1. 8X
Objectives: Describe political and economic developments in the United States during the early 20th century.
Agenda:
Do Now: Review your viewing guide answers with your group. Check in.
Finish watching Boom.
Short Lecture: America and the World during the turn of the 20th Century
Finish Watching Ultimate Guide to the Presidents: Call of Duty – Woodrow Wilson.

2. American Imperialism
What would motivate America during the late 19th century to want to gain lands outside of the United States?

3. The Development of American Imperialism
Isolation  Imperialism:
The belief that we needed to exert American power in the world in order to keep our economy stable motivated American land grab of territories around the world.
Terms to Know:
Isolation
Imperialism
Seward’s Folly: Alaska
Hawaii
Open door policy and boxer rebellion
Spanish- American War
Yellow journalism
Teller Amendment
Platt Amendment
Panama Canal
Roosevelt Corollary to Monroe Doctrine
Taft and dollar diplomacy