1. The U. S. Becomes an Empire
Hemispheric Hegemony & Pacific Forays,

2. Why Imperialism
Quest for materials and markets as U. S. industrializes
“White Man’s Burden”
Desire to spread Christianity
Global Ethos: Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, and Russia were all imperial powers

3. Imperial Powers

4. Apostles of Imperialism
A. T. Mahan, Influence of Sea Power upon History (1890)
John Fiske, American Political Ideas (1885)
Josiah Strong, Our Country ( 1885)
“There is no fundamental right to the status of barbarian.”—John W. Burgess

5. Pacific Forays Purchase of Alaska and Midway (1867)
Acquisition of American Samoa (1889)
Support of overthrow of Liliuokalani and acquisition of Hawaii (1898)
Acquisition of Guam and the Philippines (1898)
John Hay and “Open Door Policy” in China (1899)
Theodore Roosevelt and Treaty of Portsmouth (1905)
Root-Takahira agreement (1908)

6. Hemispheric Hegemony Monroe Doctrine (1823)
Venezuelan Boundary Dispute (1895)
Spanish American War (1898)
Panama Canal ( )
Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine

7. Richard Olney’s Note
“Today, the United States is practically sovereign over this continent and its fiat is law on the subjects to which it confines its interposition.”

8. Altruism, Self-interest, or bullying?