AP U.S. History
Unit 9: Empire and Expansion
Organizing Principles:
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The clash between the U.S. government and Native Americans resulted in atrocities and attempts by the government to create policies to
deal with the remaining tribes.
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The U.S. created an international empire as a result of its one-sided victory in the Spanish-American War.
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Those who supported or opposed U.S. imperialism provided theories and justification for their views.
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The U.S. penetrated Asia, establishing the Open Door policy in China.
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Throughout this period, the U.S. intervened in Central and South American internal affairs.
Topics:
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day
1/2
1/3
Chapter 26: conquest of the Indians; mining and cattle frontiers; free lands and fraud; fading frontier; industrialization of agriculture;
farmers’ protest; the People’s Party; Bryan versus McKinley, 1896
Chapter 27: sources of American expansionism; Hawaii question; Spanish-American War, 1898; invasion of Cuba; acquiring Puerto Rico
and the Philippines; crushing the Filipino insurrection; Open Door in China; Theodore Roosevelt becomes president, 1901; Panama Canal;
Roosevelt on the world stage
Unit 9
in-class work
begin chapter 26 PowerPoint notes: conquest of the Indians; mining and cattle frontiers; free lands
and fraud; fading frontier; create a four-slide cartoon summary of one of the Native American/U.S.
Army conflicts studied in class (Sand Creek Massacre, Fetterman’s Massacre, Battle of Little Bighorn,
Wounded Knee Creek Massacre); create three in-class skits showing the before and after effects of
Native American assimilation; distribute unit 9 multiple-choice exam study guide
finish chapter 26 PowerPoint notes: industrialization of agriculture; farmers’ protest; the People’s
Party; Bryan versus McKinley, 1896; distribute chapter 27 outline
1/4
chapter 26 outline due; chapter 26 quiz; begin chapter 27 PowerPoint notes: sources of American
expansionism; Hawaii question; Spanish-American War, 1898
1/7
finish chapter 27 PowerPoint notes: invasion of Cuba; acquiring Puerto Rico and the Philippines;
crushing the Filipino insurrection
in-class study session for unit 9 multiple-choice exam
1/8
1/9
Unit 9 Multiple Choice Test (chapters 26-27) 80 questions in 55 minutes; distribute chapter 28
outline
1/10
Unit 9 Essay Test (chapters 26-27) DBQ writing prompts from Fast Track book, page 36; one prompt
in 55 minutes
homework
Kennedy 594-608 (stop at “The
Far West Comes of Age”); chapter
27 outline due 1/4; quiz over
chapter 26 on 1/4
Kennedy 608-624; Spirit 161-163;
chapter 27 outline due 1/8; quiz
over chapter 27 on 1/8
Kennedy 626-640 (stop at
“Perplexities in Puerto Rico and
Cuba”); Spirit 185-186,189-190
study for unit 9 multiple-choice
exam on 1/9
study for unit 9 multiple-choice
exam on 1/9
Kennedy 656-666 (stop at “TR
Corrals the Corporation”);
chapter 28 outline due 1/16; quiz
over chapter 28 on 1/16
Kennedy 666-77; Spirit 191192,203-205