History of the West Essay

It meant that there lot of jobs closer to the cities, so more and more people moved from rural farm lands to the more populated cities for jobs, and the railroads were built so more people moved out west to start a new life.The conditions were poor there was little safety if you got hurt or sick you lost your job and couldn't provide for your family.If you were a man you would work in a factory for twelve hours and get payed very little wages. There are many immigrants flooding into the country. If you are a small child you were put to work in a factory, because children could replace broken parts cause they could not turn off the large machines. Many children lost limbs because they were cut off in the machines. But if you were wealth you cared little about the welfare of your workers all you really care about is making money.Since the government did not regulate the economy there were monopolies.As European powers raced to carve up Africa and competed, along with Japan, for influence and trade in Asia.influential figures such as Theodore Roosevelt, Henry Cabot Lodge, and Elihu Root, felt that to safeguard its own interests, the United States had to stake out spheres of economic influence as well. That view was seconded by a powerful naval lobby, which called for an expanded fleet and network of overseas ports as essential to the economic and political security of the nation. As the manifest destiny was first used to justify America’s continental expansion, was now revived to assert that the United States had a right and duty to extend its influence and civilization in the Western Hemisphere and the Caribbean, as well as across the Pacific.

At the same time, voices of anti-imperialism from diverse coalitions of Northern Democrats and reform-minded Republicans remained loud and constant. As a result, the acquisition of a U.S. empire was piecemeal and ambivalent. Colonial-minded administrations were often more concerned with trade and economic issues