Imperialism

Roots of imperialism

Social Darwinism

National Ambition

Teddy Roosevelt

Alfred Thayer Mahan, The Influence of Sea Power upon History

Crisis of Overproduction

From the Old Diplomacy to the New

European imperialism

Informal empire

Spanish-American War

Cuba

Yellow Journalism

General Valeriano Weyler

The Maine

Teller Amendment

Platt Amendment

Philippines

Insurrection

Motives, “white man’s burden”

Open Door Policy

China Market

Sec. Of State Hay

Open Door Notes

Boxer Uprising

European concessions

Spheres of influence

The American Empire

Opposition: Twain, Carnegie, Gompers, etc.