Choose two people who lived during the period of 1890 - 1920 with differing opinions on American imperialism

Starting in the 1890s

A policy or practice by which a country increases its power by gaining control over other areas of the world.

What were the positives and negatives of this policy shift?

Mark Twain maintained an anti-imperialist position that evolved conceptually throughout his life. From the beginning of his fight against racism, he expanded his speech against the conquest practices of Europe and the USA on Asia and Africa. Mark Twain, on his return from Europe in 1900, started producing many articles and interviews in newspapers and magazines declaring himself against American and European imperialism. Later he even became part of the Anti-imperialist League. The most interesting document he has written about it was the essay "To the Person Sitting in Darkness"

On the opposite side is the writer Rudyard Kipling, of British origin. He was born and raised in India and was severely educated in the English way. He did not hesitate to take sides with the United States when the wars on Cuba began against Spain. However; his vision of imperialism was quite romantic, extolling protectionism and greatness and denouncing the common mistakes in which people tend to fall when they are too weak to govern their own countries.