Assignment task:
How has the concept of manifest destiny continued to shape the history of U.S. expansion and colonization? How and why did the U.S. become an imperial power? How were areas like Hawai'i, Latin America, and the Caribbean impacted by U.S. military intervention? What is significant of the Spanish/American and Filipino/American Wars? Were these wars justified? How were ideas pertaining to Social Darwinism utilized in justifying U.S. imperialism? And how have the materials in this module helped to expand or enhance your understanding and legacy of early U.S. imperialism?