After the War of 1812, the United States seeked to expand westward in search of new lands and territory. They made a renewed effort of investment in land, railway construction and in the exploitation of natural resources in the American west. They have brought about multiple changes in several territories, including their own. It is debatable whether these alterations in the economical, social, and political aspect of foreign and domestic nations were beneficial or not. However, based on the multiple positive changes expansionism has brought the U.S., we can conclude that it was advantageous. Expansionism and the spread of the American way of life proved to be beneficial to the inhabitants of other countries. According to the passage, “The March of the Flag” by Albert Beveridge, America had “multiple talents” and a way of life superior to other races. Beveridge claimed that America should use their talents to grow the economy by occupying new markets, producing more products in factories and selling more goods. In the fourth paragraph, Beveridge describes the government of the Philippines after American influence as “just, humane, and civilizing.” This statement suggests that Americans had rescued the people of the Philippines from a “savage, bloody rule,” This action that America took is something that they should be honorably praised for. Beveridge also hints that the growth of America towards the commercial supremacy of the world is inevitable, and will result in a more civilized and orderly world. Finally, at the end of his speech, he states that, “Most future wars will be conflicts of commerce. The power that rules the Pacific, therefore, is the power that rules the world,” indicating that the U.S. will be an even more powerful nation if it takes these “imperialistic actions.” Beveridge made this claim due to the fact that the Pacific Islands had very strategic locations, ideal for the growing U.S. Navy t