The Imperialist Vision - Madison

        Several European nations were expanding overseas in a development called the New Imperialism.  The reason for this expansion included how factories depended on raw materials, but no single country could supply all of the resources.  The Imperialism and Anglo-Saxonism beliefs had started to gain popularity, and so the United States increased its involvement in foreign affairs to have more influence over the other countries.  There were three international crises that illustrated this new approach.  The first, in 1888, the country risked a war in order to prevent Germany from taking control of Samoa in the south Pacific.  Three years later, an infuriated mob in Chile attacked American sailors.  Lastly, in 1895, the U.S. backed up Venezuela against Great Britain in a border dispute with British Guiana.