American Imperialism

Pre-1890s American Foreign Policy
     -Anti-Colonialism
     -Continentalism
     -Isolationism

Economic Factors
     -Glut Theory
          -Overproduction
          -China Market

Intellectual Factors
     -Frederick Jackson Turner
          -Frontier Thesis (1893)
          -Safety Valve

Military & Strategic Factors
     -Standing Army
     -Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan
          -Mercantilism
          -Social Darwinism

Altruistic Factors
     -White Man's Burden
     -Evangelical Protestantism

Philippine Islands