1. Reasons for US expansionist foreign policy
Towards the end of the 19th Century, the US became more involved in foreign affairs and imperial expansion. This was for a variety of economic, political and strategic reasons which were underpinned by the concepts of Manifest Destiny and Social Darwinism. Inquiry topic: Reasons for US expansionist foreign policy Specified content: To what extent did the US follow an isolationist policy before the 1880s? Why did the...