Unit Organizer: America As a Global Power: Imperialism & World War I: 1898 1919

Unit Organizer: America as a Global Power: Imperialism & World War I: 1898--1919

The Big Picture:

The need for overseas markets and raw materials led the United States to take a more active role in world affairs. The U.S. emerged as an imperial power after annexing Hawaii and winning the Spanish-American War. However, Americans remained committed to neutrality when it came to European affairs, especially the outbreak of the “Great War” in 1914. Despite attempts to stay neutral, the U.S. was drawn into World War I in 1917. While the U.S. played only a minor role on the battlefront, the war helped transform America at home. After the war in 1919, the United States played an important role in shaping world affairs at the Treaty of Versailles and helping create the League of Nations. However, resistance at home kept the USA from joining the League and ensuring the peace of the world in the future.

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Progressive Reform
(1890—1920) /

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America as a Global Power
(1898—1919) /

Next Unit:

The 1920s
(1920-1929)
Activities, Skills and Assessments : / Key Terms and Phrases:
1.  Vocabulary
2.  Sequence and Chronology
3.  Political Cartoon Analysis
4.  Primary Sources
5.  Graphs/Charts Analysis
6.  Maps/Photos Analysis
7.  CER Writing
8.  Unit Summative Assessments / 1.  IMPERIALISM
2.  ADMIRAL MAHAN
3.  WILLIAM SEWARD/SEWARD’S FOLLY/ICE BOX
4.  MANIFEST DESTINY
5.  ANGLO-SAXON
6.  ANNEX
7.  QUEEN LILIUOKALANI
8.  PEARL HARBOR
9.  JOSE MARTI
10.  WILLIAM MCKINLEY
11.  GEORGE DEWEY
12.  JOHN HAY
13.  YELLOW JOURNALISM
14.  U. S. S. MAINE
15.  DE LOME LETTER
16.  SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
17.  ROUGH RIDERS/BATTLE OF SAN JUAN HILL
18.  TREATY OF PARIS
19.  TERRITORY/COMMONWEALTH/
PROTECTORATE
20.  PHILIPPINE-AMERICAN WAR
21.  OPEN DOOR POLICY
22.  BOXER REBELLION
23.  MONROE DOCTRINE
24.  ROOSEVELT COROLLARY (BIG STICK)
25.  PANAMA CANAL
26.  DOLLAR DIPLOMACY
27.  MISSIONARY DIPLOMACY
28.  JOHN J. PERSHING
29.  ARCHDUKE FRANZ FERDINAND
30.  WOODROW WILSON
31.  NEUTRALITY
32.  ALLIANCE SYSTEM
33.  NATIONALISM / 34.  MILITARISM
35.  IMPERIALISM
36. TRIPLE ENTENTE 37. TRIPLE ALLIANCE 38. OTTOMAN EMPIRE 39. CENTRAL POWERS 40.ALLIED POWERS 41.NO MAN’S LAND 42. TRENCH WARFARE 43. MECHANIZED WARFARE 44. SHELL SHOCK 45.LUSITANIA 46. U-BOAT 47. ZIMMERMAN NOTE 48.SELECTIVE SERVICE ACT
49. AEF
50. GENERAL PERSHING
51. DOUGHBOYS
52. ALVIN YORK
53. PACIFIST/CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR
54. EDDIE RICKENBACKER/DOG FIGHTS
55. CONVOY SYSTEM
56. CPI
57. WIB
58. ESPIONAGE & SEDITION ACTS
59. THE GREAT MIGRATION
60. VICTORY GARDENS
61. PROPAGANDA
62. ARMISTICE
63. TREATY OF VERSAILLES
64. THE BIG FOUR
65. FOURTEEN POINTS
66. LEAGUE OF NATIONS
67. REPARATIONS
Essentials Questions:
1.  Should the United States have become an imperialist nation?
2.  Does the U.S. have a duty to fight for freedom in neighboring countries?
3.  Was world war inevitable in 1914?
4.  Was it possible for the US to maintain neutrality in World War I?
5.  Should the United States fight wars to make the world safe for democracy?
6.  Should the United States have entered World War I?
7.  Should a democratic government tolerate dissent during times of war and other crises? (Schenck v. United States, Abrams v. United States)
8.  Was the Treaty of Versailles a fair and effective settlement for lasting world peace?
9.  Should the United States have approved the Treaty of Versailles? / Text Pages
340-407
USHG ERA 6 – THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN INDUSTRIAL, URBAN, AND GLOBAL UNITED STATES (1870-1930)
6.2 Becoming a World Power
I can describe and analyze the major changes – both positive and negative – in the role the United States played in world affairs after the Civil War, and explain the causes and consequences of this changing role.
6.2.1 Growth of U.S. Global Power – I can describe how America redefined its foreign policy between 1890 and 1914 and analyze the causes and consequences of the United States’ emergence as an imperial power in this time period using relevant examples of territorial expansion and involvement in foreign conflicts.
6.2.2 WWI – I can explain the causes of World War I, the reasons for American neutrality and eventual entry into the war, and America’s role in shaping the course of the war.
6.2.3 Domestic Impact of WWI – I can analyze the domestic impact of WWI on the growth of the government (e.g., War Industries Board), the expansion of the economy, the restrictions on civil liberties (e.g., Sedition Act, Red Scare, Palmer Raids), the expansion of women’s suffrage, and internal migration (e.g., the Great Migration).
6.2.4 Wilson and His Opponents – I can explain how Wilson’s “Fourteen Points” differed from proposals by others, including French and British leaders and domestic opponents, in the debate over:
• the Versailles Treaty
• United States participation in the League of Nations
• the redrawing of European political boundaries and the resulting geopolitical tensions that continued to affect Europe.
Guided Questions:
1.  How did America’s role in the world, especially in Latin America and Asia, change by the end of the 19th century?
2.  What caused World War I in Europe and why was the United States unable to remain neutral?
3.  How did U.S. involvement in World War I change the American homefront (specifically changes for women, African-Americans, personal freedoms, and industrial production)?
4.  How did President Wilson’s Fourteen Points influence the terms of the Treaty of Versailles that ended WWI?
5.  What were the various arguments for and against U.S. membership into the League of Nations?

