American Imperialism in Full swing-America*Spain War

 By the end of the 19th century, the United States had the highest productivity and purchasing power in the world... It was the United States at the time that desperately sought a market to consume enormous products that even they couldn't control. The United States had already strengthened its dominance and fateful expansion with Manifest Destiny and Monroe Doctrine... The Indian slaughter and the American-Mexico war have reaffirmed their greatness. While industrial facilities grew uncontrollably by using land and resources obtained through slaughter and war, the market was limited. The way out of it was "imperialism," when the owners of industrial facilities in the United States had enormous funds and political power, and whether the ruling party changed or not, these capitalists were always the first to give preferential treatment. The government and they wanted a bigger market, but the world wasn't that easy. At that time, European powers already occupied most of the world, and even China was about to be divided by Western powers. In this situation, an American politician lamented: "What are we doing when Europeans take all of China's huge markets?" We should not hide our strength and release it!" Of course, imperialism is not a very good cause... So there was a big shot who was dominating the American media, whose name was William.--) He was excitedly reporting through the media that Cubans' human rights were blasphemous, and that Spanish officials' denials were on the rise. In addition, he called for the United States to help Cuba's independence, saying that "imperialism" should end. In the end, the United States anchored a warship in Habana, Cuba, but for unknown reasons, the ship was destroyed (so far, the cause of the accident has not been identified, perhaps self-made), and the United States accepts it as Spain's declaration of war. In declaring war, the United States stipulates two provisions... The first was the Teller clause, "The United States fully recognizes the independence and autonomy of the Cuban people," which was put forward to persuade anti-imperialist opinion to persuade domestic anti-war opinion. However, there was another provision, which was the Platt clause, which was truly spectacular. 1. Cuba cannot relate to any state that could threaten its independence. (Actually, no diplomacy is allowed) 3. Cuba must recognize US involvement in order to protect its independence, and recognize US involvement even if the Cuban government fails to uphold basic human rights. 7. Cuba must grant the United States the right to buy land and ports so that the United States can effectively protect Cuba. In fact, Cuba was no different from being an American colony. In addition, there was an independent army in Cuba at the time, and the United States completely ignored them and borrowed old Spanish officials from their new government. At that time, a Cuban Independence General sent a letter of protest to the United States, saying, "I did not enjoy the honor of being briefed by you (the United States) about the surrender and negotiations of Spain...I don't know why Cubans don't vote for the new government, and the old Spanish officials continue to be there, and I'm sorry for that...According to the incredible rumor, you're speculating that the reason I refused to enter Santiago (the capital of Cuba at the time) is that I'm going to slaughter old Spanish officials. My men and I are not barbarians, and we know the logic of civilized people very well. We are just poor and angry patriots, like your ancestors in 1776, "I think this situation in Cuba is a reference for Korea to think about, and during the war, the United States annexed Hawaii... Puerto Rico also took over. And they fought in the Philippines, and they succeeded in colonizing the Philippines. The justification for this was "liberation from Spain." After this war, Theodore Roosevelt was elected president and imperialism began in earnest.