US History Essay Chapter 20 Nineteenth century and early twentieth century United States expansionism was in many ways a continuation of past expansionism. Greed for land, power, and money motivated the expansions of the US. Whenever the US annexed, acquired, bought, or simply took more land, it benefited them greatly. The rewards being, more farming land, more power,and sometimes gold and riches. However, the actions US took to attain the land theythought they so desperately …showed first 75 words of 482 total…

…showed last 75 words of 482 total…went into Hawaii to harvest sugar they eventually took over Hawaii with out reason. In both expansions the US’s motives remained the same. Get more money, power and land. To take over and mold a culture into its own and if they refuse, destroy it. Although the land they were overtaking was faraway and difficult to manage it didn’t stop them from using the same tactics as they had used in the past.