What were the economic and cultural factors that were used to justify the United States imperialism around the world? What did people think about sewards idea to purchase Alaska from Russia?

Why was the annexation of the Hawaiian territory controversial

1. That american ideals of democracy and capitalism were superoir to the values of other cultures and that by foring those values onto them america would some how be saving them.

2. That it was foolish based on how expensive it was for unxplored land.

3. The anexation of Hawaii was contrivasal becuase the "government" that voted to have hawaii join the US was a handfull of white bussness men who had just staged a coup overthrowing the native hawaiian monarch. Thus the Hawaiians never actually agreed to join the US.

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