<u>The United States foreign policy after the Spanish American war:
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The victory that the United States secured in the 10 weeks long war against the Spaniards gave them both the motivation and the reason to turn into an imperialist power. Expansion of the United States territory came to be a topic on the unwritten agenda of most influential leaders.
The operations that were being carried out in order to annex the Philippines gained pace. Newly emerging imperialists started demanding annexation of Cuba and the nearby islands.
The policy of the territorial dominance of the United States was surfaced and was considered to be 'righteous' by many. Establishing paramountcy over the region was basically the core of the United States foreign policy after the victory that it achieved in the Spanish American War.
