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Imperialism – Broad Objectives As a result of completing this unit, students will be able to... describe the foreign policy known as expansionism or imperialism, and explain what motivated the United States to adopt this policy in the nineteenth century. identify Alfred T. Mahan, Matthew C. Perry, Millard Fillmore, Queen Liliuokalani, Sanford B. Dole, Benjamin Harrison, Grover Cleveland, William McKinley, William Randolph Hearst, Joseph Pulitzer, Theodore Roosevelt, George Dewey, Emilio Aguinaldo, Tsu Hsi, John Hay, Ferdinand de Lesseps, William Howard Taft, and Adolfo Diaz. locate and describe the historical significance of Edo Bay, Nagasaki, Hawaiian Islands, Pearl Harbor, Cuba, Havana, Philippine Islands, Manila Bay, San Juan hills, Kettle Hill, Santiago, Puerto Rico, Guam, China, Forbidden City, Beijing, Panama, and Nicaragua. describe Commodore Perry's objective in entering Edo Bay, the negotiations that took place between him and the Japanese officials, and the result of these negotiations. explain how Americans gradually increased their influence over Hawaii's economy and government in the nineteenth century. describe the circumstances surrounding the explosion of the battleship Maine and the American response to that event. describe the results of the Spanish-American War, including the ensuing war in the Philippines. explain the "spheres of influence" that existed in nineteenth-century China, how they affected United States trade in China, and how John Hay's Open Door policy would have changed the economic situation there. explain the causes and results of the Boxer Rebellion. explain why a canal across the isthmus of Central America was strategically important to the United States. describe Teddy Roosevelt's role in completing the Panama Canal. define the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine. navigate the Internet to find relevant historical resources.