· 1. Read American Yawp Textbook Please click the link below and read the chapter "American Empire" from the American Yawp Textbook. http://www.americanyawp.com/text/19-american-empire/ Be prepared to...

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· 1. Read American Yawp Textbook Please click the link below and read the chapter "American Empire" from the American Yawp Textbook. http://www.americanyawp.com/text/19-american-empire/ Be prepared to discuss this article in your assignment. · 02. Video: A Quest for Empire Please watch this video, "A Quest of Empire." (approx. 28 minutes) This video will help you prepare for your upcoming assignment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRuATsw5-bc · 03. Read Zinn Textbook: Chapter 12 Please read the Chapter 12: "The Empire and the People" found in the book A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn. >>Click here if you do not have the book, you can access an online copy here. Please read this and be prepared to discuss things from the chapter you found interesting, strange, or of importance. · Assignment #15: The Spanish-American War Assignment #15: The Spanish-American War The Spanish-American-Cuban-Filipino War is something very few Americans know anything about. And yet it is an incredibly important turning point in the history of our country's foreign policy. It marks the beginning of a period of imperialism (the practice of taking over smaller countries and their natural resources for your own country's benefit) in the United States. In 1898, we begin a long journey through the 20th century that sees many pit stops along the way marked by either invasion or economic domination of various countries throughout the world. And Cuba and the Philippines are not the first. The Industrial Revolution of the late 19th century brings with it the ability to make products at a faster and faster rate, thereby bringing more and more profit to the owners of these assembly line factories. However, it is soon discovered that a finite number of goods can be sold here in the United States. Therefore, in an effort to avoid over-saturating the market with goods and services and bringing about an economic depression, the wealthy industrialists begin pushing the government to find more and more foreign trading partners to which they could sell their wares. And in looking around at all of the possible trading partners, none stood out more in terms of sheer numbers of consumers than China. China became THE trading partner American business owners wanted most. And as a result, much of our foreign policy (how we relate to other countries) became focused on finding a way to get to China, and believe it or not, the Spanish-American-Cuban-Filipino-War became the final stepping-stone we needed to solidify China as our main trading partner. If we were to look at a map of all the islands in the Pacific Ocean during this time, you might understand why. >>Click Here to View Map: SpanishAmericanWarMAP.jpg What do you notice? Can you see why we would want to control ALL of those islands out there in the Pacific Ocean? Any idea when the Panama Canal was built? Think it had anything to do with this? Section A: After reading the American Yawp textbook on American Empire, what does the term American Imperialism mean to you? Also discuss some of the political cartoons that are featured in the chapter. How do these images impact Americans? Anything else you noticed in this chapter? Section B: Please share 3-4 things you learned from the video "Quest for Empire." What are some things you learned you did not already know? How does yellow journalism play an impact on war? Section C: Please select 3 Quotes from the Zinn Chapter and write a brief paragraph as to why you think each quote is interesting, strange or of importance. (Please write a paragraph for EACH quote). Please consider some of the ideas that may have been new information to you. · How to Submit Your Work for Assignments: (See Due Date Calendar for Deadlines!) Step 01: Please, type a copy of your assignment on a Word document (.doc or .docx file extension) . All work will be checked for plagiarism! *Note: In your Assignment please indicate which Part you are answering. For Example: Section A: Write your response Section B: Write your response (within the same document).