HIST 2057 : History 2057 Test 2
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Us may be entering a period of decline due to the vanishing frontier. No where else to expand, manifest destiny; turner believed this would have a negative impact on america"s character. Under mckinley pushed for an open door policy . Imperialists- journalists, military officers, a few businessmen who thought they would profit from it, most were not on board (costly) Extremely, and arguably the most, laissez faire period, no regulation. Us in 1898 brief war with the spanish. Disrupting business interests in the us, cleveland (anti-imperialist) was not going to get into war with spain; neither was mckinley who wanted to focus on domestic issues sensationalistic stories. Yellow because the cheap paper turned yellow, or because finally. Insurgency in cuba, and spain responds violently, wyler; pulls people out of rural areas and places them in reconcentration camps, then takes anything that could be of use to rebels, very effective.
