APUSHFor Wed 2/20 and Fri 2/22
APUSH: Chapter 20/22 Identifications & Short Essay Questions
FOR WEDNESDAY 2/20
Identifications: Be able to identify the following terms for class discussion, quizzes, and the unit test.
Frederick Jackson Turner’s Frontier Thesis (Ch 17)
Alfred T. Mahan/The Influence of Sea Power upon History /Jingoists
Samoan Islands/Hawaii/Queen Liliuokalani
Cuba/William Randolph Hearst/Joseph Pulitzer/yellow journalism/U.S.S. Maine
Spanish-American War/George Dewey/Manila Bay/San Juan Hill/Rough Riders
Leonard Wood/Teller Amendment/Platt Amendment/Guantanamo Bay
The Philippines/Emilio Aguinaldo/Philippine Government Act
John Hay/China/Open Door policy/Boxer Rebellion
Panama Canal/Columbia/Philippe Bunau-Varilla/Roosevelt Corollary
Russo-Japanese War/Portsmouth Peace Conference/"yellow peril"/Great White Fleet
Mexican Revolution/Pancho Villa
READ:
- Textbook: Ch 17 pp. 536-540, Ch 20 pp. 629-639 and Ch 22 pp. 677-683
- Handout:Views on American Imperialism
DO:Complete your assigned sections of the attached chart and be prepared to share with your classmates. Be prepared to discuss the following questions. (You will spend 15 minutes at the beginning of class completing the chart, but you should be able to begin to answer the questions based on your own reading.)
- How and why did America emerge as an imperial power by 1901? Consider both expansionist motives and examples of territorial acquisition. (see Ch. 20, pp. 629-37).
- How did America handle its relations with Asia and Latin America in the first two decades of the 1900s? Cite at least three examples of policies pursued by Roosevelt, Taft, and/or Wilson. Who had the best approach and why?
- Be prepared to discuss the questions on the American Imperialism Quotes handout, making specific reference to the quotations.
OVER FOR FRIDAY’S ASSIGNMENT
FOR FRIDAY 2/22
Identifications: Be able to identify the following terms for class discussion, quizzes, and the unit test.
World War I/neutrality/H.M.S. Lusitania//Zimmermann telegram
Newton D. Baker/Selective Service Act
War Industries Board/Bernard Baruch
Fuel Administration/Food Administration/Herbert Hoover
National War Labor Board/Railroad Administration/William G. McAdoo
American Expeditionary Force (AEF)/John “Black Jack” Pershing
Western Front/Chateau-Thierry/Belleau Wood/St. Mihiel/Meuse-Argonne campaign
Liberty Loans/George Creel/Committee on Public Information
Conscientious objectors/Espionage Act/Albert S. Burleson/Schenck v. United States
Fourteen Points/armistice/Versailles Peace Conference/Council of Four/Treaty of Versailles
League of Nations/Henry Cabot Lodge/Edith Galt Wilson/Irreconcilables/Reservationists
Red Scare/J. Edgar Hoover/A. Mitchell Palmer
Election of 1920/James M. Cox/Warren G. Harding/normalcy
READ:
- Textbook: Ch 22 pp. 683 – 709
DO:Use the attached organizer to take notes on Chapter 22 (WWI). Write out answers (~ one paragraph) to the following questions and be PREPARED to discuss.
- Why was the United States unable to maintain its policy of neutrality in World War I? What eventually prompted U.S. entry into the war?
- How did the United States help the Allies to win World War I both at home and abroad? Cite at least three examples.
- How and why did domestic tensions emerge in the United States by the end of the war? Consider such trends as the Red Scare, racism, and wartime dissent.
- Why did the U.S. Senate reject the Treaty of Versailles? Were they right to do so in your opinion?