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2 November, 06:26

How did U. S. secretary of state James G. Blaine, who served under the Garfield and Harrison administrations, promote American expansionist interests abroad?

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  1. 2 November, 09:29
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    James G. Blaine's expansionist interests was based on promoting American influence in the Latin American countries and the world.

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    When James G. Blaine was in office as the U. S Secretary of Sate, he contributed immensely in the promotion of American diplomacy. He served two terms as U. S Secretary of Sate during Garfield and Harrison presidential administration.

    Throughout his tenure, he worked hard on promoting American expansionists interests by establishing peaceful relations with the Latin America. He emphasized on the Pan-American Conference which led to the creation of the Pan-American Union in 1890. The union promoted friendship and cooperation among the American continents.

    Blaine believed in commercialization and encouraged American commercial expansion in the global platform. He increased the naval power to promote easy and fast import and export of goods and services. This was also done to strengthen the naval force for military purposes.

    During his tenure, Blaine mediated in the War of the Pacific from 1879 to 1883 between Bolivia, Chile and Peru. He wanted to establish peace for promoting economic prosperity in the Pacific region. He also inter-mediated on various international conflicts to establish peace among nations.
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