How did the concept of Social Darwinism contribute to America’s transition from isolationism to foreign interventionism in the late 1800s?

1. Imperialists used it as an argument for helping struggling nations in Asia, investing millions into the development of successful industrial economies.
2. Promoting social justice for all people, imperialists applied it to their humanitarian efforts to aid the Boxers in China.
3. Embracing the idea of moral superiority, imperialists used it as justification for expanding America’s empire into the Pacific.
4. Imperialists combined it with yellow journalism to promote democracy, spreading progressive reforms throughout the Western Hemisphere.