Download Prentice Hall: United States History Chapter 18: An Emerging World

Prentice Hall: United States History
Chapter 18: An Emerging World Power
Section 1 – The Roots of Imperialism (pgs 586 - 591)
Standards: 5 (c)
TERMS & PEOPLE
- imperialism
- extractive
economy
- Alfred T.
Mahan
- Social
Darwinism
- Frederick J.
Turner
- Matthew
Perry
- Queen
Liliuokalani
Focus Question:
 How and why did the United States take a more active role in
world affairs?
Checkpoint Questions
1. What factors influenced Americans to play a more active role in
the world?
2. Why did journalists criticize Seward for his purchase of Alaska?
3. How did American planters react to Queen Liliuokalani’s actions
when she gained power?
Critical Thinking Questions
1. Evaluate information: Which of the motives for American imperialism do you think was the most
important? Why?
2. Recognizing Ideologies: How did U.S. expansion in the late nineteenth century extend and change the
principal of Manifest Destiny?
Section 2 – The Spanish-American War (pgs 592-598)
Standards: 5 (a, b)
TERMS & PEOPLE
- Jose Marti
- William
Randolph
Hearst
- Yellow Press
- jingoism
- George Dewey
- Emilio
Aguinaldo
- Rough Riders
-Treaty of Paris
Focus Question:
 What were the causes and effects of the Spanish-American War?
Checkpoint Questions
1. Why did Americans object to Spanish actions in Cuba?
2. How did the Rough Riders and African American cavalry units
contribute to the war effort?
4. Why did American leaders think it was important to keep the
Philippines?
Critical Thinking Questions
1. Draw Conclusions: Do you think the United States would have gone to war with Spain without the
explosion of the Maine? Why or why not?
2. Summarize: What were the principal issues dividing imperialists and anti-imperialist?
Section 3 – The United States and East Asia (pgs 599-603)
Standards: 5 (c)
TERMS & PEOPLE
Focus Question:
 How did the United States extend its influence in Asia?
- Open Door
Checkpoint
Questions
Policy
1. Why did hostilities erupt in the Philippines after the Spanish- Russo-Japanese
American War?
War
2.
How did the United States protect its commercial interests in
- “Gentlemen’s
China?
Agreement”
3. What were some of the difficulties Americans faced in
- Great White
maintaining good relations with Japan?
Fleet
- insurrection
- guerrilla
warfare
- William
Howard Taft
-sphere of
influence
-John Hay
- Boxer
Rebellion
Critical Thinking Questions
1. Analyze Information: Identify two threats to U.S. interests in China, and describe how the U.S. government
responded to those threats?
2. Apply Information: How do President Roosevelt’s actions toward Japan illustrate the use of diplomacy and
compromise?
Section 4 – The United States and Latin America (pgs 604-611)
Standards: 5 (d)
TERMS & PEOPLE
- Foraker Act
- Platt
Amendment
- “big stick”
diplomacy
- Panama Canal
Focus Question:
 What actions did the United States take to achieve its goals in
Latin America?
Checkpoint Questions
1. Why did Cubans dislike the Platt Amendment?
2. What were Roosevelt’s most important foreign-policy initiatives
in Latin America?
3. What was “moral diplomacy”?
- Roosevelt
Corollary
- “dollar
diplomacy”
- “moral
diplomacy”
- Francisco
“Pancho” Villa
Critical Thinking Questions
1. Analyze geography: What impact did the building of the Panama Canal have on American trade?
2. Draw Conclusions: Do you think Woodrow Wilson succeeded in carrying out the principal of “moral
diplomacy” in Latin America? Explain.