Describe the motivations and the consequences of our expansionism of the early 20th Century.

Describe the Motivations and the Consequences of Our Expansionism of the Early 20th Century Student Name Institute Date Describe the Motivations and the Consequences of Our Expansionism of the Early 20th Century Since the starting of 20th century, the course of history started to change rapidly. World turning events like the World Wars, the Great Depression, the beginning of Cold War and rise of America as sole super power took place within the first half of this century. This is the time when scientific accomplishments were revolutionary, changing every aspects of our life. Political re-modifications were engaged in almost every corner of the world and America was very successful in adapting new political views according to the requirement of the new century. The most crucial time for America was the 1890s when it made significant changes in political decisions; especially in foreign policies which later led toward becoming the super power. Up until the last decade of the nineteenth century, the foreign policy of Untied States evolved around the principle of George Washington that suggested maintaining minimal political relation with a foreign country and the relationship should be strictly commercial. Eventually, the leaders came to understand that maintain commercial relation is not good enough in the new century when balance of power became the main point of politics. The Washington`s view on foreign policy was to keep the risk of war minimum; however, it was not a personal choice and during the first half of the 20th century, war was the main even in the world. There was no way for America to avoid the world wide war. America had to join the war against imperial ambitions of European and Asiatic powers (Beard, 1940). At the beginning of the 20th century, Great Britain was the world`s supreme power (Ferguson, 2004) and America maintain...