Unit 4 Road Map: Imperialism and World War I
Key Themes:
Science and Technology: Improvements in farm and factory equipment, medicines, and weapons changed the way that people lived and resulted in a more globalized economy.
Imperialism: The U.S. interfered in global affairs in unprecedented and influential ways.
Conflict and Diplomacy: World conflict reached new levels and called for careful diplomacy to achieve the goal of lasting peace and stability.
Essential Questions (EQs):
Essential questions can be found throughout the notes. Use the information you learn in class to answer the questions in complete sentences for homework. Explicit answers will not be given in class.
Key Words
Tell me what, when, where, why, and why it is important.
IMPERIALISM
Imperialism
Alfred Mahan
Territorial Acquisitions
SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
U.S.S. Maine
Yellow Journalism
Rough Riders
Spanish-American War
Treaty of Paris
Teller Amendment
Platt Amendment
AFTER THE WAR
Open Door Policy
Panama Canal
Roosevelt Corollary
Dollar Diplomacy
EQ 1: How did the U.S. move into a position of a world power in the late 19th to early 20th centuries?
BEGINNING OF WORLD WAR I
Nationalism
Militarism
Alliance System
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Zimmermann Telegram
World War I
EQ 2: What were the short-term and long-term causes of World War I?
EQ 3: What were the reasons for U.S. entry into World War I?
WORLD WAR I STATIONS
Trench Warfare
Wartime Technology
American Expeditionary Force (AEF)
John Pershing
Alvin York
ADD TO STATIONS
EQ 4: How did the new technological innovations change the nature of warfare during World War I?
WORLD WAR I AT HOME
Propaganda
War Industries Board
Selective Service Act
Espionage and Sedition Acts
Schenck v. United States
Great Migration
EQ 5: What were the effects of World War I on the home front?
ENDING THE WAR
Armistice
Woodrow Wilson
Fourteen Points
League of Nations
Treaty of Versailles
Henry Cabot Lodge
Isolationism
EQ 6: How completely was World War I resolved? Describe any unresolved issues.
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