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
 Pan American Union
 Diplomacy: Monroe Doctrine

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

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

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

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!

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

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

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?

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