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Roosevelt’s “Big Stick” Foreign Policy
Season 3
When Roosevelt succeeded McKinley as president, he implemented a key strategy for building an American empire: the threat, rather than the outright u…
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Economic Imperialism in East Asia
Season 3
The United States shifted from isolationism to empire building with its involvement—and victory—in the Spanish-American War. But at the same time, th…
2 days, 1 hour ago
The Spanish American War and Overseas Empire
Season 3
In the wake of the Civil War, American economic growth combined with the efforts of Evangelist missionaries to push for greater international influen…
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Turner, Mahan, and the Roots of Empire
Season 3
In the last decades of the nineteenth century, after the Civil War, the United States pivoted from a profoundly isolationist approach to a distinct z…
1 week ago
Progressivism in the White House
Season 3
Theodore Roosevelt became president only by historical accident, but his activism in the executive branch spoke to the Progressive spirit in the nati…
1 week, 2 days ago
New Voices for Women and African Americans
Season 3
The Progressive commitment to promoting democracy and social justice created an environment within which the movements for women’s and African Americ…
1 week, 5 days ago
Progressivism at the Grassroots Level
Season 3
Progressive campaigns stretched from the hurricane-ruined townships of Texas to the slums of New York, from the factory floor to the saloon door. But…
2 weeks ago
The Origins of the Progressive Spirit in America
Season 3
In its first decade, the Progressive Era was a grassroots effort that ushered in reforms at state and local levels. At the beginning of the twentieth…
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Social and Labor Unrest in the 1890s
Season 3
As the economy worsened, more Americans suffered; as the federal government continued to offer few solutions, the Populist movement began to grow. Po…
2 weeks, 5 days ago
Farmers Revolt in the Populist Era
Season 3
Factors such as overproduction and high tariffs left the country’s farmers in increasingly desperate straits, and the federal government’s inability …
3 weeks ago