Discuss the reasons behind the new expansionism that characterized US foreign policy in the 1890's

U.S. Expansionism in the 1980s
The U.S. expansionist policies in the 1890s were initiated by different reasons and among
those the primary reasons were economic and religious (ideological). It was the boost in the U.S
economy and the recurrence of over-production and under-consumption which shaped the post-
Civil War economic history of the U.S. And to cope up with these particular problems the U.S.
industrialists adapted policies to pressurize the government to indulge in formulating
expansionist policies so that the surplus production could be distributed to foreign markets. It
should be kept in mind that “Surpluses resulted in downturns in the economy, as evidenced by
the financial panic that occurred in 1873 and 1893. American business...