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The industrial and territorial growth of the United States fostered expansion overseas. Greater involvement in the world set the stage for American participation in World War I and attempts to preserve post-war peace.
Objectives
Objectives
1. As a result of overseas expansion, the Spanish-American War and World War I, the United States emerged as a world power.
2. After WWI, the United States pursued efforts to maintain peace in the world. However, as a result of the national debate over the Versailles Treaty ratification and the League of Nations,
the United States moved away from the role of world peacekeeper and limited its involvement in international affairs.
Learning Targets
Learning Targets
1. I can explain early motives and actions of American expansion. [including Alaska and Hawaii]
2. I can identify and explain the causes of the Spanish-American War.
3. I can explain the major military operations in the Spanish-American War.
4. I can explain the Treaty of Paris and describe the major provisions of it.
5. I can explain how the thirst for new markets drove expansion to the Far East.
6. I can explain how America emerged from the Spanish-American War as a major world power.
7. I can describe the strengths and weaknesses of Wilson’s foreign policy in Latin American.
8. I can explain the causes of WWI.
9. I can explain how old strategies and new technologies affected combat conditions in WWI.
10. I can explain how the US was pulled into WWI.
11. I can explain how the US involvement in WWI tipped the balance of the war.
12. I can explain how the Treaty of Versailles will shape the future of European Politics.
13. I can describe how the US emerges from WWI to become a world economic leader.
14. I can explain how the desire to avoid future conflicts will lead to arms limitations and territorial limitation agreements.
15. I can explain how the homefront helped to fight the war in Europe.
16. I can explain how American Civil Liberties were infringed as a result of WWI.
17. I can explain how fear lead to the Red Scare of the 1920’s.
18. I can explain the political scandals of the Harding Administration.
Primary Sources
Primary Sources
Joint Resolution to Provide for Annexing the Hawaiian Islands to the United States (1898)
Theodore Roosevelt's Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine (1905)
16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Federal Income Tax (1913)
17th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Direct Election of U.S. Senators (1913)
Joint Address to Congress Leading to a Declaration of War Against Germany (1917)
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