INSTRUCTIONS:
In order to prepare you must complete the following readings:
- Review and identify the sections of Chapter 19 that address the topics that are relevant to this essay.
- Read the linked articles and use at least one of them for your essay to support your discussion:
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- Henry Cabot Lodge
- Links to an external site. on expansionism
- War and the Yellow Press
- Links to an external site.
- De Lôme Letter
- Links to an external site. transcript
- Platt Amendment 1903
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- Links to an external site. transcript
- Identify and incorporate at least one additional outside source to support your discussion. In addition to the textbook, you may use any material outside of the textbook that is recommended in the Additional Reading section at the end of each chapter. You are also encouraged to do your own research and identify relevant sources. Please keep in mind that WIKIPEDIA is not an acceptable reference.
PREPARE AND SUBMIT:
Write a well-organized essay, a minimum of 700 words (but not limited to), including supporting details from the documents/textbook/other sources, in which you analyze the assigned readings and address the following question:
Discuss the economic, strategic, and ideological factors that contributed to American interest in overseas expansion in the latter part of the nineteenth century, and how the U. S. achieved this expansion. As part of your analysis and discussion identify the arguments of both critics and supporters of imperialism, evaluating, and explaining who had the strongest arguments.
