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Imperialism I think was sort of built for the new generatios coming to U.S. and for all hte future citizens. It was a way to "improve" America I beleive but I dont think this really worked. In some ways America did change but not the ways that were meant to be. There was backstabbing, and exploiting of children. Theres are all serious issues beleive it or not, these issues have helped shape up America as we know it today. In the imperialistic times there was this special for for backstabbers and backstabbing its self some might not call it backstabbing but I do. This was "muckraking" aka rumors. Many muckrakers were looking for "behind the scenes" info that would "bring people to their senses." Muckraking went on everywhere, espcially major buisnesses.

Spanish-American War- It all started with the dominance of major monospolies such as Standard Oil and Carnegie Steel. It also had to do with all the muckracking going on in all the journals or newspapers. The press also intercepted a letter being sent to the President McKinley calling him "weak and a bidder for admiration of the crowd." In an attempt to sell more newspapers super great journalist wrote exaggerated newspapers about Spanish atrocities in Cuba. The journalists concentrated on Spain's policy of Reconcentration, moving the Cuban population into central locations guarded by Spanish troops where thousands of Cuban peasants died from starvation and disease, thus enraging the american and causing them to rally for Cubas independence. American government sent the Maine to the Havana Harbor and some unknown explosion happened and the americans blamed the spainierds and thus declared war.

The Monroe Doctrine also known as the Roosevelt Corollary, was first established in 1823. It was made by James Monroe, to end the European intervention in America.This was later renamed by roosevelt renamed in 1904. The Doctrine, stated that we could intervein if we needed to, this was only to be instated if the western part of the world did not get their own affairs in order. We could then use our powers to use police power in Latin America, we were the only country at the time that could exercise the police and military usage in Latin America. The Panama Canal was made for Ships to pass to and from the Pacific Ocean to the Caribbean Sea. This was one of the hardest engineering projects that ever had to be designd and built. In the Early efforts, the spanish wanted a trade route from Spain to Peru. The date of the first use was August 15, 1914, and over 27,000 french and american lost their lives while building the dangerous Canal. Since the opening of the canal in 1914, the trade has increased dramiticaly. Mostly everything today from the European countries are shipped either on boat, or air.