-in a report, called "Instances of the Use of United States Armed Forces Abroad 1798-1945", 103 interventions in the affairs of other countries between 1798 and 1895 were cited
-expansionism was increasingly encouraged by the millionaire press, the military, the gov't, the eager-to-please scholars of the time
-ideology of expansion was widespread in the upper circles of military men, politicians, businessmen, and among some of the leaders of farmers' movements who though foreign markets would help them.
