1. DBQ Imperialist Expansionism
The dilemma of whether or not the taking of colonies or the annexation of territories beyond the bounds of the North American land mass was congruous with previous American policies, including the Declaration of Independence, remained a major foreign policy debate between the Spanish-American War, beginning in 1898, and World War I, beginning in 1914. ... It would not be possible to take over a foreign area and completely ignore a large native population. ... Three final justifications for the shift of American foreign policy to imperialism are the Monroe Doctrine and its extensions: the Roose...
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