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Primary sources--letters, opinions, sermons, petitions, and essays--offer us a personal, and often in-depth, look at how important events in the past influenced the lives of individuals and shaped the course of history. Read the primary source material, then answer the questions in the space provided.

Theodore Roosevelt, Third Annual Message to Congress (1903)

Henry Cabot Lodge, “The Business World vs. the Politicians” (1895)

Josiah Strong, Our Country (1885)

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What were the contemporary arguments for American imperialism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries?

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What actions did these three documents propose? Which were carried out?

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