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Module 8. Assignment Roots of the U.S. Empire

Module 8. Assignment Roots of the U.S. Empire

Q In this assignment, you will consider three primary sources related to America’s Age of Imperialism. You will write a short essay in which you discuss the ways in which politicians and citizens justified colonial expansion. To get started, click the MindTap link in the Get Started Module and follow the directions below: • Navigate to Unit 6: Modern United States Imperialism and the World at War and click the drop-down arrow on the right. • Select the drop-down error on the left for Chapter 18: Projecting Power. • Select the drop-down for Review and Test Yourself • Select Chapter 18 Primary Source Writing Activity: Roots of the U.S. Empire. • Open the activity and read the writing prompt and read through each of the primary source documents. When you are ready to start writing, open a new Word document and follow these guidelines to write your response: • Your response should be 2-3 paragraphs in length, and should meet the following criteria: o It addresses all portions of the topic or prompt. o It has a fully developed thesis. o Ideas are stated clearly and easy to understand. o Major supporting ideas are thoughtful, readily identi?able and well-developed in uni?ed paragraphs with concrete, substantial and relevant information. o It demonstrates command of language, with precise word choices, and few—if any—errors in usage or mechanics. When you’re done, submit your Word document to your instructor using the Turnitin link at the bottom of the Assignment page in Canvas. (Do not submit via the writing prompt window in MindTap.)

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According to the first source, there had been justification of expansion attempts by ensuring that evangelization would be used as a practical weapon (Montoya et al., 2017). This is because there had been a desire to ensure that all individuals in the world would follow Christianity. Therefore, there had to be as many individuals as possible tried to reach by territorial expansion. This is because evangelization would be convenient as there would be more interests developed within the psyches of individuals.