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By 1898, several pro-expansionist arguments had developed, including that the US needed to "civilize" peoples of the world ("White man's burden"). Also, businesses that relied on raw material imports wanted to establish a presence in areas where they would be produced in order to import the materials tariff-free.

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Many people argued that expanding into the west would make the United States to large and it would become difficult to govern such a vast territory. Those who were for expansion wanted to ease the population pressures in Eastern cities and open new markets for industrial goods.

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It was a way to china for U.S., would act as a check to Japan so they would not become dominant force and it's abundance of tropical fruits, trade, and buisness interests.

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