During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the United States pursued an aggressive policy of expansionism, extending its political and economic influence around the globe. That pivotal era in the history of our nation is the subject of this on-line history.

Contents

Expansion in the Pacific:
A Letter to an Emperor
Footholds in the Pacific
The Spanish-American War:
Remember the Maine
A Splendid Little War
A Gift from the Gods
The Boxer Rebellion
The Panama Canal
U.S. Intervention in Latin America

Lesson Plan
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