1. IMPERIALISM—What does it mean?

2. CHAPTERS 10-11: Imperialism and World War I
I. European Imperialism
Asia
Africa
South America

3. CHAPTERS 10-11: Imperialism and World War I
American Imperialism was based on:
The need to expand
1. Manifest Destiny
2. The Monroe Doctrine
B. The need to compete in a global economy.

4. CHAPTERS 10-11: Imperialism and World War I
American Imperialism was based on:
C. Rise in political and military competition
D. The idea of racism/cultural superiority

5. CHAPTERS 10-11: Imperialism and World War I
Handout #1:
“ In Favor of Imperialism” by Albert Beveridge
Read in class
Answer the questions on Handout #2-A in pairs

6. CHAPTERS 10-11: Imperialism and World War I
III. Examples of American Imperialism
A. Hawaii
1. American interests in Hawaii
2. January 16, 1893—Sanford B. Dole
3. August 12, 1898 and August 12, 1959.

7. CHAPTERS 10-11: Imperialism and World War I
III. Examples of American Imperialism
B. Alaska
1. Russia—1867
2. “Seward’s Folly”
3. raw materials and natural resources
C. Handout #3--Homework

8. CHAPTERS 10-11: Imperialism and World War I
Examples of American Imperialism
C. Cuba
1. American interests in Cuba
—Jose Marti
3. “yellow journalism”
4. diplomacy
a. the DeLome Letter
b. the U.S.S. Maine

9. CHAPTERS 10-11: Imperialism and World War I
Examples of American Imperialism
C. Cuba
5. April 20, 1898
6. Manila Harbor and The Philippines
7. Santiago Harbor and The Rough Riders
8. armistice
9. Treat of Paris of 1898

10. CHAPTERS 10-11: Imperialism and World War I
Examples of American Imperialism
C. Cuba
10. U.S. Army involvement in Cuba
11. The Platt Amendment (p. 354)

11. CHAPTERS 10-11: Imperialism and World War I
Examples of American Imperialism
D. Puerto Rico
1. July 1898
2. “paternalism”
3. “The Yankee Peril”
4. The Foraker Act of 1901

12. CHAPTERS 10-11: Imperialism and World War I
Examples of American Imperialism
E. The Philippines
1. Philippine-American War ( )
2. becomes U.S. protectorate
3. video: The Lure of Empire (Handout #13)

13. CHAPTERS 10-11: Imperialism and World War I
IV. Examples of American Imperialism
F. China
1. The Open Door Policy
2. The Boxer Rebellion

14. CHAPTERS 10-11: Imperialism and World War I
American Foreign Policy
A. Teddy Roosevelt & Foreign Policy
1. Russo-Japanese War
2. The Panama Canal
3. The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine

15. CHAPTERS 10-11: Imperialism and World War I
American Foreign Policy
B. Woodrow Wilson & Foreign policy
1. “missionary diplomacy”
2. The Mexican Revolution
a. April, 1914
b. Veracruz
c. Pancho Villa
C. Handouts #4 and #5--

16. CHAPTERS 10-11: Imperialism and World War I
World War I (video and HO #6A)
A. Causes of WWI
1. Nationalism
2. Imperialism
3. Militarism
4. The Alliance System

17. CHAPTERS 10-11: Imperialism and World War I
B. Fighting begins
1. The Balkan
Peninsula
2. June 28, 1914
3. July 28, 1914

19. CHAPTERS 10-11: Imperialism and World War I
C. Germany becomes the aggressor
1. The Schlieffen Plan
2. stalemate with France
3. trench warfare
4. “front fighting”

20. CHAPTERS 10-11: Imperialism and World War I
D. America tries to remain neutral
1. public opinion
2. sympathy with Britain and France
3. “those Barbaric Huns”
**Handout #6--

21. CHAPTERS 10-11: Imperialism and World War I
VI. World War I
E. America enters the war
1. the British blockade
2. German response—u boats
3. May 7, 1915
4. why?
5. sinking of The Sussex

22. CHAPTERS 10-11: Imperialism and World War I
E. America enters the war
6. Election of 1916
7. war becomes inevitable
a. The Zimmerman Telegraph (HO #7)
b. U-boats
8. April 2, 1917

23. CHAPTERS 10-11: Imperialism and World War I
F. America prepares for war
1. The Selective Service Act
2. military training
3. shipyard conversion
4. women in service
5. segregation

24. CHAPTERS 10-11: Imperialism and World War I
G. America goes to fight
1. American Expeditionary Forces
a. John J. Pershing
b. “doughboys”
c. horrors of war

25. CHAPTERS 10-11: Imperialism and World War I
G. America goes to fight
2. convoy system (p. 384)
3. “fresh troops”
4. new weapons
5. new problems
6. “conscientious objectors”

26. CHAPTERS 10-11: Imperialism and World War I
H. America fights the war at home (HO #9 for notes)
1. economic shift
2. women in the workforce
3. The Railroad Administration
4. The Fuel Administration
5. The National War Labor Board

27. CHAPTERS 10-11: Imperialism and World War I
H. America fights the war at home
6. War Industries Board
7. The Food Administration
8. The Committee on Public Information
a. Propaganda campaign
b. Schenck v. U.S. (1919) (p. 396)

28. CHAPTERS 10-11: Imperialism and World War I
H. America fights the war at home
9. Espionage and Sedition Acts
10. Changes for:
a. Immigrants
b. African-Americans
c. Women

29. CHAPTERS 10-11: Imperialism and World War I
VI. World War I
I. The War winds down
1. April, 1917—Russia surrenders (Russian Revolution)
2. Wilson’s 14 Points Speech
a. January 18, 1918
b. highlights on p. 399
c. European and U.S. reaction was very
negative
d. wanted to “punish Germany”

30. CHAPTERS 10-11: Imperialism and World War I
I. The War winds down
3. armistice on November 11, 1918
4. The Treaty of Versailles
a. June, 1919—”The Big Four”
b. terms (p. 400)
c. The League of Nations
5. Handout #10 and 11--

31. CHAPTERS 10-11: Imperialism and World War I
J. What questions were still unanswered?
1. German anger
2. European economic depression
3. “scapegoats”