Download #7 Imperialism and WWI

#7
Imperialism
and WWI
As upper classmen you will now be in charge of your homework with packets. On quiz day,
½ the packet will be turned in. The entire packet is due the day of the test. Pictures and
political cartoons must also be added to “spice up” the history.
You must have the word/people/idea in bold and underlined in your packet. Ideas and
concepts must be in your own words.
1. Introduction Page: Title of the Unit, Your Name, My Name, Period, Due Date, Picture-1
page
2. Imperialism:
a. Picture
b. Definition
c. Motives for Imperialism
d. White Man’s Burden
3. Spanish-American War
a. Picture
b. Yellow Journalism
c. Explosion of the Maine
d. De Lome Letter
e. Treaty of Paris
4. Influence in Latin America, Asia and the Pacific
a. Picture
b. Philippines Annexation Debate
c. Boxer Rebellion
d. Open Door Policy
e. Annexation of Hawaii
5. Presidential Foreign Policy
a. Picture
b. Big Stick Diplomacy
c. Roosevelt Corollary
d. Panama Canal
e. Dollar Diplomacy
f. Moral Diplomacy
g. Good Neighbor Policy
6. World War I
a. Picture
b. Causes of World War I
c. Describe the home front during WWI
d. Espionage and Sedition Acts
e. Schenck vs United States (1919)
f. Wilson’s 14 Points
g. League of Nations
h. Treaty of Versailles
7. Questions:
a. Why did the United States become an imperial nation at the turn of the 19th
century?
b. What were the results of the Spanish-American War?
c. What impact did the Spanish-American War have on the United States’ position as a
world power?
d. Was U.S. imperialism met with resistance? Give examples
e. Why did the United States abandon its isolationist’s policy during WWI?
f. What economic, political, and social changes did WWI bring to the United
States?
g. How did the federal government convince Americans to support the war effort?
h. Why did the United States Senate reject the Treaty of Versailles?