The New Manifest Destiny and Neo-Imperialism
UNIT IX: APUSH
(1 week)
Essential
Questions (EQ)
What are
the limits to national expansion?
Are all
cultures equally valuable, or are some destined to obsolescence?
Is the
control of one group by another always wrong?
NOTE THE CHANGE BELOW (YOU NEED TO READ ABOUT 5 PAGES IN CHAPTER 22)
Reading
Assignments
Date
--reading completed
Monday,
12/13 American History, Chapter
20
Tuesday
12/14 American
History Chapter 22 (pages 613 ³The Big Stick.² To 618.
Donıt read the conclusion.
Free
Response Questions -- outline
(Choose two)
1.
Analyze
TWO of the four possible causes of the Spanish-American War. 1) public opinion 2) yellow journalism 3) business interests
4) strategic interests (30)
2.
Assess
the wisdom of a) the Teller Amendment b) the Platt Amendment c) decisions
rendered in the insular cases.
3.
Our
nationıs current foreign policy is
in many ways similar to its foreign policy at the end of the 19th.
AVS.
Major
Assignments/Projects and Assessment (There will also be minor homework assignments and
quizzes that are not mentioned on this sheet.)
Wednesday,
12/15 Objective
Test
Study
terms for American History chapter 20
Identify/Define and state the historical
significance of:
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What intellectual, economic, philosophical, and racial factors helped create a new national mood more receptive to overseas expansion? |
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Frederick Jackson Turner |
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Effects of Panic of 1893 |
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Numbers on foreign export |
393 million 1870; 1.4 billion 1900 |
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Josiah Strong |
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John W. Burgess |
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Henry Cabot Lodge |
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Describe Alfred Thayer Mahanıs thesis of national power. To what extent did the US implement his ideas? |
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What were Blaineıs objectives in promoting the Pan-American conference? How successful were his efforts? |
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How did the Venezuelan border dispute demonstrate American desire to assert hegemony in Latin America? How was the Monroe doctrine invoked? |
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Richard Olney (yes the man who brutalized the Pullman strikers. Like the Backstreet Boys, heıs back. Alright!) |
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How did Hawaii gradually get drawn into Americaıs economic and political sphere? Was full annexation inevitable? |
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Tariff policy and Hawaii |
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Pearl Harbor |
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Queen Liliuokalani |
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Harrison v. Cleveland: Different responses to the Hawaii problem. |
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How did the Venezuelan and Samoan incidents demonstrate that imperialism necessarily involved America in diplomatic maneuvers with European powers? |
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Why did the Cuban revolt against Spanish rule flare up again in 1895? |
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Wilson-Gorman tariff and Cuba |
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What were the causes of American involvement in Cuban affairs? Could the US have achieved its objectives by means short of war? |
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Yellow Journalism; Hearst and Pulitzer |
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Cuban Revolutionary Party |
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What two incidents combined to finally pull the US into war with Spain? |
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Depuy de Lomeıs letter |
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Maine |
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Butcher Weyler |
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What were the motives that led the US into the war? |
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What convinced McKinley to go to war? (hint: public opinion) |
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³splendid little war² |
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Describe the American plans and preparations for the Spanish-American war. Status of US army at start of war. How did American efforts compare with those of Spain? |
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Explain the importance of the action by the navyıs Asian and Atlantic squadrons. |
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George Dewey |
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Nelson A. Miles |
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How important were the Cuban revolutionaries themselves in the outcome of the War? |
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Rough Riders |
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Theodore Roosevelt |
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Santiago |
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What role did black troops play in the USıs war effort? |
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Armistice of august 12, 1898; eventual spoils of war according to Treaty of Paris, December (page 567) |
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Puerto Rico and the details of the Foraker Act |
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Jones Act |
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Long term effects of US colonization of Puerto Rico |
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Insular cases |
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What arguments were raised for and against imperialism in general and annexation of the Philippines in particular? Why did President McKinley favor annexation? (describe how he ame his decision?)What role did William Jennings Bryan play? What were his motives? |
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What was the strongest argument in favor of annexation? |
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Anti Imperialist League |
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Henry Cabot Lodgeıs argument (comparison to Indians) |
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Election of 1900 and Bryanıs miscalculation |
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What forms of government did the US establish for its newly obtained possessions? |
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General Leonard Wood |
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Did the Platt Amendment and American actions in Cuba violate the spirit of the Teller Amendment and the war Resolution? How? |
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American economic dominance in Cuba. |
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Philippine Conflict (why not call it the Philippine-American war?) number of troops, deaths, etc. I will definitely ask you about this sort of stuff on the test. |
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Was American policy in the Philippine rebellion a repudiation of the ideals that had led the US to help Cuba secure its independence? |
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Arthur MacArthur (the name that rhymes) |
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Emilio Aguinaldo |
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William H. Taft |
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American influence on Philippines |
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When did the Philippines get their independence? |
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³concessions² or as you may have learned in 9th grade ³spheres of influence² in China |
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Hayıs Open Door Notes and European/Japanese responses |
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Boxer Rebellion |
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How was the Open Door policy calculated to provide maximum commercial and diplomatic advantage at minimum cost? What did the costs turn out to be? |
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Summarize Elihu Rootıs military reforms. |
Sec of war; 25,000 to 100,000 size of army; national guard; ; Joint Chiefs of Staff; |
Chapter
22 (pp. 613 to 618)
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Big
Stick policy |
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Explain
Rooseveltıs distinction between ³civilized² and ³uncivilized² nations. How
did sea power fit into his vision? |
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What
role did Roosevelt play in resolving the outcome of the Russo-Japanese war? |
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What
was the course of relations between the US and Japan during this period? |
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Great
White Fleet. Purpose? |
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What
were the general and immediate motivations for the proclamation of the
Roosevelt Corollary? |
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Give
the details of the Roosevelt Corollary |
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Intervention
in the DR |
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Platt
Amendment |
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Many
have called the process by which the US developed the Panama Canal as blatant
imperialism. Why? Give the details. |
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Panamanian
Revolution |
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How
long did it take to build the canal? |
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Taftıs
Dollar Diplomacy |
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Intervention
in Nicaragua |
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Give a
few examples of how Wilsonıs foreign policy was similar to those of Roosevelt
and Taft |
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And
how was his foreign policy different? Wilsonıs Moral Diplomacy (get the
basics of this in class) |
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Why
did Wilson take sides in the Mexican governmentıs turmoil following its
revolution? What were the
results? |
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Francisco
Madera |
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Victoriano
Huerta |
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Venustiano
Carranza |
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Pancho
Villa (didnıt you always wonder who those burritos were named after?) |
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Pershingıs
intervention |
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