How did the spanish-american war reflect the new role of the united states as a world power

For the first time, the United States was spending money and resources to police its backyard in a way that smelled and looked like imperialism.

This was seen as the US entering the global stage and behaving like a European power.

arresting and exicuting citizens

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question - in the 1900s there were two competing views about the environment that often pitted industrialist and conservationist against one another. how were these two competing views demonstrated by the environmental policies of president roosevelt and president taft?

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