Theodore Roosevelt was an imperialist and supported it because he was interested in the US maintaining its power for racial reasons. He believed that the white race was the most dominant over everyone else.
to take the Holy Land back from the Islamic Empires
the first cruscade was a relgous battle to take jerusalum
The main purpose of the IMF was to monitor the international fixed exchange rate system and to provide temporary loans to countries suffering balance of payments problems. ... The IMF conditionalities are the often-criticized conditions that the IMF places on foreign governments accepting their loans.