Spanish American Imperialism Research Paper

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Imperialism is where one country forcefully takes over an area and has complete control over it. Imperialism makes a nation powerful and wealthy. The Spanish-American War is one of the main causes of America becoming an imperialist world power. Yellow journalism amped up citizens and people blamed Spain for the explosion of the USS Maine. This helped start the Spanish-American War. At the end of the war, the US gained control of Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines. There were also three motivating factors. There was a belief in cultural superiority. Rudyard Kipling wrote a poem called The White Man’s Burden that talked about cultural superiority. The poem urged the US to become an empire like Britain and other European countries. The

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