American Imperialism Notes

American Imperialism Notes

Reading:

Read the Outline carefully; from Johnson and Zinn get only the answers to the questions below.

· Outline: p181 (“Ambivalent Empire”) - 186

· Johnson: Part 5 “Populism, Imperialism…” (textbook 607-614)

· Zinn: Chapter 12: The Empire and the People

Homework Questions

1. What is “imperialism”? Outline claims American imperialism was unusual. In what way?

2. What factor(s) does each book claim were responsible for the growth of American imperialism?

3. Describe TR’s main foreign policy accomplishments.

Lecture outline

American Imperialism

1. Anti-Imperial Origins

a. Revolution

b. Monroe Doctrine

2. Motives for Imperialism

3. Growing Imperialism

a. Hawaii

b. Cuba (& Hearst)

c. The Spanish-American War

4. Progressive Imperialism

a. The Post-war Empire

b. TR: Panama

c. TR: The Roosevelt Corollary

d. Taft: Dollar Diplomacy

e. Wilson: Intervention