An Emerging World Power: America?s New Frontier, 1877-1905 Today?s Question Examine the role of economics, religion, and racism in American imperialism. Why were these forces a factor in driving America towards the acquisition of foreign lands? Roots of Expansion Economics of Expansionism Open Door Policy Ideologies of Expansionism Manifest Destiny Josiah Strong Our Country (1885) Social Darwinism and Racial Theories Rudyard Kipling?s ?The White Man?s Burden? An American Empire Spanish American War of 1898 ?A Splendid Little War? William Randolph Hearst and Yellow Journalism The U.S.S Maine War in the Philippines Emilio Aguinaldo The Ascension of Teddy Roosevelt Roosevelt, ?the Elected Monarch? The Roosevelt Corollary: ?The Big Stick? Policy ?PAGE ? ?PAGE ?1?