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Those who favored overseas expansion by the United States in the late nineteenth

century argued that​

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-increasing American production necessitated the acquisition of additional markets.

-a worldwide scramble for empire, not including the United States, might eliminate American opportunities for growth as well as threaten its defenses.

-The end of the frontier in America raised fears about diminishing opportunities at home.

-it was America's duty and destiny to extend its "superior" government and culture to less privileged and capable peoples.

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