1. States and Capitals Quiz
Seven new ones for this week: Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana
All 28 from previous quizzes.
3 Public Officials

3. Primary Source Analysis
Read The Gospel of the Gun and The White Man’s Burden. Answer the questions on the back of your handout once you finish reading through.
Circle or highlight words you would like me to explain.
Underline key points or phrases.
After working on this independently, you will discuss your result with a partner before working our way through the answers for the poems.

4. I. Reasons for U.S. Imperialism
Objective 6.01: Examine the factors that led to the United States taking an increasingly active role in world affairs.

5. A. Definition of Imperialism
Imperialism - governments trying to build influence and/or control in other places.
European countries started doing this to get raw materials for factories.

6. B. Economic Reasons U.S. has mass production, factory-based economy.
U.S. businesses had two needs: raw materials and somewhere to sell their goods.
How would imperialism help U.S. businesses?
Mercantilism – get more wealth by exporting more than you import
Through imperialism, the U.S. would be able to get more land and thus more resources to make goods to export.

7. C. Social Darwinism
Definition: “the survival of the fittest”; the strongest nations survive
Similar to Manifest Destiny – in order for us to fulfill our destiny as a great country, we needed to expand.

8. D. White Man’s Burden
Idea that the U.S. should take its culture to foreign countries to “civilize” them.
Felt that white civilization was superior to other people’s.
Famous example: “White Man’s Burden” poem by Rudyard Kipling

9. Exit Ticket
Which theory was used by Social Darwinists to justify imperialism?
Communism
Gospel of Wealth
Protectionism
Survival of the fittest

10. Exit Ticket
2) Which of the following is NOT a factor that led to the United States’ increased role in imperialism?
Ethnic ties from recent immigrant populations led the U.S. to want to remain close with countries around the world.
Industrialization required that we obtain raw materials for production.
The theory of Social Darwinism suggested that in order to survive as a nation we needed to expand.
The “white man’s burden” led us to want to civilize and Christianize “savage” nations.

11. Exit Ticket
3) Who were the primary beneficiaries of United States imperialism?
Large business interests
The labor movement
Small landholders
The common people of the countries that the United States took over

12. II. U.S. Imperialism
U.S.6.02: Identify the areas of United States military, economic, and political involvement and influence.

13. A. Yellow Journalism
Definition: newspapers make up or exaggerate stories to make them more entertaining/have an effect on the reader.
Why would they exaggerate stories?
Two major people involved: William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer – big rivals

14. A. Yellow Journalism

15. A. Yellow Journalism
Impact: Main reason for the Spanish-American War – their usually false stories made the American public rally against Spain.
Created jingoism – citizens and government officials wanting an aggressive foreign policy

16. Stations What part of the world is the U.S. in?
Travel to three different stations and spend 12 minutes at each one.
Questions to answer in addition to ones at stations already:
What part of the world is the U.S. in?
Does this event have a special name? If so, what is it?
Why did the U.S. get involved?
What did it do? Did it gain any new land or influence?

17. Independent Practice
Create a chart that explains U.S. involvement in different parts of the world. An example for your chart should look like this:
Country/Territory
Name of U.S. Involvement
Why did the U.S. get involved?
What did the U.S. do?
Impact of U.S. Involvement
Alaska
Hawaii
Philippines, Guam and Puerto Rico
Cuba
Panama