why the US became a colonial power
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The US really became a power during the early 1900s under Teddy Roosevelt. Roosevelt built up and surgically used US military power, stoked economic growth and helped create a vibrant middle class. The US was coming out of a severe depression. Almost as bad as the great depression. Workers 20 years before were often essentially slaves, working 60+ hours a week just to survive in dangerous and dirty conditions. There were sharp divides between haves and have nots and the US was in many ways barely a step above being a third world nation during parts of the 1800s.
The US was a regional power, the strongest nation in the Western hemisphere after the Mexican American war. The destruction of the Mexican military left the US with one of the strongest armies in the Western hemisphere. Though the standing US army was still very tiny except in time of war until after WW I. Over the next 30 years the expansion in the West stoked US growth as well as industrialization. The civil war in particular and the innovations from that war helped give the US a strong technological edge over most nations. The US Civil war also heavily developed US industry in the North. This set the stage for dramatic growth and expansion.
Teddy was the perfect president at the perfect time. His Populist ideals and free market enterprise policies improved the lot of both workers and employers. This had a synergistic effect. Teddy went after monopolies, corruption and collusion. This cleared the way for American entrepreneurs to compete and break into fields once closed off by monopolies. American workers created a strong domestic market with their increased wages and a skilled workforce rivaled by none. This gave the US a major edge on other nations in productivity. American workers were highly motivated. Cultural work ethics were already quite strong, but an American in this time through just hard work could create a very good life for themselves by the sweat of their own brow. Low taxes meant they kept their money, and could buy things like houses and durable goods. This meant US companies had a ready domestic market and US companies sprang up or expanded to sell Americans those things they'd only dream of owning a generation before.
US inventors like Thomas Edison and Tesla were changing the world. The US became a place of opportunity unlike any that ever existed before in recent history, perhaps ever. This opportunity drew some of the worlds best minds to the US. People like Tesla for example.
At the same time, capital investors were very eager for opportunity. This allowed Edison and Tesla for example to compete on bringing commercial electricity to the world. Both were well funded by investors as were many ideas that both succeeded and failed. The very low taxes and entrepreneurial spirit that pervaded the US allowed for wealthy people to invest in ideas and people. An environment that did not exist anywhere else in the world at the time.
The US became a super power after WW II. The destruction of European industry left the US as one of the few industrialized nations with intact industry. The US culture allowed the US to parlay this into a huge economic advantage. The US expended more on military than other nations. This allowed the US become the dominant military power in the world. The sheer size of the US was a major factor, but culture was the biggest. US culture and it's emphasis on Individualism promoted innovation and invention. The free Capitalism that existed in the US at the time funded these opportunities. The US became the source of almost all new major inventions and technology after WW II. Between 1945 and 1980 if it was invented, improved or created it was probably done so in the US. Much of the worlds goods were made in the US between 1945 and 1965 as well. By 1965 Japan and Taiwan were edging into US markets and outsourcing by US companies began to feed the deindustrialization of the US.
MARK BRAINLIEST....
The US was a regional power, the strongest nation in the Western hemisphere after the Mexican American war. The destruction of the Mexican military left the US with one of the strongest armies in the Western hemisphere. Though the standing US army was still very tiny except in time of war until after WW I. Over the next 30 years the expansion in the West stoked US growth as well as industrialization. The civil war in particular and the innovations from that war helped give the US a strong technological edge over most nations. The US Civil war also heavily developed US industry in the North. This set the stage for dramatic growth and expansion.
Teddy was the perfect president at the perfect time. His Populist ideals and free market enterprise policies improved the lot of both workers and employers. This had a synergistic effect. Teddy went after monopolies, corruption and collusion. This cleared the way for American entrepreneurs to compete and break into fields once closed off by monopolies. American workers created a strong domestic market with their increased wages and a skilled workforce rivaled by none. This gave the US a major edge on other nations in productivity. American workers were highly motivated. Cultural work ethics were already quite strong, but an American in this time through just hard work could create a very good life for themselves by the sweat of their own brow. Low taxes meant they kept their money, and could buy things like houses and durable goods. This meant US companies had a ready domestic market and US companies sprang up or expanded to sell Americans those things they'd only dream of owning a generation before.
US inventors like Thomas Edison and Tesla were changing the world. The US became a place of opportunity unlike any that ever existed before in recent history, perhaps ever. This opportunity drew some of the worlds best minds to the US. People like Tesla for example.
At the same time, capital investors were very eager for opportunity. This allowed Edison and Tesla for example to compete on bringing commercial electricity to the world. Both were well funded by investors as were many ideas that both succeeded and failed. The very low taxes and entrepreneurial spirit that pervaded the US allowed for wealthy people to invest in ideas and people. An environment that did not exist anywhere else in the world at the time.
The US became a super power after WW II. The destruction of European industry left the US as one of the few industrialized nations with intact industry. The US culture allowed the US to parlay this into a huge economic advantage. The US expended more on military than other nations. This allowed the US become the dominant military power in the world. The sheer size of the US was a major factor, but culture was the biggest. US culture and it's emphasis on Individualism promoted innovation and invention. The free Capitalism that existed in the US at the time funded these opportunities. The US became the source of almost all new major inventions and technology after WW II. Between 1945 and 1980 if it was invented, improved or created it was probably done so in the US. Much of the worlds goods were made in the US between 1945 and 1965 as well. By 1965 Japan and Taiwan were edging into US markets and outsourcing by US companies began to feed the deindustrialization of the US.
MARK BRAINLIEST....
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