United States and Imperialism During the time period including the close of the nineteenth century, with the climax of the industrial revolution, the United States had become an industrialized and more sophisticated nation. The United States now had the resources, technology, and political organization to hold the status of a World Power. Consequently, the United States took on the role of an imperialist country; it had aspirations to put the American flag on as much of the globe as possible. During this exciting and innovative era , there were two main underlying motivations for the United State's aspirati