Most white southern were small farmers.
The end of the 19 century, American Imperialism kept growing up, they wanted more land, more resources, but they couldn't deal with the Great Powers in Europe, so they invasion Spain.
In the Ottoman empire, there were four different types of major social classes. These were men of the pen, men of the sword, men of negotiation, and the men of husbandry
It was looked down upon because it reminded many of the colonial times being ruled by a foreign power
