2. Learning Target: *Trace the development of the U.S. As a world power with emphasis on: A. the Spanish-American War B. U.S. Imperialism in the Far East, South Pacific, Caribbean and Central America
5. Captain Alfred T. Mahan-the U.S. must sell in a foreign market-needed strong Navy to protect that market
6. A strong Navy would need colonies for overseas naval bases
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8. We had a moral obligation to spread Christianity.....White Man's Burden?!
9. According to Reverend Josiah Strong in 1885: “Americans were a special, God-favored Anglo-Saxon race who served as the representatives of the purest Christianity, the highest civilization. Americans have an instinct or genius for colonizing and should thus follow their imperial destiny to lift up other societies...”