In the late 19th century and the early 20th century America looked to actively expand its influence overseas to other countries. This period is often referred to as the "New Era of Manifest Destiny" which was greatly spurred by missionaries and business interests. This expansionist foreign policy was also influenced by the belief in Social Darwinism and by certain doctrines of Manifest Destiny. These doctrines included Turner's thesis, The Frontier in American Economy, and a thesis written by Alfred Mahan.

By the end of the 19th century there was no longer a frontier left in America. Americans had spent much of the mid-1800s exploring the American frontier and expanding American business throughout America to the west. In The Frontier in American Economy, Frederick Turner asked the question, "What

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Another idea that emerged during the American expansionist period was Social Darwinism. Social Darwinism revolved around the belief that the stronger races and groups of humans would survive and prosper and that the groups that were inferior would not. During this period Americans viewed this idea as a concept outside of the US. Americans started to believe that many other countries were inferior. Due to these other countries' inferiority, Americans believed that they would be better off by the US taking them over. If the US were to take over these countries, they then could educate the people to make them less inferior.

Another man named Alfred Mahan wrote a thesis in regards to American economic expansion while attending a naval academy. He believed that in order fo

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