How Did The Us Imperialize In The 19th Century

Hawaii, the Philippines, and Spain were all influenced by America in the same way. The United States, in the late 19th century, was focused on having authority over smaller, weaker, countries also known as imperialism. “U. S. imperialists cited economic reasons to justify the country’s expansion, as well as moral, nationalistic, and militaristic motives.” But, many of these justifications were untrue and over exaggerated. American Imperialism in the 19th century was unjustified and careless shown by Spain being imperialized because of fake stories made up by yellow journalists, Hawaii was imperialized because they thought Queen Liliuokalani was being tyrannical when she was not, and the Philippines were taken over with permission from Spain who they were free
Even after the explosion was declared an internal explosion, American yellow journalists make up stories about how Spain exploded the USS Maine because they did not want a warship docked in Cuba. Yellow Journalists are journalists who write stories, that are incorrect or severely exaggerated, about recent events. Yellow journalism is typically front page news, meaning many people see it causing outrage. Many people believed these stories about Spain blowing up the USS Maine were true and wanted to take action to avenge the 260 crew members who passed due to the explosion. The United States government eventually gave in and started a war. They “entered the harbor of Manila at daybreak on the 1st of May and immediately engaged the entire Spanish fleet of eleven ships”. America emerged victorious and won permission to buy the Philippines, which was also not justified. The United States did not have the right to buy the Philippines from Spain because at that time it was officially independent from Spain meaning that they could not give the Philippines to the United