UNIT 6 PLAN:
Unit taught from 2/2 – 2/21
SSUSH14 The student will explain America’s evolving relationship with the world at the
turn of the twentieth century.
b. Describe the Spanish-American War, the war in the Philippines, and the debate over American expansionism.
c. Explain U.S. involvement in Latin America, as reflected by the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine and
the creation of the Panama Canal.
SSUSH15 The student will analyze the origins and impact of U.S. involvement in World
War I.
a. Describe the movement from U.S. neutrality to engagement in World War I, with reference to unrestricted
submarine warfare.
b. Explain the domestic impact of World War I, reflected by the origins of the Great Migration, the Espionage Act,
and socialist Eugene Debs.
c. Explain Wilson’s Fourteen Points and the proposed League of Nations.
d. Describe passage of the Eighteenth Amendment, establishing Prohibition, and the Nineteenth Amendment, and
establishing woman suffrage.
Enduring Understanding:
Standard 14: 586 - 614
 Students will be able to explain a nation’s foreign policy changes to ensure that the nation’s interests are protected and
advanced.
Standard 15: 616-651
 Student will be able to explain how and why conflicts have wide-ranging and long-term effects
. Georgia Framework EQ’s:
 Standard 14:
 How was America’s growing involvement in world affairs between 1890-1916 an extension of the ideas of Manifest
Destiny and the Monroe Doctrine?
(USH14b, c)
 How did industrialization lead to a greater involvement in world affairs? (USH14b)
 How were Wilson’s Fourteen Points a reflection of his “Missionary Diplomacy?” (USH14c, USH15a,c)
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Standard 15:
How were court cases during this period a reflection of America’s changing ideas of world involvement? (USH14b;
USH15b)
How were Wilson’s Fourteen Points a reflection of his “Missionary Diplomacy?” (USH14c, USH15a,c)
What effect did the 18th and 19th Amendments have on the people and culture of the United States? (USH15d)
Objectives:
Standard 14:
 Students should be able to explain how and why the Roosevelt Corollary is an extension of the Monroe Doctrine.
 Students should be able to explain the causes of the Spanish American War and the yellow press.
 Students should be able to explain why the Spanish American war is referred to as the “Splendid Little War”
 Students should be able to explain the United States’ acquisitions as a result of the Spanish American war.
 Students should be able to explain the motives for imperialism throughout the world.
 Students should be able to explain the impact the USA’s land acquisitions as a result of imperialism had on America.
 Students should be able to explain how the Gilded Age and Progressive era led the country to become motivated to be
imperialistic.
 Students should be able to explain Roosevelt’s Big Stick diplomacy with his intervention in Latin America.
Standard 15:
 Students should be able to America’s role in WWI and the country’s emergence as a world power.
 Students should be able to explain Wilson’s role in creating the 14 points and Wilson’s role in the League of Nations.
 Students should be able to explain the Causes of WWI in regards to the Lusitania and the Zimmerman telegram.
 Students should be able to explain the court case and Schenk v. USA and its impact on American constitutionality.
UNIT 6 VOCABULARY:
COLUMN 1
Master word: Imperialism o Extractive Economy
o Alfred T. Mahan
o Queen Liliuokalani
o Sphere of Influence
Master word: Imperialism o Boxer rebellion
o Open Door Policy
o Russo-Japanese War
o Great White Fleet
o Foraker Act
Master word: Imperialism o Platt Amendment
o Big Stick Diplomacy
o Panama Canal
o Roosevelt Corollary
o Dollar Diplomacy
Master word: Yellow Press:
o William Randolph Hearst
o Jose Marti
o Matthew Perry
o Fredrick J. Turner
Master word: Spanish American War:
o Jingoism
o George Dewey
o Emilio Aguinaldo
o Rough Riders
o Treaty of Paris 1898
o Insurrection
o John Hay
COLUMN 2
Master Word:
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
Militarism:
Francisco “Pancho” Villa
Francis Ferdinand
William II
Casualty
Contraband
U-Boat
Lusitania
Zimmerman Note
Selective service act
Master Word:
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
World War One:
Western Front
George Creel
Conscientious Objector
Espionage Act
Convoy
Vladimir Lenin
John Pershing
Master Word: Woodrow Wilson:
o Fourteen Points
o Self-determination
o League of Nations
o Henry Cabot Lodge
o Reparations
o “Irreconcilable”
o “Reservationists”
Master word: Red Scare:
o Palmer raids
o Nicola Sacco
o Bartolommeo Vanzetti
o Warren G. Harding
o Creditor Nation