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2/12/2020

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AP Learning Objective:
Explain the similarities and differences in attitudes about the nation’s proper role in the world.
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Learning Target:
I can explain the political, economic, & cultural factors that fueled the growth of American imperialism.


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

Today's Agenda:
  1. Background Question: Did the United States act as a world leader or as a bully when it took control of Hawaii? Explain your reasoning.
  2. Citizenship Question: What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress? 
    A. the President and the Cabinet 
    B. the Supreme Court and the Superior Court 
    C. the U.S. Treasury and the State Department 
    D. the Senate and the House of Representatives
  3. Collaborative Learning: When Is War Necessary? Activity
  4. Reflection Question: Was the United States justified in its pursuit of territories at the turn of the century? Explain your reasoning.
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