Unit 2: Empire & Expansion
Critical Vocabulary: Imperialism, Great White Fleet, White Man’s Burden, Yellow Journalism, De Lome Letter, U.S.S. Maine, Spanish American War, Treaty of Paris, Anti-Imperialist League, Open Door Policy, Panama Canal, Roosevelt Corollary, Gunboat Diplomacy, Dollar Diplomacy, Moral Diplomacy, Nationalism, Allied Powers, Central Powers, Lusitania, Unrestricted Submarine Warfare, Zimmerman Note, Fourteen Points, Propaganda, Selective Service Act, American Expeditionary Force, Great Migration, Espionage & Sedition Acts, Schenck v. United States, Treaty of Versailles, War Guilt Clause, Red Scare, Palmer Raids, Immigration Acts, Red Summer, Eighteenth Amendment, Volstead Act, Speakeasies, Bootleggers, Organized Crime, Twenty-First Amendment, Scopes Trial, Nineteenth Amendment, Flapper, Harlem Renaissance Jazz Age
Lesson 1: American Imperialism
I can explain the political, economic, & cultural factors that fueled the growth of American imperialism.
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Lesson 2: The Spanish American War
I analyze the causes and effects of the Spanish American War.
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Lesson 3: The American Empire
I can compare and contrast the foreign policies of Roosevelt, Taft, & Wilson, & I can evaluate the consequences of each.
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Lesson 4: World War I
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I can describe the events that led the United States into World War I, & I can analyze the war’s impact on American society.
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Lesson 5: The Treaty of Versailles
I can discuss the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles, and I can assess its legacy.
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