, argued that national prosperity and power depended on control of the world sea-lanes to become a major naval power.
5.The idea that the U.S. had a special mission to uplift "backward" people around the world."Mainstream Protestant religious denominations established religion missions in Africa and Asian(china)."

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1. Imperial rule didn't seem consistent with america's republican principles.

The US was uninterested in in acquiring people with different cultures.

2. Most citizens in the United States were disinterested in "territorial expansion".

3. They believed that if you didn't compete with other countries then your country was doomed and would face a steep decline. It says in the document "A quarter of the nation's farm products and half it's petroleum were sold overseas." This proves that it pushed expansion.

4. It talks about how america should control the seas, for example " Whoever rules the waves rules the world" showing the ambition of the US.

5.  It supports american expansion with how it talks about the US and its mission to "uplift backwards people around the world" to gain their growing  support.

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1.one reason is that imperial rule seemed inconsistent with Americans republican principles. The second reason is that the US was not interested in acquiring people with different cultures, languages, and religions.
2.If America didn't expand the European powers would seize all of the valuable land before america could. "Unions greaw fearful that the country might be closed out in the struggle for global markets and raw materials".
3.It establishes the policy laid out for foreign trade. It promotes american expansion by stating Americans wanting to begin trading with the world. "By the 1890s, the American economy was increasingly dependent on foreign trade."
4. The expansion of america needed naval power and america needed naval ports and coaling stations to expand. "whoever rules the waves rules the world."
5. It supports American expansion because it states, "The mainstream Protestant religious denominations established religion missions in Africa and Asia, including 500 missions in China by 1890."

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1. Imperial rule seemed inconsistent with America's republican principles
2. US was uninterested in acquring people with different cultures, languages, and religions

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1. Imperial rule seemed inconsistent. US was uninterested in acquiring people with different cultures, languages,and religions.

2. It talks about the race for markets and materials. "In the United States, a growing number... grew fearful that the country might be closed out in the struggle for global markets and raw materials." This is talking about the growing fear in the US among the Governing bodies.

3. It talks about how the US needed to be more dependent on themselves and not on others. "By the 1890's, the american economy was increasingly dependent on foreign trade." If the US kept being dependent on foreign trade then the other countries could take advantage of the US. This could lead to the decline of the US.

4.  It talks about the control of the sea and trade routes. "Whoever rules the waves rules the world." This is talking about how Alfred Thayer Mahan believed that national prosperity and power depended on control of the worlds sea-lanes.

5. It supports it because the US wanted to convert people to their religion. They "established religion missions in Africa and Asia." They were trying to convert as many people as they could to the Protestant religion.

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1. Imperial rule seemed inconsistent with America's republican principles. The US was uninterested in acquiring people with different cultures, languages, and religions.

2. "European powers seized 10 million miles of territory" & "Trade unions in US grew fearful that the country might be closed out." The author is giving the example of how Europe was succeeding after they expanded and how the US was losing power due to not expanding.

3.  America needed to expand in order to trade with other nations and make more money. "A quarter of the nation's farm products and half its petroleum were sold overseas."
4.  The US needed to expand their navy in order to control trade.  "Whoever rules the waves rules the world."
5. The Americans wanted to convert people to Protestant. "The United States had a special mission to uplift 'backward' people."

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1. Imperial rule seemed inconsistent with America's republicans principles. U.S. was not interested in getting people with different cultures, languages, and religion
2. Due to European powers, seizing 10 million square miles of Africa and Asia. "Trade unions grew fearful that the country might be closed out in the struggle for global markets and raw materials.
3. "A belief that the world's nations were engaged in a Darwinian struggle for survival and that countries that failed to compete were doomed to decline..." this contributed to new assertiveness on the part of the U.S.
4. Alfred Thayer Mahan stated "Whoever rules the waves, rules the world."this resulted U.S. replacing wooden ships with steel vessels.
5. The idea that the U.S. had a special mission to uplift "backward" people around the world.This caused "The mainstream protestant religious denominations established religion in Africa and Asia...."

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1. Imperial rule did not go along with republican principles and the US did not like the other cultures because they are self absorbed and racist, like today.
2. Americans wanted expansion because they were afraid that Europe would take all the natural resources before the US could get to them. People were scared that, "the country might be closed out in the struggle for global markets and raw materials."
3. The need for foreign trade drove american expansion because "a quarter of the nations farm products and half its petroleum were sold overseas." Unfortunately we can not properly MLA format this quote. thank you for our time. Amen.
4. The United States of America wanted to become a naval power so they had to acquire "naval bases and coaling stations." thanks for coming to my TED talk.
5. The United States of American people that habituate north america, commonly termed as the USA, believed that it was their moral and religious duty to civilize the "uncivilized" or, "uplift backward people around this planet that we call Earth."