Major themes

• Organize U. S. foreign policy from 1870-1920 by: (1) geographic region Far East, Latin America, Caribbean, Europe; (2) American motives: economic, moral, Monroe Doctrine, balance of power among European nations, dominance in the Caribbean; (3) influence of domestic policies on foreign policy.

• Imperialism: characteristics, sources, nature, causes, impact, results, compared to European

imperialism.

• Arguments for and against American Imperialism including the annexation of Hawaii and the Philippines

• Link Reconstruction, Populism, and Imperialism.

• Compare and contrast the old and the new Manifest Destiny.

• Roosevelt’s foreign policy.

• Wilson’s foreign policy.

• U. S. policy toward Mexico and Cuba, 1890s-1930s.