Questions:
• How did American foreign policy become more interventionist (aggressive) from the 1890s into the twentieth century?
• What issues led to the Filipino Insurrection? How was this conflict perceived in the United States?
• What arguments did Americans use to justify their colonization of the Philippines? What arguments were used against colonization?
• Why did the U.S. want to build a canal across Central America? How did the U.S. eventually accomplish this?
• What is the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, and how was it used to justify imperialism?
• In your opinion, which branch of the service, the Army or the Navy was more influential in this period of imperialism? Why?