The Pros And Cons Of American Imperialism

In late 1800s United States pursuit the idea called Manifest Destiny. Manifest Destiny is the expanse of the United States empire to the Western Hemisphere by isolationism. U.S. was neutral (Forsythe, 2002). American exceptionalism is something rare creating exception. Manifest Destiny is an idea to develop business relations, increase enterprise, develop communication and technology for industrialization to a modern socioeconomic in the Western Hemisphere. American exceptionalism is developed, created, or a major asset that mark history like the Panama Canal, Open Door policy, 19th amendment, Roosevelt Corollary, Monroe Doctrine, annex Hawaii, control of phillippines, control of Guam, control of Puerto Rico, and a permanent presence

in Cuba. According to textbook “The American Story” by Barnes & Bowles (2014) read, “the United States felt a responsibility and right to spread democratic settlement (P.1).” United States had to protect independence and any threat of that independence.

Therefore, the Manifest Destiny implemented to capitalize on imperialism. There are pros and cons to imperialism. Imperialism is responsible for hardship, death, suffering, and pain related to poverty, sickness, rivalries, conflict, racism, corruption, abandonment, muscularity, starvation, and war in the efforts of merging empires. However, the pros to imperialism is modernity, new technology, developed education, medical care, increase enterprise, new and better means of communications, new law and regulations, broaden transportation, and developed U.S foreign policy (Wood, 2010). John Lawrence Tone (2015), Professor of History at Georgia Institute of Technology, state, “it encouraged murder and a pathway to social paths” in the film titled “To Conquer or Redeem.” John Lawrence Tone (2015) was expression personal thoughts dark side of Manifest Destiny. These ideas applied to U.S. foreign policy at the turn of 20th century through the Monroe Doctrine, 19th Amendment, 1898 of Treaty of Paris, Teller Amendment, Platt Amendment, and other domestic policies for urbanization. A example of how U.S. foreign policies impact United States is seen in the Monroe Doctrine. In 1930 United States adopted the Monroe Doctrine by

President Herbert Hoover. Monroe Doctrine gave the United States the ability to intervene with the affairs of Western Hemisphere. In 1965 President Lyndon B. Johnson put U.S. troops in the Dominican Republic to protect U.S citizens and property, 1983 President Ronald Reagan invade Grenada, and President George Buse invade Panama to capture dictator Manuel Noriega for international drug trafficking because of the Monroe Doctrine (Culbert & Allison, 2013). Another good example of U.S foreign policies is the Open Door. It demands China’s market to be open to the U.S. and European trade. The Open Door policy guided U.S.–east Asian interactions trades. The Open Door policy moved outside the boundaries of the Monroe Doctrine. It declared that nations will protect the role to preserve China’s administrative autonomy. However, Chinese society rebelled against Westerners. It is known as the Boxer Rebellion. International force is needed to restored order after 200 foreigners, missionaries, and segment of Peking seized. It is an outlet of mass-produced goods.