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 * 1) What is //American Expansionism//?
 * 2) How did this policy positively affect the United States in the 1800's? (socially, economically, culturally, racial tensions, etc.)
 * 3) How did this policy negatively affect the United States in the 1800's? (socially, economically, culturally, racial tensions, etc.)
 * 4) How did American expansionism reveal emperialistic tendencies of the United States?
 * 5) How did American expansionism affect relations between the United States and other world powers?
 * 6) What elements of expansionism and emperialism are present in //Moby Dick//?
 * 7) How do these elements contribute to the plot and structure of the novel?
 * 8) What historic parallels in regards to expansionism and emperialism are present in the novel?
 * 9) How do these elements of expansionism and emperialism help Melville to comment on the direction of the United States in the 1800's?

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