the rise of the United States as a world power by Rickey Boyd

Mexican-American War

rickeydboyd — 2025-07-24 20:20:18 UTC

The United Sates gained vast new territories such as Texas, California, and much of the southwest. This territorial expansion helped expand agricultural, mineral, and trade resources with other countries. This helped the United States began it's development into a world power.

Civil War

rickeydboyd — 2025-07-24 20:32:35 UTC

This war was fueled by tensions from the Mexican-American war, the outcome of this war centralized federal government power and increased it over the states and indivuduals. It also ended slavery and set the the beginning stages for reconstruction and the US becoming more industrialized.

Reconstruction and Industrial Revolution

rickeydboyd — 2025-07-24 20:34:14 UTC

The industrial revolution lead to economic growth, mass production , and the innovation of new machines. These acts helped establish the US as a rising global power.

Spanish-American War

rickeydboyd — 2025-07-24 20:59:34 UTC

After the War the US gained several terrorties such as Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines and demonstrated it's global reach and increased American imperialism, established the US as a major global power.

Roosevelt Corollary and Panama Construction, Big stick policy

rickeydboyd — 2025-07-24 21:09:59 UTC

This helped connected the Seas expanding and enhancing trade routes and allowed for rapid military deployment worldwide which further helped establish the US as a world power.

World War l

rickeydboyd — 2025-07-24 21:27:16 UTC

After the war the US transformed from a isolated nation the world's leading economic and military power.

Roaring 20's

rickeydboyd — 2025-07-25 00:15:16 UTC

Following WW1, the US was the leading economic power and their influence on culture and technology began to spread to spread globally.

WW2

rickeydboyd — 2025-07-25 00:20:43 UTC

Following the war the United States emerged as a global super power with a superior military strength, vast resources, and a thriving economy . The thriving economy lead to an industrial boom which further help the US fund it's economy and shifted the US to a economically booming nation and they lead in postwar reconstruction efforts in nations such as Europe.

The Cold War

rickeydboyd — 2025-07-25 00:21:35 UTC

This event helped spread the U.S. influence worldwide, spread economic aid and extended opportunities, and cement the US as one of the two global superpowers until the collapse of the Soviet Union then it was the sole superpower.

United Nations

rickeydboyd — 2025-07-25 19:51:36 UTC

Following WW2 the United States was one of the world leading global powers, and increased it's involvement in global affairs help shape the international laws and further increased it's military strength and intelligence operations.