Dou you think that America was justified in its policy of overseas expansion? Why or why not?

Question

u.s. history

Answer 1

Yes, we needed a larger overseas for a long time, and i for one was elated to see our Nation expand it.

Answer 2

Understandable in the framework of the time period, but justified?

Is the justification to be seen in moral terms or in the pragmatic outcome of power-politics?

It is not easy to find any extreme criticism of the United States by major powers at the time.
Spain, messily struggling with a retreat from empire, was seen as cruel and incompetent.
Individuals In the US and elsewhere certainly did criticise at the time, but it isn't at all clear that they were majority voices.

In terms of examining a sliding into war, and for early modern examples of media propaganda and manipulation (Hearst and Pulitzer) the Spanish-American war remains remarkably relevant.


(Stray thought:
but then, was the American government justified in its policy of INTERNAL expansion a generation earlier?)

Answer 3

I don't recall George W aadmitting the invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq were overseas expansion. When did this happen?

Answer 4

If you tell me where we expanded overseas & when, I might be able to answer. I'm not aware of any overseas expansion except maybe Hawaii.

Answer 5

We mistreated the Hawaiians and the Fillipinos. That was not justified.