内战后,国务卿威廉·亨利·西沃德继续推行被内战打断的扩张进程,购买阿拉斯加获得了成功,但其他的扩张活动引发了反扩张主义者的强烈反对。反扩张主义者要求政府重点关注国内重建问题,由于他们的反对,西沃德购买西印度群岛、插足夏威夷等计划最终无法实现。 After the civil war, Secretary of State William Henry Seward continued the process of expansion interrupted by the civil war, succeeding in the purchase of Alaska, but other expansive activities provoked strong opposition from anti-expansionists. Anti-expansionists have demanded that the government focus on the issue of domestic reconstruction. Due to their opposition, Seward’s plans to buy the West Indies and join Hawaii eventually failed to materialize.