Module 8: Becoming a World Power (1877-1920)

In this module, students will focus on the emergence of the United States as a world power as a result of the Spanish-American War and the changes in American society and politics, in particular foreign policy, brought about by World War I. Debates over the U.S. role in world affairs began with expansion into the Pacific and Caribbean and ended with isolationism after World War I. World War I also accelerated the movement of African-Americans out of the Deep South to industrial jobs in the north. SSUSH14 and SSUSH15

KEY TERMS

Below are the key terms for Module8. The definitions are located in the Glossary tool in Blackboard. Your vocabulary quiz will consist of matching and fill in the blank questions. You should create flashcards or use Quizlet to study your vocabulary.

18th Amendment

19th Amendment

Allied Powers

American Expansionism

Big Stick Diplomacy

Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882

Espionage Act

Eugene Debs

Fourteen Points

Great Migration

Great White Fleet

League of Nations

Open Door Policy

Panama Canal

War in the Philippines

Prohibition

Roosevelt Corollary

Rough Riders

Schenck vs. United States

Sedition Act

Spanish-American War

Treaty of Paris 1898

Treaty of Versailles

US Neutrality

Unrestricted Submarine Warfare

Yellow Journalism

Relationship With The World Lesson Notes

  1. What is imperialism?
  1. Reasons for expansionism:
  1. Why was Alaska a good purchase for the United States?
  1. How did the United States acquire Hawaii?
  1. What was the result of “yellow journalism?”
  1. What was the result of the attack on the USS Maine?
  1. Teller Amendment:
  1. Who were the Rough Riders?
  1. Provisions of the Treaty of Paris?
  2. Effects of the Spanish-American War:
  1. What were some arguments for and against American expansionism?
  1. Panama Canal:
  1. Fill in the blank: The ______was an update to the Monroe Doctrine, stating that should any Latin American nation engage in behavior that required intervention, the U.S. would intervene, not European nations.
  1. Match the terms below about diplomacy:

______1. Promoted by Roosevelt, a strong military would be used to protect

American interests

_____ 2. a term used to describe managing and/or negotiating relationships

Between countries

_____ 3. promoted by Taft, sought to avoid military confrontation and

Substitute “dollars for bullets”

_____ 4. promoted by Wilson, he promised the U.S. would not seek

new territory, but promote human rights

World War I Lesson Notes

What position did the U.S. take at the beginning of World War I in Europe?

  1. Fill in the countries below:

Triple Alliance / Triple Entente
  1. Fill in the long-term causes of World War I:

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  1. How did German unrestricted submarine warfare lead to U.S. entry into World War I?
  1. Describe the ways in which the U.S. mobilized for war:
  2. Selective Service Act-
  3. War Industries Board-
  4. Herbert Hoover and the Food Administration-
  5. Committee on Public Information-
  6. Who opposed the war and for what reasons?
  1. How did the U.S. government change society during the war in terms of:
  2. Rationing and Price Controls-
  1. Espionage Act of 1917-
  1. The Sedition Act of 1918-
  1. What were the causes of the Great Migration?
  1. What law did Eugene Debs violate in 1918?

America After World War I Lesson Notes

  1. Fill in the blank: President Wilson’s plan for peace following World War I was called Wilson’s ______.
  2. President Wilson’s 14th Point proposed the creation of a ______, a world organization that would provide collective security to member nations.
  3. Why was the League of Nations proposal voted down in Congress?
  1. What were the provisions under the Treaty of Versailles?
  1. What was the U.S. like after World War I?
  1. Fill in the graphic organizer about reform movements:

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