Unit 6: Imperialism, Progressivism, and WWI

Learning Targets:

1. Analyze the US expansion of the 1890's (economics, politics, lasting effects)
2. Analyze the presidency of Theodore Roosevelt and his legacy
3. Explain the growth and politics of the Progressive Movement
4. Explain the influences of militarism, alliances, imperialism, and nationalism
5. Identify the United States' role in WWI
6. Explain the United States' return to isolationism
7. Analyze the presidency of Woodrow Wilson and its legacy

Resources and Assignments:

• Unit 6 Packet
• Unit 6 Starters

Chapter 17: The Progressive Era

• PPT Ch. 17: The Progressive Era
  • Goes with the Progressive Era Goals and Successes chart in the Unit 6 packet
• PPT Ch. 17: Progressive Era Presidents
• Muckraker Activity
  • Muckraker Poster
  • Muckraker Primary Source Excerpts:
    • Upton Sinclair - The Jungle
    • Jacob Riis - How the Other Half Lives
    • Nellie Bly - Ten Days in a Mad-House

Chapter 18: America Claims an Empire

• PPT Ch. 18: America Claims an Empire
• Imperialism Primary Sources
• Why Did the US Invade Cuba? Primary Sources
  • Spanish-American War Links:
    • Digital History Reading
    • Digital History Timeline
    • PBS Timeline
    • Global Security
    • Library of Congress: American Memory
    • American Press: Yellow Journalism

Chapter 19: The First World War

• PPT Ch. 19: The First World War
• US Entry Into WWI Primary Sources
• Video: America in the 20th Century - WWI on the Homefront (Question Sheet)
  • The accompanying video (America in the 20th Century: WWI on the Homefront) is at the bottom of this webpage.
• WWI Propaganda

WWI Project

• WWI Project (Research Websites)
• Project Menu
• Project Rubric

Additional Resources:

• World War I Interactive Timeline
• Was Germany to Blame for World War I? (Causes of World War I Simulation)
• Interactive Photo

Review:

• Review Sheet: Unit 6 - Imperialism, Progressivism, and WWI
• Kahoot Review Game