<span>-in a report, called "Instances of the Use of United States Armed Forces Abroad 1798-1945", 103 interventions in the affairs of other countries between 1798 and 1895 were cited
-expansionism was increasingly encouraged by the millionaire press, the military, the gov't, the eager-to-please scholars of the time
-ideology of expansion was widespread in the upper circles of military men, politicians, businessmen, and among some of the leaders of farmers' movements who though foreign markets would help them.</span>
King Otto l was was German king from 936 and Holy Roman Emperor from <em><u>962</u></em> until his death in <em><u>973</u></em>. He was the oldest son of Henry I the Fowler and Matilda.
Otto inherited the Duchy of Saxony and the kingship of the Germans upon his father's death in 936. He continued his father's work of unifying all German tribes into a single kingdom and greatly expanded the king's powers at the expense of the aristocracy. Through strategic marriages and personal appointments, Otto installed members of his family in the kingdom's most important duchies. This reduced the various dukes, who had previously been co-equals with the king, to royal subjects under his authority. Otto transformed the Roman Catholic Church in Germany to strengthen royal authority and subjected its clergy to his personal control.
Father -- Henry the Fowler
Mother -- Matilda