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Rise of Imperial Republic of U.S.A

Rise of Imperial Republic of U.S.A. Define the term: imperialism. What are strengths and weaknesses in pursuing empire?. Imperialism Defined. Empire Building & Overseas Expansion An empire of liberty & Manifest Destiny Alaska: Seward’s Icebox Pacific Basin Initiatives The China Trades

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Rise of Imperial Republic of U.S.A

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  1. Rise of Imperial Republic of U.S.A Define the term: imperialism. What are strengths and weaknesses in pursuing empire?

  2. Imperialism Defined • Empire Building & Overseas Expansion • An empire of liberty & Manifest Destiny • Alaska: Seward’s Icebox • Pacific Basin Initiatives • The China Trades • Pan American Union • Diplomacy: Monroe Doctrine

  3. The U.S. Economy • Continental Power • Industrial Dilemma • Boom Bust Cycles • Depression of 1893 • The Frontier Thesis: FJ Turner • Expansionists at Home and Abroad • Neo MD: Mahan and Strong

  4. The Spanish-Cuban-US War • Ten Years War • Cuban Independence Denied • Economic Infrastructure & Investments • Jose Marti and Independence of Cuba http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Mart%C3%AD • War and U.S. Role

  5. Yellow Journalism • McKinley Presidency • Sensationalism • Maine Incident: Remember the Maine & to Hell with Spain • Jingoism and Public Opinion • War and Imperial Interests • The Foraker Amendment

  6. Roosevelt Corollary: updating Monroe Doctrine • Cuba’s Platt Amendment: Protectorate? • Panama: Canal Zone Diplomacy • Nicaragua: Dollar Diplomacy • Haiti: Interventionism • Big Stick in Action • Drago Doctrine:The America’s Response • Stable, Orderly or Else!

  7. The Chinese Melon • The Opium War: British Imperialism • De-stabilization of Manchu Dynasty • Sino-Japanese War, 1895 • Boxer Rebellion • The Open Door Notes • U.S. Commercial Expansion • Sun Yat-Sen & Chinese Republic, 1911

  8. Japan: The Rising Sun • U.S. opens the door: Perry Expedition • Meiji Restoration: Modernization • Sino Japanese War: Japan has arrived • Imperial expansion and Manchuria • Russo Japanese War, 1904-05 • The U.S., Root-Takahira Accords • Pacific Rivalry and roots of Pearl Harbor

  9. Pacific Initiatives • Midway, Samoa and Oceania • The Hawaiian Isle Intervention • Treaty with Spain: Guam + Puerto Rico • The Philippines: promises, promises • Great White Fleet sets sail • Imperial Debate: Expansionists v. Anti-Expansionists. Impact on democracy?

  10. U.S. Hegemony What are the costs of building and maintaining an overseas empire? Evaluate the impact of U.S. image abroad.

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