Talk about the three G's; Gold, Glory, and God.
Also, at the time, land was equal to power. The more land you had, the richer you were. This is a social and political reason, as well as economic.
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The Spanish-American War was notable not only because the United States ... Spain had dominated Central and South America since the late fifteenth century. ... of additional naval bases in the Pacific Ocean, reaching as far as mainland Asia. ... best known part of the battles, but in fact, several African American regiments
Rule by a single leader with unrestrained power.
It was different because many people were facing difficult issues such as discrimination and many innocent lives were being taken as well as dictators ruling over and trying to end certain races and their existence also. It was far from normal because of the violence and deaths occurring due to the very advancing technologies and weapons.
