WALTON/ROCKOFF (Chapter 20, pp. 441-50)
1. Describe the changes in U.S. imports and exports from 1850 to 1920.
2. Summarize the changes in the U.S. balance of payments from 1850 to 1920.
3. Summarize the changes in U.S. tariff policy from 1860 to 1920.
4. Summarize the economic motives behind the search for colonies by European
colonies
in the late 19th century.
5. What were the motives for U.S. expansioniam in the early 20th century,
according to
to Walton and Rockoff?
Do you agree or disagree with WR?
To what extent were these motives economic?
6. What colonies or “protectorates” did the U.S. acquire in the early 20th century?
LAFEBER, “Economics, Ideology and Tactics of Expansion”
1. What are the usual explanation of the US expansionism around 1900?
2. What explanations are discussed of the depressions of the late 19th century?
3. What was the consensus reached in the 1890s by businessmen and politicians
about the causes of the depressions?
4. Summarize the debate over tariffs in the 1890s.
What was the outcome of the debates?
5. What does LaFeber say about the ideologies of:
a. Social Darwinism b. liberal capitalism the “frontier’
6. Summarize the debates over the tactics of expansionism between:
a. anti-imperialists b. imperialists c. pragmatists