Historians characterise the turn of the Twentieth Century as a period of American expansionism others did not agree. write 3 pages Analysing the attached documents answering if USA is or was Empire or Imperialist, was USA seeking expansion or the expansion was in search of order and opportunities ? The provided documents contain 2 opinions agreeing and opposing both ideas
Your Analysis must be clear and your citation must Be APA please write the highlighted page # in your citation please, please/// When you are done make sure that the views of ((Emily S. Rosenberg, Spreading the American Dream written here in the instructions and Ernest R. May incorporated into your Analysis ((Emily S. Rosenberg, Spreading the American Dream: American Economic and Cultural Expansion, 1890–1945 (New York: Hill and Wang, 1982), 62. Expansion became a prominent feature of American life between 1890 and 1912…Whether Americans favoured formal territorial colonialism or simply an expansion of private economic and cultural ties…most believed in America’s superiority and the urgent need to spread its products and messages to the world. • ((Ernest R. May, Imperial Democracy: The Emergence of America as a Great Power (New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1961), 269–70. In the 1890s the United States had not sought a new role in world affairs. Issues [abroad] had intruded almost of their own accord… Some nations achieve greatness; the United States had greatness thrust upon it.))