Download Content Statement 15 - Madeira City Schools

Topic
Foreign Affairs from Imperialism to Post-World War I (1898-1930)
15. As a result of overseas expansion, the Spanish-American War, and World War I,
the United States emerged as a world power.
A. Identify specific examples of United States overseas expansion during the Age of
Imperialism.
B. Identify and explain the motivation behind United States imperialism in the late
19th and early 20th centuries.
C. Identify the causes and results of the Spanish-American War.
D. Explain why the United States entered World War I.
E. Explain how overseas expansion, the Spanish-American War and World War I
allowed the United States to become a world power.
Elaboration
With the closing of the western frontier, Americans developed favorable attitudes toward
foreign expansion. Pushed along by global competition for markets, resources, and prestige, an
expanded navy, and a sense of cultural superiority, the United States engaged in a series of
overseas actions which fostered its move to global power status. The annexation of Hawaii
followed by a successful conclusion to the Spanish-American War allowed the United States to
join other nations in imperialist ventures.
With its entry into World War I, the United States mobilized a large army and navy to help the
Allies achieve victory. After the war, European countries were forced to concentrate their
resources on rebuilding their countries. However, the United States enjoyed a brief period of
economic prosperity and was able to exert authority as a world power.
On the End of Course Exam, you might have to:
 Answer multiple-choice questions that include erroneous conclusions, inaccurate
associations, inaccurate examples, inaccurate relationships, misinformation, erroneous
causal relationships and unrelated information.
 Identify an event that contributed to the United States emerging as a world power in
the early 1900s.
 Complete a time line that matches different events with their effects on the world
power status of the United States.
 Answer a question where the exam gives you a historical research problem, a thesis, a
set of constraints, and a set of goals and you have to:
o analyze the provided sources and identify credible supporting documents.
 Explain how military events contributed to the United States becoming a world power
during the early 1900s.
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