Critical Thinking 18-1 #5

In the passage, Senator Albert J. Beveridge from Indiana explains what he believes to be the reason why U. S. needed to acquire new territories. Because he says that "fate has written our policy for us," it is made clear that the senator believed in manifest destiny, the belief that America was destined to expand. He also says that the U.S. "must" be in charge of the trade of the world, so that American products could be distributed across the world. In Beveridge's vision of the future, there would be "great colonies, governing themselves, flying our flag and trading with us," which would grow from American trading posts. The senator's words all seem to show a strong support for imperialism, which was, at that point, possible for America, which was just becoming a powerful nation.