I. Introduction

A. Republican Imperialism
B. Definition
C. Three Paths to Empire

-- annexation and colonization
-- sphere of influence
-- "open door" imperialism

II. Roots of Empire Building

-- Geopolitical & Economic
-- Ideological
-- Race, Religion, and Empire

III. The Annexation Debate: from "domestic dependent nations" to colonization.

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William Seward, Josiah Strong, Alfred Thayer Mahan, The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660–1783 (1890); Venezuela Crisis of 1895; Valeriano Weyler and Spain's reconcentrado policy; Emilio Aguinaldo; McKinley Tariff (1890); "yellow journalism" and "yellow press"; U.S.S. Maine sinking (1898)/"Remember the Maine!"; Albert J. Beveridge (R-Indiana), "The March of the Flag Speech" (1898); Anti-Imperialist League (1898); Cherokee Nation v. the State of Georgia, 1831; Chief Justice John Marshall; Lake Mohonk Conference of the Indians and Other Dependent Peoples; Insular Cases