While Minister Josiah Strong backed expansionism by claiming it was God's Will, Senator Alfred Beveridge justified it by stating that the emerging businesses demanded imperialism and it was America´s destiny to bring trade, liberty, and civilization to benighted people.
Strong argued that it was America´s manifest destiny to acquire new lands in a race with the other nations to dominate the world and acquire the limited resources. Beveridge argued that the increased business abroad had made it necessary to protect investments overseas.
Answer:
I believe its my natural right to request trial by combat.
France controlled the purple areas.
Answer:
An act of war
Explanation:
The U.S. was not interested in war, however with the greatly increasing amount of America ships sunk in unrestricted submarine warfare, The U.S. was pushing towards war. The British intercepted the Zimmerman note that the Germans hoped the Mexicans received. This note was very threatening to the U.S. since it called for Mexico to invade America, including Texas and its borders. The U.S. most definitely didn't want a war on their own soil, against a neighbor.
Lincoln was trying to appeal to Southern voters by picking Andrew Johnson as his running mate. These two men were actually very different politically speaking. Lincoln was a Republican, Andrew Johnson was a Democrat. Lincoln was from the Midwest US, Andrew Johnson was from Tennessee.
Lincoln knew that having a Democratic Vice President who once represented a Confederate state (Tennessee) would allow his presidency to appeal to a wider range of voters.
