Posted: September 17th, 2017

American History 1865-present

You are allowed to use your notes and textbook.  Please provide page numbers for material pulled directly from the textbook. The textbook for this class is (Give me Liberty fourth edition vol. 2, by Eric Foner) I do not require or recommend using outside material including online resources.  If you do use any outside sources, you are required to provide full citation of these materials.  Remember that all students will be held to the standards of academic integrity required of college students and participants in this class.

 Essay

 Consider the American Empire of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.  Citing specific examples, discuss the expansion of American influence across North America, Latin America, and Asia during this period.  How have various leaders justified America’s domination of underdeveloped regions of the world?  What was the impact of America’s Manifest Destiny?  Please focus your answer on the period 1862-1914.