| A. | Theodore Roosevelt: Social Darwinist | ||
| 1. | Monroe Doctrine Corollary | ||
| a. | Caribbean actions | ||
| b. | Consequences | ||
| 2. | Panama Canal | ||
| 3. | Focus on increasing navy | ||
| 4. | Asia | ||
| a. | Manchuria | ||
| b. | Diplomacy with Japan | ||
| c. | Great White Fleet | ||
| B. | William Howard Taft: Dollar diplomacy | ||
| 1. | Asia | ||
| a. | Reversals in foreign relations | ||
| b. | Consequences | ||
| 2. | Caribbean | ||
| a. | Nicaragua | ||
| b. | Maintaining order while increasing trade | ||
| C. | Woodrow Wilson: Democratic principles | ||
| 1. | Sustained Caribbean intervention | ||
| 2. | Conflict with Mexico | ||
| A. | Desire to seek new frontiers | ||
| 1. | 1890 census | ||
| 2. | Frontier thesis | ||
| 3. | Missionary activity | ||
| B. | Corporate growth¾need for new markets | ||
| 1. | Tobacco | ||
| 2. | Wheat | ||
| 3. | Worldwide trade | ||
| C. | Growth of imperialism¾Arthur Thayer Mahan | ||
| 1. | Social Darwinism | ||
| 2. | Monroe Doctrine Corollary | ||
| 3. | United States as a world power | ||
| a. | Panama Canal | ||
| b. | Navy | ||
| A. | Hay-Pauncefote Treaty of 1902 | ||
| B. | Where to build the canal | ||
| 1. | Nicaragua | ||
| 2. | Completing the canal across Panama, begun by the French | ||
| C. | Acquiring the rights in Panama | ||
| 1. | Hay-Herran Treaty | ||
| 2. | Colombian objections to U.S. acquisition | ||
| 3. | Panamanian revolt against Colombia | ||
| a. | U.S. Military and diplomatic support of Panama | ||
| b. | Philippe Bunau-Varilla | ||
| c. | Hay-Bunau-Varilla | ||
| D. | Construction of the Panama Canal and its impact after completion | ||
| 1. | Building the canal | ||
| 2. | Completion in 1914 | ||
| 3. | Shortened trip from California to New York | ||
| 4. | Enhanced U.S. strategic abilities and power | ||
| A. | Causes of the war | ||
| 1. | Cuban revolution | ||
| 2. | Influence of yellow journalists | ||
| 3. | Publication of Deputy de Lome's letter | ||
| 4. | Explosion of U.S.S. Maine | ||
| 5. | Declaration of war and Teller Amendment | ||
| B. | The "splendid little war" | ||
| 1. | Naval victory at Manila | ||
| 2. | Land war in Cuba | ||
| a. | U.S. Army, outfitting and supplies | ||
| b. | Cuban rebels | ||
| c. | Spanish troops | ||
| d. | The Rough Riders' Negro cavalries | ||
| 3. | Surrender of Spanish army | ||
| C. | Results of war | ||
| 1. | Peace of Paris of 1898 | ||
| a. | Independence for Cuba | ||
| b. | Acquisition of Guam, Puerto Rico, the Philippines | ||
| 2. | Anti-imperialist sentiment | ||