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AP United States History
Imperialism/Progressive Era/WWI
Unit Coverage:
Time Frame: 1890-1920
Unit Themes:
Theme: In the 1890s a number of economic and political forces sparked a spectacular burst of imperialistic
expansionism for the United States that culminated in the Spanish-American War—a war that began over freeing
Cuba and ended with the highly controversial acquisition of the Philippines and other territories.
Theme: In the wake of the Spanish-American War, President Theodore Roosevelt pursued a bold and sometimes
controversial new policy of asserting America’s influence abroad, particularly in East Asia and Latin America.
Theme: The strong progressive movement successfully demanded that the powers of government be applied to
solving the economic and social problems of industrialization. Progressivism first gained strength at the city and state
level, and then achieved national influence in the moderately progressive administrations of Theodore Roosevelt.
Theme: Roosevelt’s hand-picked successor, William H. Taft, aligned himself with the Republican Old Guard, causing
Roosevelt to break away and lead a progressive third-party crusade.
Theme: After winning a three-way election focused on different theories of progressivism, Woodrow Wilson
successfully pushed through a sweeping program of domestic economic and social reform in his first term.
Theme: Wilson’s attempt to promote an idealistic progressive foreign policy failed, as dangerous military
involvements threatened in both Latin America and the North Atlantic.
Theme: Entering World War I in response to Germany’s unrestricted submarine warfare, Wilson turned America’s
participation into a fervent ideological crusade for democracy that successfully stirred the public to a great voluntary
war effort, but at some cost to traditional civil liberties.
Theme: After America’s limited but important contribution to the Allied victory, a triumphant Wilson attempted to
construct a peace based on his idealistic Fourteen Points. But European and senatorial opposition, and especially his
own political errors, doomed American ratification of the Versailles Treaty and participation in the League of
Nations.
Unit Terms:
Alfred Thayer Mahan
annexation of Hawaii
Teller Amendment
insular cases
spheres of influence
Clayton-Bulwer Treaty 1850
"Rape of Panama"
Colossus of the North
Jacob A. Riis
John Spargo
initiative, referendum, recall
Robert LaFollette
Elkins Act, 1903
Pure Food and Drug Act, 1906
Ballinger-Pinchot Affair
New Nationalism
Underwood Tariff
Clayton Act, 1914
Moral Diplomacy
Central Powers
Venezuelan Boundary Dispute
Maine
Platt Amendment
John Hay
Boxer Rebellion
Hay-Pauncefote Treaty, 1901
Hay-Bunau Varilla Treaty, 1903
Portsmouth Conference, 1905
Lincoln Steffens
Upton Sinclair
17th amendment
Square Deal
Hepburn Act, 1906
Gifford Pinchot
Woodrow Wilson
New Freedom
Federal Reserve Act, 1913
Adamson Act, 1916
Pancho Villa
Allied Powers
Queen Liliuokalani
yellow press
Treaty of Paris
Open Door Note
Teddy Roosevelt
Big Stick Policy
Roosevelt Corollary
The Great White Fleet
Ida Tarbell
muckrakers
18th amendment
Anthracite Coal Strike
Meat Inspection Act, 1906
Eugene Debs
Bull Moose
16th amendment
Federal Trade Commission
Workingman's Compensation
General "Black Jack" Pershing
U-Boats
Lusitania
Zimmerman Note
League of Nations (Article X)
Food Administration
Bolsheviks
Warren Harding
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Sussex Ultimatum
The Fourteen Points
Espionage Act, 1917
Herbert Hoover
Treaty of Versailles, 1919
campaign of 1916
self-determination
Sedition Act, 1918
The Big Four
Lodge Reservations
Unit Prompts:
(2011) Compare and contrast the foreign policies of Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson.
(2008) Analyze the extent to which the Spanish-American War was a turning point in American foreign policy.
(1994-DBQ) To what extent was the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century United States expansionism a
continuation of past United States expansionism and to what extent was it a departure? Use the documents and your
knowledge of United States history to 1914 to construct your answer.
