• textbook --> pp. 704 - 712.
• AMSCO --> pp. 400 - 403  [Doc. A --> pp. 419 - 420].
• Heffner --> pp.

1. What intellectual, economic, philosophical, and racial factors helped create a new nationalist mood more receptive to overseas expansion in the late 19c?
2. What was Alfred Thayer Mahan's thesis of national power?
3. List the achievements of Secretary of State William H. Seward in the area of American foreign policy.
4. What were James G. Blaine's objectives in promoting Pan-American cooperation?  How successful were his efforts?
5. Why did Americans have an interest in annexing Hawaii?  How did the Cleveland administration handle the annexation issue?  What role did Queen Liliuokalani play?
6. What were the positions of Democrats and Republicans in the Congressional debate over the annexation of Hawaii?
7. List some examples of U. S. intervention in the political affairs of Chile and Venezuela during the 1890s.  How did these incidents reflect American ideas about the role of the United States in the Western Hemisphere?

                          ASSIGNMENT 2:

• textbook --> pp. 712 - 721.
• AMSCO --> pp. 403 - 408 [Docs. B, C, and D --> pp. 420 - 422].

1. Describe early American business and political interests in Cuba and the threats to these interests during Spanish rule of the island.
2. Identify the factors that promoted American support for Cuban independence during the 1890s.  What events served as catalysts in pushing the United States toward war with Spain?
3. List the provisions of the Teller Amendment.  Why was it added to the bill declaring war with Spain.
4. What were the American plans and preparations for the Spanish-American War?  How effective were these efforts?
5. What was the importance of the action by the navy's Asiatic fleet?  How did such action change the character of the war?
6. Separate myth from reality regarding the events surrounding the American victory in the Battle of San Juan Hill.
7. Identify the American arguments for and against ratification of the Treaty of Paris, 1898.
8. What was the role of the Anti-Imperialist League in the public debate over acquisition of the Philippines?  Why did annexation of the islands prevail?
9. How did Americans treat the Filipino people during the Filipino-American War?  How were these actions a repudiation of the ideals that had led the United States to help Cuba secure its independence?
10. Define the term "sphere of influence."  How is it relevant to the political status of China at the end of the 19c?
11. What were the principles of John Hay's Open Door policy?  How was it calculated to provide maximum commercial and diplomatic advantage at minimum cost?  What did the costs turn out to be?
12. List the provisions of the Treaty of Portsmouth.  What impact did this treaty have on Japanese-American relations?

                         ASSIGNMENT 3:

• textbook --> pp. 721 - 728.
• AMSCO --> pp. 409 - 416.

1. What was the role of the United States in Puerto Rico after the Spanish-American War?  Why was the Supreme Court decision in the Insular Cases important?  How did it impact American territorial acquisitions in the future?
2. List the provisions of the Platt Amendment.  How did they define the role of the United States in Cuba following the Spanish-American War?
3. What was Teddy Roosevelt's role in the circumstances leading to the construction of the Panama Canal?  Why have many observers questioned the propriety of the methods that were used?
4. What was the American response to Roosevelt's approach to foreign policy?
5. What was  the intent of the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine?  What policy did it establish?
6. Create a CHART that illustrates the different approaches/actions taken in foreign policy by Teddy Roosevelt, William H. Taft, and Woodrow Wilson.
7. Why was Taft's foreign policy nicknamed "Dollar Diplomacy?"  Describe his intervention in Nicaraguan affairs.
8. Describe the major examples of U. S. intervention in Latin American affairs during the Wilson administration.
9. List the major themes that evolved at the end of the 19c and beginning of the 20c as America became more involved in global affairs.
10. What were the long-term repercussions of "Yankee imperialism" for the United States?  for the rest of the world?