In chapter 8 of Major Issues in the History of American Immigration, the focus shifts from the United States proper to the expansion and creation of the so-called American Empire of the End of the 19th century. Unlike other contemporary colonial powers, such as Britain and France, expansion beyond the coast into foreign lands met with mixed responses. While some argued that it was a mere continuation of Manifest Destiny, others considered it hypocritical to the democratic spirit that had come to the United States. Whatever their reasons, as U.S. foreign policy shifted in the direction of direct control and acquisition, it raised the issue of the native inhabitants of the lands they held and their place in American society. Despite its long history of creating states from acquired territories, the United States had no such plans for its colonies, effectively excluding its native-born subjects from citizenship. Chapter 8's discussion of colonialism and migration reveals that this new class of Americans, the Native Americans, would never be equal to its ruler, nor would they join, either in physical or ideological terms, the union of states. a turning point for the United States, during which the Industrial Revolution and the desire for expansion brought forth through Manifest Destiny began to run parallel. After the end of the Spanish-American War, the United States found itself with a wealth of new territory ceded by the dying Spanish Empire. The question of what to do with these new lands became a source of debate all the way up to the United States Congress. Men like Albert J. Beveridge, a senator from Indiana, supported annexation, but not necessarily incorporation of these new l...... middle of paper ......y Burnett, “The Noncitizen National and the Law of American Empire,” “in Major Problems in American Immigration History, ed. Mae M Ngai and Jon Gjerde (Boston: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning, 2013),278Dawnes v. Bidwell, “Dawnes v. Bidwell Rules Puerto Rico Belongs to but is Not Part of the United States, 1901,” in Major Problems in American Immigration History, edited by Mae M Ngai and Jon Gjerde (Boston: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning, 2013), 271Joseph Henry Crooker, “Joseph Henry Crooker Says America Should Have No Colonies, 1900,” , in Major Problems in American Immigration History, ed. Mae M Ngai and Jon Gjerde (Boston: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning, 2013),268Albert J. Beveridge, “Senator Albert J. Beveridge Supports an American Empire, 1898,” in Major Problems in American Immigration History, ed. Mae M Ngai and Jon Gjerde (Boston: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning, 2013), 267