1. America’s Rise to Power

2. Isolationism
Definition: A national policy of abstaining from political or economic relations with other countries What are the advantages of isolationism?

3. Imperialism
Definition: policy or practice of one nation gaining control of other peoples and territories, and building empires for military and trade advantages

4. America: Imperialized to Imperialist
What changed in America in the late 19th to early 20th Centuries that allowed America to expand its interests worldwide?
How could/did America use economics to justify a shift from isolationism to imperialism during this time?
How could/did America and other imperialist countries use social causes to justify their expansion?

5. Before the Spanish-American War
Monroe Doctrine (1823): Landmark of American foreign policy stating U.S. opposition to any foreign power interfering in the Western Hemisphere

6. After the Spanish-American War
Roosevelt Corollary (1904): addendum to the Monroe Doctrine stating that the U.S. alone had the right to intervene in domestic affairs of Latin America