Question 1

Assess the wisdom of the Teller Amendment, the Platt Amendment, and the Supreme Court's decisions in the Insular Cases.

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Question 2

What were the arguments of the pro-imperialists and the anti-imperialists in the debate over acquiring the Philippines? Which of the anti-imperialist arguments were most persuasive, and which proved not to hold up?

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Question 3

What attitudes and policies shaped American relations with both the government of Japan and Japanese immigrants? What did the San Francisco School crisis reveal about American and Japanese concerns?

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Question 4

Rank the following in terms of their ability to explain American interest in imperialism at the end of the 19^th century: a) racial theories, b) international rivalry, c) trading interests, and d) religious humanitarianism. Justify your ranking.

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Question 5

It has been argued that "the error in Roosevelt's Panama policy lay not in the goals he sought but in the means he chose to achieve them." Do you agree? Why or why not?

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Question 6

Assess Theodore Roosevelt's conduct of American foreign policy, especially in Latin America and East Asia. Did Roosevelt's vigorous assertion of American interests enhance the United States' role in these regions or create resentment of the United States as just another imperialistic great power?

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Question 7

Was the occupation and annexation of the Philippines fundamentally different from America's previous forms of expansion into territory held by Mexico? Why or why not?

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Question 8

In what sense might the original public demand for intervention in Cuba be said to reflect traditional American idealism and anti-imperialism? How did that idealistic crusade end up leading to America's first major imperialistic ventures?

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Question 9

Explain the rationale for President Cleveland's refusal to annex the Hawaiian Islands to the United States. Could Hawaii have remained politically and economically independent under either native Hawaiian rule or white planter rule? Why or why not?

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Question 10

Was President Theodore Roosevelt's policy toward Japan fundamentally friendly, fundamentally hostile, or somewhere in between? Include in your answer discussion of the Russo-Japanese War mediation, the San Francisco school crisis, the Root-Takahira agreement, and the "Great White Fleet."

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Question 11

It has often been said that American foreign policy toward China was for many years shaped more by a sentimental view of that country than by U.S. national interests or the actual situation of that country? In what ways was such a romantic view of China reflected in U.S. policy in the early twentieth century? What were the sources of Americans' idealistic views of China?

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Question 12

The text's authors suggest that China owed its preservation far more to the military and economic strength of the competing powers than to Hay's Open Door policy. Does that view render the Open Door notes inconsequential? Why or why not?

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Question 13

Why is it not actually true that the United States remained isolated from events in Asia in the mid-to-late 19^th century? Describe some specific instances of American involvement in Asia between 1850 and 1900. Then, evaluate their similarities and differences in terms of policy goals and objectives, and the diplomatic and military strategies utilized to accomplish these identified U.S. foreign policy goals and objectives in Asia between 1850 and 1900.

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Question 14

Explain the ways in which a) the Boxer Rebellion and b) the Open Door notes signaled a new departure for American foreign policy in China and East Asia generally. What were the primary factors leading to deeper American involvement in that region?

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Question 15

Assess the U.S. military performance in the Spanish-American War. Why did the United States win? How could Spain have possibly won the war?

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Question 16

Was there any shift in American foreign policy between President McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt, the vice president who succeeded him after McKinley's assassination? If so, what was it? In what area, if any, did Roosevelt most clearly depart from McKinley's policies?

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Question 17

Write a thumbnail sketch of Theodore Roosevelt. Consider both the key characteristics of his personality and his style of leadership. In what ways did he make his own personality essential to his political and international goals?

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Question 18

Write your definition of imperialism. Then use this definition to argue that the conduct of American foreign relations between 1890 and 1905 was or was not imperialistic.

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Question 19

What do you consider the most important domestic and foreign-policy consequences of the Spanish-American War? Why?

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Question 20

What was the fundamental assumption of the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine? What made these assumptions seem persuasive to Theodore Roosevelt and others? Do you agree that the Corollary violated rather than extended the original principles and intentions of the Monroe Doctrine? If so, how did the Corollary violate the principles of the Monroe Doctrine? If not, why not?

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Quiz 27: Empire and Expansion