Explain Four Reasons Why The United States Became An Empire

There were four major reasons the United States developed an empire. The reasons were the closing of the frontier, economics, religious and moral reasons, and geopolitics. Global imperialism was simply an extension of the way America has won the West. Historian Fredrick Jackson Turner argued that America's Frontier experience played a key role in the shaping of America's national character, including its democratic political institutions and its free-spirited capitalism. As far as the economic side, American business leaders wanted access to overseas market and materials. The religious side entailed that the American Missionaries sought converts, believing they were bringing both progress and salvation to the uncivilized people of the world.