U.S. Involvement globally
Austin Jackson
U.S. Involvement globally
At the time of the Spanish American War the United States went from relative isolation to increased global involvement because of economic expansion, and rebellion in the western hemisphere. The consequences of this increased global involvement on American society was that America exited the Spanish-American war as an Imperialist country and America began to abuse its position as an emerging world power.
American policy makers were forced to consider a greater global involvement because the domestic marketplace was flourishing and America wanted to share their trade politics with the world. As America’s population grew at an exponential rate during the end of the nineteenth century, the economy started to flourish. Economic expansion was inevitable, America’s domestic economy led to an exportable surplus of capital during the late nineteenth century. The surplus stemmed from an efficient internal transportation system, a high degree of specialized and mechanization, rapid scientific advance and innovative marketing techniques. The historian Frederick Jackson Turner's influential 1893 essay, "The Significance of the Frontier in American History," captured this sense that the proving ground for American society was no longer on the North American continent, but now overseas.1 With the economy booming, many companies in the U.S. looked to foreign nations to expand their market. Foreign policy was being driven by the large American companies that were creating more products than were being consumed by the American people so they had a need to expand their corporations across the world. For the first time the people in the U.S. accumulated a surplus of capital much more than they needed for themselves.2 Some circumstances that encouraged American companies to expand in other countries were the domestic merger movement and new forms of large scale corporate organization, and the interest in moving closer to raw materials
U.S. Involvement globally
At the time of the Spanish American War the United States went from relative isolation to increased global involvement because of economic expansion, and rebellion in the western hemisphere. The consequences of this increased global involvement on American society was that America exited the Spanish-American war as an Imperialist country and America began to abuse its position as an emerging world power.
American policy makers were forced to consider a greater global involvement because the domestic marketplace was flourishing and America wanted to share their trade politics with the world. As America’s population grew at an exponential rate during the end of the nineteenth century, the economy started to flourish. Economic expansion was inevitable, America’s domestic economy led to an exportable surplus of capital during the late nineteenth century. The surplus stemmed from an efficient internal transportation system, a high degree of specialized and mechanization, rapid scientific advance and innovative marketing techniques. The historian Frederick Jackson Turner's influential 1893 essay, "The Significance of the Frontier in American History," captured this sense that the proving ground for American society was no longer on the North American continent, but now overseas.1 With the economy booming, many companies in the U.S. looked to foreign nations to expand their market. Foreign policy was being driven by the large American companies that were creating more products than were being consumed by the American people so they had a need to expand their corporations across the world. For the first time the people in the U.S. accumulated a surplus of capital much more than they needed for themselves.2 Some circumstances that encouraged American companies to expand in other countries were the domestic merger movement and new forms of large scale corporate organization, and the interest in moving closer to raw materials