Question

People who believe in the expansion of the United States outside its continental borders for trade, diplomatic power, and national defense were known as.

Question 25 options:

imperialists


anti-imperialists


muckrakers


union leaders

Answer 1

The answer is imperialists.

Answer 2

The correct answer is Imperialists.

Imperialism refers to a country's policy of expanding their power through economics, diplomacy and through military might.

This might mean invading a country or negotiating a base or opening up multiple factories. Or it might involve installing a puppet government.

The United States engaged actively in imperialism during the late 1800s and early 1900s.