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Captain Alfred Mahan
US naval officer and author of The Influence of Sea Power Upon History who believed a strong navy was teh key to world power -
rough riders
Before becoming President of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt was the Assistant Secretary of the Navy. He resigned in 1898 to organize the Rough Riders, the first voluntary cavalry in the Spanish-American War. -
william taft
William Taft: Foreign Affairs. President Taft was more committed to the expansion of U.S. foreign trade than was Roosevelt. He pursued a program, known as "dollar diplomacy -
william mckinley
His "Imperialism" speech was supposed to represent those in America that believed in Filipino independence. But McKinley was still stuck with the imperialism-loving voters that got him into office the first time around. So, McKinley ended up being pro-empire. Because of this, he won the election of 1900 too.
