1. Rise of Imperial Republic of U.S.A Define the term: imperialism. What are strengths and weaknesses in pursuing empire?

2. Imperialism Defined  Empire Building & Overseas Expansion  An empire of liberty & Manifest Destiny  Alaska: Seward’s Icebox  Pacific Basin Initiatives  The China Trades  Pan American Union  Diplomacy: Monroe Doctrine

3. The U.S. Economy  Continental Power  Industrial Dilemma  Boom Bust Cycles  Depression of 1893  The Frontier Thesis: FJ Turner  Expansionists at Home and Abroad  Neo MD: Mahan and Strong

4. The Spanish-Cuban-US War  Ten Years War  Cuban Independence Denied  Economic Infrastructure & Investments  Jose Marti and Independence of Cuba http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_ Mart%C3%AD http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_ Mart%C3%AD http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_ Mart%C3%AD  War and U.S. Role

5. Yellow Journalism  McKinley Presidency  Sensationalism  Maine Incident: Remember the Maine & to Hell with Spain  Jingoism and Public Opinion  War and Imperial Interests  The Foraker Amendment

6. Roosevelt Corollary: updating Monroe Doctrine  Cuba’s Platt Amendment: Protectorate?  Panama: Canal Zone Diplomacy  Nicaragua: Dollar Diplomacy  Haiti: Interventionism  Big Stick in Action  Drago Doctrine:The America’s Response  Stable, Orderly or Else!

7. The Chinese Melon  The Opium War: British Imperialism  De-stabilization of Manchu Dynasty  Sino-Japanese War, 1895  Boxer Rebellion  The Open Door Notes  U.S. Commercial Expansion  Sun Yat-Sen & Chinese Republic, 1911

8. Japan: The Rising Sun  U.S. opens the door: Perry Expedition  Meiji Restoration: Modernization  Sino Japanese War: Japan has arrived  Imperial expansion and Manchuria  Russo Japanese War, 1904-05  The U.S., Root-Takahira Accords  Pacific Rivalry and roots of Pearl Harbor

9. Pacific Initiatives  Midway, Samoa and Oceania  The Hawaiian Isle Intervention  Treaty with Spain: Guam + Puerto Rico  The Philippines: promises, promises  Great White Fleet sets sail  Imperial Debate: Expansionists v. Anti- Expansionists. Impact on democracy?

10. U.S. Hegemony What are the costs of building and maintaining an overseas empire? Evaluate the impact of U.S. image abroad.