Unit 3 Compelling Question: Is isolationism better than globalization?

Supporting Question: What factors led the United States to expand control outside of the continent?

We will begin a new unit day. This unit will look at the circumstances that lead to America beginning to expand into the world stage.

What is imperialism?

Why do we engage in it?

What experience do we as Americans have with it?

Unit 3 Compelling Question: Is isolationism better than globalization?

Supporting Question: What arguments were made in favor and in opposition of the Spanish American War/imperialism?

Today we will begin by looking at our understanding of the material from yesterday and then to explore the important concepts related to the Spanish American War and the role this conflict played in American expansion. (See Slides 9-19)