Economic
By 1890, the US frontier closed so many believed the nation needed to _ to maintain its power
What is expansion overseas/imperialize?
Captain Mahan argued that each great empire needed what kind of power
What is naval power?
What is the Manifest Destiny?
This term describes the excess materials the United States had
what is surplus?
Mahan advocated for the construction of what canal
What is the Central American/Panama canal?
This ideology suggested survival of the fittest applied to nations
What is social Darwinism?
Expansionists viewed the Philippines as the gateway to what East Asian market
What is the Chinese market?
What naval achievement was the centerpiece of Mahan‘a plan
What is the battleship fleet?
This ideology describes the ”parental” view held by U.S officials
What is paternalism?
Planters pushed for annexation of Hawaii to avoid tariffs on what crop?
What is sugar?
Before overseas expansion, the U.S made its national market through what construction project
What is the Transcontinental Railroad
This poem argued the U.S had a duty to colonize some populations
What is the White Mans Burden