Should America Become An Imperialistic Nation In The 19th Century

In early nineteen hundreds, America started becoming an imperialistic nation and expanding to other parts of the world. I believe that America should not have become an imperialistic nation in the early nineteen hundreds. There were many reasons why America was unfit to become an imperialistic nation such as, America not being able to control what horrific events were occurring on American soil. In the political cartoon, "Civilization begins at Home", the great issue of lynching in the south is being depicted. As a woman draws back a curtain to reveal the horrors President McKinley turns a blind eye and focuses on the map of the Philippines. The cartoon strongly demonstrates one of the issues occurring on American soil and how the people