Today's Agenda

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: Create a Trading Card for William McKinley.
2. Citizenship Question: What is the deadline for filing federal income tax forms? 
   1. April 15
   2. June 30
   3. September 15
   4. December 31
3. Guided Instruction: American Imperialism
4. Reflection Question: Was the United States justified in its pursuit of territories at the turn of the century? Explain your reasoning.

Homework: American Imperialism Reading