2. Explain HOW the following headlines reflect “Dollar Diplomacy” and how it would effect these nations.
“U.S. Invests Millions in Honduran Banana Companies”
“Taft Guarantees Loans to China by American Business”
“U.S. Takes Over Nicaraguan Railroads”

3. Summarize and Explain the Context of George Washington’s Farewell Address (1796)
As avenues to foreign influence in innumerable ways, such attachments are particularly alarming to the truly enlightened and independent Patriot. How many opportunities do they afford to tamper with domestic factions, to practise the arts of seduction, to mislead public opinion, to influence or awe the Public Councils! Such an attachment of a small or weak, towards a great and powerful nation, dooms the former to be the satellite of the latter.
The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign nations, is, in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connexion as possible. So far as we have already formed engagements, let them be fulfilled with perfect good faith. Here let us stop.
Our detached and distant situation invites and enables us to pursue a different course. If we remain one people, under an efficient government, the period is not far off, when we may defy material injury from external annoyance; when we may take such an attitude as will cause the neutrality, we may at any time resolve upon, to be scrupulously respected; when belligerent nations, under the impossibility of making acquisitions upon us, will not lightly hazard the giving us provocation; when we may choose peace or war, as our interest, guided by justice, shall counsel.

4. America Becomes a World Power

5. Two basic views of foreign policy?
Isolationism
Stay inside your country and deal with other countries only when it directly impacts you (War of 1812, Mexican-American War)
WHY? Countries that are less stable and have internal issues to fix (Civil War, Western Settlement)
Internationalism
Intervene and interact with countries to benefit the power and well-being of your own country
WHY? Your country is stable and prosperous and thus has the capability to intervene

6. What factors stabilized the US and enabled the country to turn to internationalism?
The South has been “Reconstructed,” (resources can be used elsewhere)
The West is “settled” Farmers and Railroads in, “other” people (Mexicans/Native Americans) out
Industrialization gave America the means to go across the seas!

7. Alright...but why do we want to go (travel is scary...)

8. 1. Commercial/Business Interests U. S. Foreign Investments: 1869-1908

9. 1. Commercial/Business Interests
Gospel of Wealth: Our duty is to accumulate wealth

10. 2. Military/Strategic Interests
Alfred T. Mahan  The Influence of Sea Power on History:

11. 3. Social Darwinist/Manifest Destiny Thinking
The White Man’s Burden

12. 4. Closing the American Frontier

13. What differences did it have to Westward Expansion?
What similarities did this have to Westward Expansion (Manifest Destiny)?
Racism
Industry/Resources
Religion
People first (business) protection later
Strategic bases around the world to impose American Power
This was imperialism, these were not going to be states, with representation (Hawaii the exception)
VIOLATION OF DEMOCRACTIC IDEALS??? (Why would we do this?)

14. Now, write a thesis Include a topic(time period), specific argument!
Analyze the factors that caused the United States to move from isolationism towards internationalism in the period :