American Imperialism People

Rev. Josiah Strong

Author of Our Country (1885) that states Americans were a special God favored Anglo Saxon race destined to Christianize and "civilize"

Senators Henry Cabot Lodge and Albert Beveridge

Expansionist Congressmen who believed colonies were essential to world trade

Teddy Roosevelt

Former Assistant sec. of the navy who resigned to lead the Rough Riders in Cuba

Queen Liliuokalani

Last native ruler of Hawaii deposedby US marines in 1893

Emilio Aquinaldo

Leader of the Filipino Independence Movement

Philippe Bunau Varilla

Leader of the PAnamanian Independence Movement

William Seward

Sec of State who purchased Alaska from Russia in 1867 for 7.2 million

Matthew Perry

US Commodore who opened Japan to foreign trade in 1853

George Dewey

US naval commander who destoryed the spanish fleet at Manila Bay

Captain Alfred Mahan

US naval officer and author of The Influence of Sea Power Upon History who believed a strong navy was teh key to world power