Questions we Can Help you to Answer

Paper Instructions:

This is an exercise in ethics and civics.

The United States, like many industrial nations, entered into a new race for colonies at the end of the nineteenth century (the Age of High Imperialism). The Europeans squared off in a Scramble for Africa, the United States and Japan were vying in the Pacific, and everyone was carving up spheres of influence in Asia. While the United States did create a formal empire and expand its informal empire over Latin America during this time, the concept of American Empire stirred quite a bit of debate.

Prompt: Why do you think American Imperialism stirred debate? Which side of the issue (imperialist or anti-imperialist) had the best argument? (for this latter, do not use presentist (looking at the past from our own perspective in the early 21st century) arguments - use the reasoning of the time when considering your response).

NOTE: You must provide specific and detailed historical evidence in your posts - cite as appropriate.  

Requirement
Use only the materials provided in the course module or your assigned textbooks.  We have vetted all materials in this course and other materials may or may not be appropriate for college level work. I will downgrade anyone who uses outside materials.

Remember what you have learned about thesis statements and evidence in the Historical Methods Portfolio.  Your post should have a thesis statement and it should have both primary and secondary source evidence in support of the thesis
Don't quote secondary sources.  Paraphrase in your own words and then cite instead.
You must properly cite using the Turabian/Chicago style that you can find under "Writing Help" in the course menu to your left.

1 Reference
The American Yawp, Locke, Wright, B., Stanford, 2018