(1992) Compare the debates that took place over the American expansionism in the 1840’s with those that took place
in the 1890’s, analyzing the similarities and differences in the debates of the two eras.
(1986) Both the Mexican-American War and the Spanish-American War were premeditated affairs resulting from
deliberately calculated schemes of robbery on the part of a superior power against weak and defenseless neighbors.”
Assess the validity of this statement.
(1985) How and why did the Monroe Doctrine become a cornerstone of United States foreign policy by the late 19 th
century?
(2010) Analyze the effectiveness of Progressive Era reformers in addressing problems of the late nineteenth and early
twentieth centuries. In your answer, focus on reform efforts in TWO of the following areas: State and federal
government, The workplace, Living conditions in cities.
(2010) Analyze the roles that women played in Progressive Era reforms from 1880s through 1920. Focus your essay on
TWO of the following: Politics, Social conditions, Labor and working conditions.
(2009) Choose TWO of the following organizations and explain their strategies for advancing the interests of workers.
To what extent were these organizations successful in achieving their objectives? Confine your answer to the period
from 1875 to 1925: Knights of Labor, American Federation of Labor, Socialist Party of America, Industrial Workers of
the World.
(2007) Explain how TWO of the following individuals responded to the economic and social problems created by
industrialization during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries: Jane Addams, Andrew Carnegie, Samuel
Gompers, Upton Sinclair.
(2007) To what extent did the role of the federal government change under President Theodore Roosevelt in regard to
TWO of the following: Labor, Trusts, Conservation, World Affairs.
(2006) Historians have argued that Progressive reform lost momentum in the 1920’s. Evaluate this statement with
respect to TWO of the following: Regulations of Business, Labor, Immigrants.
(2005) How successful were progressive reforms during the period 1890 to 1915 with respect to TWO of the
following? Industrial Conditions, Urban Life, Politics.
(2003-DBQ) Evaluate the effectiveness of Progressive Era reformers and the federal government in bringing about
reform at the national level. In your answer be sure to analyze the successes and limitations of these efforts in the
period of 1900-1920.
(2001) Describe and account for the rise of nativism in American society from 1900-1930.
(1997) To what extent did economical and political developments as well as the assumptions about the nature of
women affect the position of American women during the period of 1890-1925? Use the documents and your
knowledge of the history of the years 1890-1925 to construct your response.
(1993) Analyze the ways in which state and federal legislation and judicial decisions, including those of the Supreme
Court, affected the efforts of any TWO of the following groups to improve the following groups to improve their
position in society between 1880 and 1920: African Americans, Farmers, Workers
(1987) The progressive movement of 1901-1917 was a triumph of conservation rather than a victory for liberalism.”
Assess the validity of this statement.
(1986) “Reform movements of the twentieth century have shown continuity in their goals and strategies.” Assess the
validity of this statement. Progressivism and the New Deal, Women’s Suffrage and post-2nd World War Feminism,
The New Deal and the Great Society.
(1981) In American politics the most significant battles have occurred within the major parties rather that between
them. Discuss this statement with reference to the periods 1850-1860 and 1900-1912.
(2007) Analyze the ways in which the federal government sought support on the home front for the war effort during
the First World War.
22. (2000)To what extent did the United States achieve the objectives that led it to enter the First World War?
23. (1995) Assess the relative influence of THREE of the following in the American decision to declare war on Germany in
1917: German naval policy, Allied propaganda, American economic interests, American claims to world power,
Woodrow Wilson’s idealism.
24. (1991) It was the strength of opposition forces, both liberal and conservative, rather than the ineptitude and
stubbornness of President Wilson that led to the Senate defeat of the Treaty of Versailles. Using the documents and
your knowledge of the period 1917-1921, assesses the validity of this statement.
25. (1989) “The United States entered the First World War not ‘to make the world safe for democracy’ as President Wilson
proclaimed, but to safeguard American economic interests.” Assesses the validity of this statement.