Question

What was one of the primary causes of the American phenomenon of Imperialism?

Answer 1

Answer:

American historians used to try to excuse America's acquisitions of a territorial empire as something of an embarrassing mistake, but that's misleading because one of the primary causes of the phenomenon of American Imperialism was economics; we needed places to sell our amazing new products.

Explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:

Economics

they needed places to sell new products