According to turn-of-the-century legal scholar John Bassett Moore, by acquiring several new territories the United States had retained its

According to turn-of-the-century legal scholar John Bassett Moore, by acquiring several new territories the United States had retained its traditional stance of freedom from foreign entanglements. become an unscrupulous empire builder. become what was commonly called a world power.” taken the next logical step in the evolution of the American experiment.