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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.