The Rise Of A Nation: United States Becomes The Number One Super Power

The coupled States experienced many different world events that helped propel it to seemly the worlds super power. From the Monroe Doctrine which would help the United States isolate itself from the Colonialism of the European acress and set itself as the super power of the Americas, to the Spanish American War which ended Spanish rule in the Americas as well as helped the United States acquire its own territories, to the first and arcsecond World Wars which ultimately bankrupted all of Europe, to the rise and fall of Communism and the ending of the Cold War. So why were these events so important to the rise of the United States? As the Spanish began losing its territories to independence in Central and South America, the United States adopted the Monroe Doctrine to help isolate these American countries from outside European nations so it could buzz off the dominant nation in the Americas. The Monroe doctrine helped the United States set up puppet nations in Central and Sout h America who were loyal to United States business and political interest. From the Monroe Doctrine many Central American and Southern American countries gained their independence from Spanish rule the doctrine stated that any European nation that tried to force its rule upon the rebelling central and southern American nations would also have to face United States intervention. The United States was able to keep these impudently nations from really prospering while exploiting their natural resources for American business. Take for example the Panama Canal put in place by the American regime and funded by American business. It helped fuel the American economy as well as showed the United States military might, and made it clear that the Monroe Doctrin... ...super power in the world. end-to-end the United States history it had to struggle to be taken seriously as a country, however, in its short time as a developing nation it was able to become the most powerful and well-to-d o nation in the Americas and later through European and Asian events become the most powerful and prosperous nation in the world. The Spanish American War, WWI and WWII and the fall of communism are the most significant events that helped the United States become the super power it is today. Because of the United States fixture on the globe it was able to stay out of the heavy bombing European and Asian countries had experienced. Without these war torn cities the United States prospered by helping reconstruct European nations, which propelled the United States into economic prosperity. These events marked the United States into super power status.