From the year 1898 until 1902, United States had been constantly involved in wars with Spain and Philippines. The historians and the authors came up with various reasons on why United States was struggling to create its positions by waging wars. The reasons like economic growth, creation of domain and a competition for excellence came to light. Theodore Roosevelt was elected as a state assemblyman in the year 1882. He assumed himself to be more important and possessed determination to create a promising career in politics. He was just 23 years of age which made his colleagues underestimate his decision and power. His strategy was to place the role of a ‘man’ in politics. This made him emphasis much on manhood …show more content…
He wanted the countrymen to stop suppressing the lesser people and concentrate on developing a perfect civilization. The Spanish-American war that took place in 1898 transformed Roosevelt into fearless Rough Rider. Spanish American war was a war of historical significance that demonstrated US moving towards imperialism and created new rooms for world markets. The victory over Spain was mainly due to newly created naval power. To Roosevelt, Americans should be able to expand not only in their own nation but also throughout the world. Roosevelt asserted that the perfect civilization was enhanced by manly men and individuals; a strong race that cannot be compared to any race in the world. He mainly focused on manhood and commented that if a man loses his manhood, the ones fighting against him could easily take away his land and power. Roosevelt’s ideas on the White Man’s Burden, concept of Big Stick in terms of manhood and strenuous life refined the characters of men. He transformed Native Americans to demons, African-Americans to inferiors and the Japanese into weak