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READ the Documents. Annotate, Outline, Take Notes.
Answer the following questions. Please post your responses here!
1. What does Frederick Jackson Turner believe was the significance of the frontier in American history? What might be the implications of the closing of the frontier?
2. What did proponents (people in favor of) of American expansion argue? How did anti-imperialists respond to their arguments?
3. What, in your view, were the relative importance of economic interest, ideology, and strategic interest in encouraging American imperialism? In other words, how important was the economy, political beliefs, and the military importance of these areas in encouraging America to practice imperialism?
4. What principles should govern American foreign policy? In other words, what ideas should rule how we conduct our foreign policy?
5. When should the United States interfere in the internal affairs of a foreign country?
