At the close of World War II—the deadliest conflict in human history—British Prime Minister Winston Churchill declared that the United States stood “at the summit of the world.”
Your own source all but says post-WW2 is when the U.S. became a world superpower.
Learn how domestic expansion and three wars—the Spanish-American War, World War I, and World War II—transformed the United States’ standing in the world.
There’s also the summary at the very top
I could find more, but it’s pretty well agreed upon that post-WW2 was when the U.S. became a world superpower.
Hell, the article you linked to said the U.S. enacted an isolationist policy post-WW1.
What part of the spanish-american war are you not getting? The US was already a powerhouse at that point. It’s why it’s in the article. WW2 just made us become the world police.
Your own source all but says post-WW2 is when the U.S. became a world superpower.
There’s also the summary at the very top
I could find more, but it’s pretty well agreed upon that post-WW2 was when the U.S. became a world superpower.
Hell, the article you linked to said the U.S. enacted an isolationist policy post-WW1.
What part of the spanish-american war are you not getting? The US was already a powerhouse at that point. It’s why it’s in the article. WW2 just made us become the world police.