Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figure Citations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Using this Book -- 1 The Nineteenth-Century Context -- DOCUMENTS -- 1.1 John Quincy Adams, Independence and Recognition, 1823 -- 1.2 James Monroe, The Monroe Doctrine, 1823 -- 1.3 José María Tornel y Mendivíl, The Character of the United States, 1837 -- 1.4 John Louis O'Sullivan, The Great Nation of Futurity, 1839 -- 1.5 Albert M. Gilliam, Travels over the Table Lands and Cordilleras of Mexico, 1843 -- 1.6 James K. Polk, War Message, 1846 -- 1.7 Caleb Smith, Odious Hostilities with a Neighboring Republic, 1846 -- 1.8 National Songs Relating to the War, 1846 -- 1.9 Michael James Box, A Sort of Pre-Emption Right, 1869 -- 1.10 Francisco Bilbao, The Independence of the United States, 1858 -- 1.11 José Pedro Varela, Captivated by New York, 1868 -- 2 Boundaries, War, and the Canal -- DOCUMENTS -- 2.1 Josiah Strong, Our Country and Its Possible Future, 1885 -- 2.2 Frederick J. Turner, The Frontier in American History, 1893 -- 2.3 Richard Olney, The United States Is Practically Sovereign on this Continent, 1895 -- 2.4 Charles A. Conant, The Economic Basis for Imperialism, 1898 -- 2.5 José Martí, Reply to New York Evening Post, 1889 -- 2.6 William V. Allen, Cuba Must Be Free, 1898 -- 2.7 The Hartford Post, Their Real Feeling, 1898 -- 2.8 A & B, In Defense of General Weyler, 1898 -- 2.9 Spanish-American War Songs, 1898 -- 2.10 Francis G. Newlands, Inviting Cuba to Become a State, 1903 -- 2.11 Manifesto on Panamanian Independence, 1903 -- 2.12 Abelardo Aldana, A Plea for Colombia, 1903 -- 2.13 Two Editorials about Panama, 1904 -- 2.14 Elihu Root, The Ethics of the Panama Question, 1904 -- 3 Interventions, Occupations, and Commerce -- DOCUMENTS -- 3.1 Theodore Roosevelt, Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, 1904