The imperialists were all for it, thinking that it would help with the American market and the depressed economy from the Panic of 1893. The anti-imperialists argued that it went against our American democracy and was harmful to the territories we were trying to acquire.
<span>Potential colonist didn't want to clear land for farming and clear the place of the Native American raids.</span>
<span>A major purpose of these laws was to preserve slavery. In the first two years after the Civil War, white-dominated southern legislatures passed Black Codes modeled after the earlier slave codes. They were particularly concerned with controlling movement and labor, as slavery had given way to a free labor system.</span>
An impact of the post-World War II economic boom in Europe was increased standard of living.
The post–World War II economic expansion, also refered to as the Golden Age of Capitalism, or even postwar economic boom, and the long boom, marked a period of strong economic growth which took place right after World War II and ended with the 1973–75 recession. Countries such as The United States, Soviet Union, Western European and East Asian countries experienced a high and sustained growth which was unusual, along with with full employment.