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Unit 6: imperialism & WWI & 1920’s
SSUSH14 Explain America’s evolving relationship with the world at the turn of the twentieth century.
a. Describe how the Spanish-American War, war in the Philippines, and territorial expansion led to the debate over American imperialism.
b. Examine U.S. involvement in Latin America, as reflected by the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine and the creation of the Panama Canal.
SSUSH15 Analyze the origins and impact of U.S. involvement in World War I.
a. Describe the movement from U.S. neutrality to engagement in World War I, including unrestricted submarine warfare and the Zimmerman Telegram.
b. Explain the domestic impact of World War I, including the origins of the Great Migration, the Espionage Act, and socialist Eugene Debs.
c. Explain Wilson’s Fourteen Points and the debate over U.S. entry into the League of Nations.
SSUSH16 Investigate how political, economic, and cultural developments after WW I led to a shared national identity.
a. Explain how fears of rising communism and socialism in the United States led to the Red Scare and immigrant restriction.
b. Describe the effects of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Amendments.
c. Examine how mass production and advertising led to increasing consumerism, including Henry Ford and the automobile.
d. Describe the impact of radio and movies as a unifying force in the national culture.
e. Describe the emergence of modern forms of cultural expression including the origins of jazz and the Harlem Renaissance.
1. Imperialism –
2. Panama Canal-
3. Roosevelt Corollary –
4. Yellow Journalism –
5. Jim Crow Laws –
6. 18th Amendment –
7. 19th Amendment –
8. Collective Bargaining –
9. Pullman Strike –
10. League of Nations –
11. Wilson’s 14 Points –
12. Great Migration -
13. Treaty of Versailles -
14. “Remember the Maine, to hell with Spain” -
15. Lusitania –
16. Filipino Revolt –
17. Great Migration –
18. Eugene Debs –
19. Big Stick Diplomacy –
20. Seward’s Folly –
21. Espionage Act –
22. Chinese Exclusion Act -
23. Flappers -
24. Harlem Renaissance –
25. Red Scare –
26. Nativism –
27. Great Migration
28. Immigration Act of 1924 –
29. Henry Ford –
30. Assembly Line -
Questions to Answer:
1. What was the result of the Spanish American War for the U.S.?
2. What was the main idea of the Roosevelt Corollary?
3. How did the Panama Canal affect the speed and cost of international trade?
4. How would factory owners feel about open immigration? Where did most immigrants move to?
5. Explain who came up with the official U.S. Foreign policy used until WWI?
6. What area of the world did the U.S. want to expand into?
7. Why did the U.S. Congress refuse to join the League of Nations?
8. What effect did the Treaty of Versailles have on Germany?
Things to Study:
Imperialism, World War I, & 1920’s notes
Unit 6 Vocabulary
Be prepared for Constructed Response