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Think of these pages as electronic reserves. Refer students to them for online research.

Each page has a unique URL that you can link to from your own web page.

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Chapter 22 - An America Empire

Images and Maps

Map: East Asia, 1903

Map: Imperialism and the Balance of Power

Map: China at the Beginning of the 20th Century

An On-line History of the United States: The Age of Imperialism

Photos of the Maine

Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders

Crucible of Empire: The Spanish-American War
(This PBS site contains many recordings of popular music relating to this conflict.)

1898-1998: Centennial of the Spanish-American War

Stereoscopic Visions of War and Empire

War and Empire in Fourth of July Cartoons

The Philippine-American War Colorized

Neely's Photographs: Fighting in the Philippines

Anti-Imperialism in the United States: Photographs of People

The Boxer Rebellion of 1900

Images of the Construction of the Panama Canal
(CNN)

Map of the Panama Canal
(CNN)

Java Animation Explaining the Operation of the Panama Canal

 

Primary Sources

Herbert Spencer, "Social Darwinism," 1857 (From the Internet Modern History Sourcebook)

Alfred Thayer Mahan, "The United States Looking Outward," December 1890

Josiah Strong, Our Country, 1885

"The White Man's Burden" and Its Critics

AlohaQuest: Hawaiian History Archive

Imperialism in the Making of America: Annexation of Hawaii
(Contemporary commentary on the American presence in Hawaii)

Colonel Roosevelt's Report to the Secretary of War, September 10, 1898

Anti-Imperislism in the United States: Literature

Anti-Imperialism in the United States: Organizational Platforms and Petitions

President McKinley Explains His Attitude toward the Philippines, 1900

Mark Twain on the Philippines

John Hay to Andrew D. White, First Open Door Note

Fei Ch'i-hao: The Boxer Rebellion, 1900
(From the Internet Modern History Sourcebook)

The "Roosevelt Corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine

 

Secondary Sources

Essays on the History of Anti-Imperialism in the United States

Donald Lankiewicz, "The Reluctant Seaman"

Rob Schorman, "Remember the Maine, Boys, and the Price of This Suit" (Clothing and Nationalism in the Spanish-American War of 1898)

Dirk deRoos, "Lightning from the Clouds: The U.S. Army and the Moro Wars"

Trevor K. Plante, "U.S. Marines in the Boxer Rebellion"

 

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