Spanish-American War

      This was truly an important time in American history. It was a time where American began to emerge on the world level. Our economy had been fluorescing, as our country became a world power. Our military was stronger than it had ever been, and we were a prominent country that had to make a decision. The promising part of this time period is that we had emerged as a world power. We began to think of ourselves as one of the elite countries in the world. We had finally became one of the world's strongest powers. We felt that we could stand toe to toe with the world's other strong powers. American could also control its own destiny because we were able to choose the foreign policy that we would use. Although there was a lot of promising development in America, this was also a time of problems. The issue was that we needed to decide our involvement in foreign affairs. We needed to create a plan and stick to it. There were a few options that we had. We could become an imperialistic nation, we could stay a passive nation, or we could become a nation that promotes western ideas to other countries. Either way, we needed to find our niche on the world scene. This time period was essential to the development of American. This was a time where we proved that we could be a world power, yet it was a time where we had to step up and answer the question regarding our foreign policy.