Friday, March 2, 2018

Lesson on Friday, March 2, 2018

Aim: As the United States became a major power on the world stage, what ideas and interests did policymakers seek to promote in international affairs? 

Bell Ringer: Grade "Debating the Philippines" / Journal 112 - What factors constrained and guided U.S. actions in Asia and in Latin America? (10 min)


Agenda:

1. Review J112 / A: The United States was guided by its desire to obtain new markets, resources, military bases, and resources for economic expansion at home and abroad. These motives, the government argued, coincided with the need to spread democracy and American values to inferior peoples. Americans who opposed imperialism, Pancho Villa's rebellion in Mexico, the rise of Japan, and the election of Woodrow Wilson constrained imperialist efforts. 

Open Door Policy & Boxer Rebellion


2. The United States and Latin America: Panama Canal (GEO), Roosevelt Corollary (WOR)

*What was the Monroe Doctrine?

*U.S. intervention in Mexico is an example of the dominant global role that the United States played and how this role generated debate. 


Terms to know: Remember the Maine, Teller Amendment, Platt Amendment, Open Door Policy, Boxer Rebellion, Panama Canal, Roosevelt Corollary, 

Home Learning: 

1. There are several good documentaries about the effects of industrialization on warfare in the twenty-first century, such as the "Shell Shock" episode from The Centuryseries from the ABC network. 

2. To the Person Sitting in Darkness by Mark Twain (30 min)

3. A Brief History of America and Cuba https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chYBlArm9Ao (7 min)

4. Read pages 684-688

5. Journal 113 - What factors led the U.S. to enter WWI, despite the desire of so many Americans, including the president, to stay out of the war? 

6. Journal 114 - How did U.S. military entry into WWI affect the course of the war? 

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