Why do countries colonize?to make moneyto establish naval basesto get natural resourcesto uplift, civilize and Christianize people- President William McKinleyfor power and perstige throughout the worldgain land for possible colonizationopens markets throughout the would-- traderefueling stationsWhy did the US stay isolationist until the late 1800s?We wanted to aviod foreign warswe had a weak army and navywe had to build up the US firsta. industryb. govc. internal improvementswe had the slavery issue to deal with - Civil War and Reconstructionthe two oceans kept us geographically isolateda. the lack of technologywe had the west to settlewe had vast natural resources here in the USfollowed President Washingtone's advicea. stay out of foreign wars and alliancesChapter 10 is about starting to come out of isolation. We can never go back to insolation because it would be a rerun of after WWI.Perchase of Alaska18677.2 million 2 cents an acreEnded up being a good purchaseoil gold and fishingMy OpinionsI totally agree that we can not go back into isolation. It would totally be stupid to do that we already have seen what happens when we do that. I want to live in Alaska when I grow up hehe.
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