AdvocatesForEmpire

Essay
[|John Hay] was an imperial man and a Republican expansionist. He became a journalist and later, the Assistant Secretary of State. He later became the Secretary of State and helped negotiate The Treaty of Paris. His influence allowed an open door policy in China and preparations of the Panama Canal.

[|Theodore Roosevelt] was the Vice President and later was appointed the President. He had a love of war and was also a Republican expansionist. Theodore led charge on San Juan Hill. Following so, he was voted the governor of New York and created "Square Deal". He led the effort to secure rights to build The Panama Canal. He issued his "corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine, which established the US as the World Policeman. Roosevelt negotiated a peace agreement with hostile nations.


 * Josiah Strong** was a clergyman that proposed to revolutionary religion- oriented solutions and a brand of Christianity known as Christian Socialism. He became a strong voice in American imperialism. In one of Strong's works, //Our Country// he states that he is on a mission to Christianize and civilize the world's "weaker races".


 * Henry Cabot Lodge** was very involved in the Senate. He was a Representative and a Senator from Massachusetts. He was originally elected as a Republican and served in the Senate from 1887-1893. Also Lodge, was the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and the Senate Majority Leader. His power led to the ratification of the Treaty of Versailles because of its provisions for the League of nations. Lodge also led a group of Republican expansionists along with Hay and Roosevelt. They spoke of imperial greatness and military might, which revealed the new assertive American mood. Lodge published many books and supported civil service reform and the protection of voting rights in the South.

[|Alfred Thayer Mahan] A stronger navy began to abrupt after Alfred Thayer Mahan wrote [|The Influence of Sea Power upon History.] __.__ Mahan linked sea power with national greatness and strived for U.S. naval buildup. He supported the movement to acquire foreign territories, especially the Pacific Harbors.

**Albert Beveridge **
In 1899 Albert Beveridge was elected as a Republican to the U.S. Senate. he supported the progressive legislation sponsored by President Theodore Roosevelt. He served as chairman and keynote speaker of the convention that organized the Progressive Party and nominated Roosevelt for president in 1912. Albert’s novel, The Life of John Marshall,// 4 vol., was widely acclaimed and won a Pulitzer Prize. At the time of his death he had completed two volumes of a biography of Abraham Lincoln.

Source List
http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1342.html http://www.answers.com/topic/josiah-strong http://millercenter.org/academic/americanpresident/roosevelt/essays/biography/1 http://www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/1898/hay.html