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1. What kind of Empire did the US attempt to create for itself during the late 1800's and early 1900's? Expansionism is the belief that a country should grow larger as such in increasing a country’s size by expanding its territory. Expansionism in America during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century shared many similarities and differences to that of previous American expansionist ideals. In both cases of American expansionism, the Americans believed that we must expand our borders in order to keep the country running. As many Americans believed that the United States was one of the strongest nations and that we as a country could take down any country as we pleased. This is shown in the manifest density which was a doctrine that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable. Throughout history the United States have came off as a stubborn nation meaning we could take what we wanted at any cost. This was prevalent in both cases of expansion as we risked national safety for the sake of the land. When we did this we took land away from the Native Americans which they believed that the land was rightfully their land. In the 1900s during more expansion there was much more outside resistance towards the American expansion. Because of the first expansion there were not many disputes over land as there was when America took our hopes for land overseas to expand even more. With the addition of having the Philippines and many other islands to add to our expansion overseas, when we did this we obtained the western hemisphere and ruled it not allowing anyone to enter. Which this improved our trade game across the world.

2. What were the goals of the Populist Party? Why were they considered Radical in their day?

The goal of the Populist Party was essentially to eliminate this disconnect and unite black and white small farmers on common political and economic program. The Populist Party was formed primarily to express the agrarian protest of the late 19th century. In some states the party was known as the Peoples party. The party adopted a platform calling for free coinage of silver, abolition of national banks, a sub treasury scheme or some similar system, a graduated income tax, plenty of paper money, government ownership of all forms of transportation and communication, election of Senators by direct vote of the people, no ownership of land by foreigners, civil service reform, a working day of eight hours, postal banks, pensions, revision of the law of contracts, and reform of immigration regulations. The goal of the Populists in 1892 was no less than that of replacing the Democrats as the nation's second party by forming an alliance of the farmers of the West and South with the industrial workers of the East.