Reading Guide U.S. Foreign Policy & World War I

Chapter 10, Section 1

1.  Define IMPERIALISM:

2.  Who was the leader of the “build a bigger, more powerful navy” movement in the United States after the Civil War?

3.  What territory, purchased from Russia in 1867, was called “Seward’s Icebox?”

4.  Why did American sugar planters in Hawaii favor annexation by the United States?

Chapter 10, Section 2

5.  Why did the newspaper publishers Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst encourage “yellow journalism” during the Cuban Revolution?

6.  What event (February 15, 1898) led to war between the United States and Spain?

7.  What role did Theodore Roosevelt play during the Spanish-American War?

8.  What three territories did the United States annex at the end of the Spanish – American War?

Chapter 10, Section 3

9.  The United States wanted to keep Puerto Rico because they intended to build a canal – where?

10.  What was the most important reason for the United States to maintain a strong political presence in Cuba following the Spanish – American War?

11.  Which former Spanish colonial territory fought a four year war for independence against the United States, beginning in 1899?

12.  What country called for an Open Door policy concerning trade with China?

13.  What “three beliefs” became the bedrock of American foreign policy in the early 1900s?

Chapter 10, Section 4

14.  Why did Theodore Roosevelt win the Nobel Peace Prize in 1906?

15.  Panama was a province of what South American country prior to winning independence in 1903?

16.  What American foreign policy made the United States the “international police power” in the Western Hemisphere?

17.  Which U. S. president used “dollar diplomacy” to deal with Latin America?

18.  Why did Woodrow Wilson call Mexico “a government of butchers?”

Chapter 11, Section 1

19.  What were the four long–term causes of World War I?

20.  How did problems in the Balkans and the assassination of Franz Ferdinand lead to the outbreak of World War I?

21.  When World War I began, what was the position of the U. S. government regarding entry to the war?

22.  What happened on May 7, 1915, leading to a shift in American public opinion against Germany?

23.  In the “Zimmerman note,” Germany tried to convince a country to join them in a war against the United States – what country?

Chapter 11, Section 2

24.  What act of Congress established a military draft in 1917?

25.  What naval tactic reduced Allied ship losses to German submarines as ships crossed the Atlantic to deliver critical war supplies?

26.  What was the American Expeditionary Force?

27.  What two weapons introduced during World War I began the age of mechanized warfare?

28.  About how many people died as a result of World War I?

Chapter 11, Section 3

29.  What role did the War Industries Board and the Committee on Public Information play in helping the USA fight World War I?

30.  Define PROPAGANDA:

31.  What laws were passed by Congress in 1917 and 1918 to limit criticism of the federal government’s war efforts?

32.  What was “the Great Migration?”

33.  In the case of Schenck v. United States (1919), the Supreme Court ruled in whose favor?

Chapter 11, Section 4

34.  What were the second, fourth, and fourteenth points of President Wilson’s “Fourteen Points” peace plan?

35.  Why did Wilson want to create a League of Nations?

36.  What four countries dominated the Paris Peace Conference following WW I?

37.  In what way was Germany “humiliated” by the Treaty of Versailles?

38.  While there were many Congressional criticisms of the Treaty of Versailles, what issue caused the most domestic opposition?