The American Vision: Chapter 7, Becoming a World Power

The following is a selection of articles that will relate to information in Chapter 7. These are just starting points. For the curious, each article leads to additional articles. Occasionally, an article will be listed in more than one category. Previous Chapter Next Chapter

1. Section 1: The Imperial Vision
   • Building Support for Imperialism
     • Great White Fleet
     • Alfred Thayer Mahan
   • American Expansion in the Pacific
     • Admiral Perry Opens Japan
     • Annexing Hawaii
   • Diplomacy in Latin America
     • Foreign Affairs under Cleveland
     • James G. Blaine
2. Section 2: The Spanish-American War
   • The Coming of War
     • Cuba
     • William Randolph Hearts
     • Joseph Pulitzer
     • Yellow Journalism
     • Sinking of the Maine
   • The War on Two Fronts
     • Taking the Philippines from Spain
     • Admiral George Dewey
     • American Forces in Cuba
     • Rough Riders
   • American Empire
     • McKinley`s Uneasy Support for Annexing the Philippines
     • Anti-Imperialists
     • Teller Amendment
     • Platt Amendment
     • Puerto Rico
     • 830:Rebellion in the Philippines
3. Section 3: New American Diplomacy
   • American Diplomacy in Asia
     • The Open Door Policy
     • Boxer Rebellion
   • Theodore Roosevelt`s Diplomacy
     • The Panama Canal
       • Hay-Pauncefote Treaty
       • Hay-Herrán Treaty
       • Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty
     • Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine
     • Dollar Diplomacy
   • Woodrow Wilson`s Diplomacy
     • General Pershing in Mexico
     • Nicaraguan Relations