Homework Sheet Unit 11:
Imperialism
Date / Class Activities / Homework Due In Class TodayMon
2/6 / · Mahan, Hawaii and Cuba / · Chapter 29 part 1: 641-654
· Documents 1-5
Tuesday 2/7 / · America as a World Power, and the Philippines
· Get Unit 11 Review / · Chapter 29 part 2: 654-660
· Documents 6-9
Wed (short)
2/8 / · Open Door Policy, the Election of 1900 / · Chapter 30
· Document 10
Block
2/9 / · Teddy Roosevelt, the Panama Canal, and the Roosevelt Corollary / ·
Fri
2/10 / · Unit 11 Exam
· Get Unit 12 HW Packet / · Unit 11 Review
Sources Used this Unit:
· Pageant (Your Textbook): Kennedy, David M., Lizabeth Cohen, and Thomas A. Bailey. The American Pageant: A History of the Republic. Boston: McDougal Littell/Houghton Mifflin. 11th Edition.
Unit 11: Imperialism
Content Covered
Imperialism:
Causes of Imperialism; Monroe Doctrine and Venezuela; Hawaii; Cuba and the Spanish American War; Philippines; Pro and Anti-Imperialism Feelings in America; Open Door in China; Creating the Panama Canal; Roosevelt Corollary;
Politics:
McKinley and the Conquest of the Philippines; Effects of Spanish American War on America’s Place in the World; Election of 1900 and Teddy Roosevelt; Roosevelt on the World Stage;
Impact of Imperialism on America:
Japanese Laborers in California; Manifest Destiny Spreading to the World; Yellow Journalism
Primary Reading
· American Pageant Chapters 29 and 30
Secondary Reading
Differing Opinions over Imperialism:
1. Alfred Thayer Mahan Defines Security in Terms of Sea Power (1897) – Document 21-2-1 Enduring Voices V2
2. Professor William Sumner Spurns Empire (1898) – Document 30-D-2 TAS V2 (180-181)
3. Albert Beveridge Trumpets Imperialism (1898) – Document 30-D-3 TAS V2 (182-184)
Spanish American War:
4. Rough Times for Rough Riders (1898) – Document 30-C-1 TAS V2 (177-178)
5. Disillusionment over the Cubans (1898) – Document 30-C-2 TAS V2 (178-179)
Yellow Journalism:
6. Joseph Pulitzer Demands Intervention (1897) – Document 30-A-1 TAS V2 (169-170)
7. William Randolph Hearst Stages a Rescue (1897) – Document 30-A-2 TAS V2 (170-172)
War in the Philippines:
8. The Nation Denounces Atrocities (1902) – Document 31-A-3 TAS V2 (187-188)
9. A San Francisco Weekly Defends the Army (1902) – Document 31-A-4 TAS V2 (188-190)
Panama Canal:
10. Roosevelt Launches a Corollary (1904) – Document 31-C-1 TAS V2 (194-195)
Chapter 29: The Path to Empire, 1890-1889
I. Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
1. Alfred Thayer Mahan
2. James G. Blaine
3. Richard Olney
4. Valeriano Weyler
5. Dupuy de Lome
6. Theodore Roosevelt
7. George Dewey
8. Emilio Aguinaldo
9. Josiah Strong
10. Queen Liliuokalani
II. Define and state the historical significance of the following:
11. reconcentration
12. jingoism
13. imperialism
III. Describe and state the historical significance of the following:
14. Pan-American Conference
15. Maine
16. Teller Amendment
17. Rough Riders
18. Foraker Act
19. insular cases
20. Platt Amendment
21. Treaty of Paris
22. Anti-Imperialist League
23. Philippine insurrection
24. Treaty of Paris
25. Spanish-American War
IV. Questions to consider:
26. How did the United States get into the Spanish-American War over the initial objections of President McKinley?
27. What role did the press and public opinion play in the origin, conduct, and results of the Spanish-American War?
28. What were the key arguments for and against U.S. imperialism?
29. What were some of the short-term and long-term results of American acquisition of the Philippines and Puerto Rico?
30. How was U.S. overseas imperialism in 1898 similar to and different from earlier American continental expansion, or “Manifest Destiny?” (see especially Chapter 14.)
Chapter 30: America on the World Stage, 1899-1909
I. Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
1. William Howard Taft
2. John Hay
3. Theodore Roosevelt
4. Thomas Platt
II. Define and state the historical significance of the following:
5. guerrilla warfare
6. spheres of influence
7. isthmus
III. Describe and state the historical significance of the following:
8. Open Door Notes
9. Boxer Rebellion
10. big-stick diplomacy
11. Clayton-Bulwer Treaty
12. Hay-Pauncefote Treaty
13. Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty
14. Panama Canal
15. Roosevelt Corollary
16. Portsmouth Conference
17. Algeciras Conference
18. Gentleman’s Agreement
19. Great White Fleet
20. Root-Takahira agreement
21. “New Left” historians
22. Panamanian Revolution
23. Russo-Japanese War
24. Philippine Insurrection
25. benevolent assimilation
IV. Questions to consider:
26. What were the effects of America’s new East Asian involvement in both the Philippines and China in 1899-1901?
27. What were the essential principles of Theodore Roosevelt’s foreign policy, and how did he apply them to specific situations?
28. How did Roosevelt’s policies in Latin America demonstrate American power in the region, and why did they arouse opposition from Latin Americans?
29. What were the central issues in America’s relations with China and Japan? How did Roosevelt handle tense relations with Japan?
30. What were the strengths and weaknesses of Theodore Roosevelt’s aggressive foreign policy? What were the benefits of TR’s activism and what were its drawbacks?