Mr. Anderson, M.Ed., J.D.
AP U.S. HISTORY
Unit #8: Imperialism - Progressivism - WWI
DURATION: 3 weeks
READINGS:
1. The American Pageant (13th Edition)
2. The American Pageant Guidebook
3. United States History AP Prep (Newman)
Chapters 27-30
Chapters 27-30
Chapters 19 (pp. 388-390), 20-22
OBJECTIVES: By the end of this unit, each student will be able to:
1. Analyze the reasons for and consequences of the Spanish-American War
2. Describe the rise of T.R. and the ushering in of the Progressive Movement.
3. Explain America’s diplomatic relationships abroad after the turn of the century.
4. Discuss and analyze America’s engagement and response to WWI.
EVALUATION:
1. QUIZ – Thursday, January 29 (Chapter 27) (Newman Ch. 20 Key Terms/Qs DUE)
2. QUIZ – Wednesday, February 04 (Chapter 28) (Newman Ch. 21 Key Terms/Qs DUE)
3. QUIZ – Friday, February 06 (Chapter 29) (Newman Ch. 22 Key Terms/Qs DUE)
4. EXAM – Tuesday, February 10 (ALL) (NOTHING DUE)
ASSIGNMENTS: Please review Part I for Chapters 27-30 in The American Pageant
Guidebook (Piehl).
Chapter 20 Key Terms (Newman): Briefly identify, define, and/or explain.
1) Napoleon III, 2) international Darwinism, 3) Pan-American Conference (1889), 4)
James Blaine, 5) Richard Olney, 6) Cuba, 7) jingoism, 8) yellow journalism, 9) SpanishAmerican War, 10) De Lome Letter, 11) Maine, 12) Teller Amendment, 13) Theodore
Roosevelt, 14) Rough Riders, 15) Hawaii; Liliuokalani, 16) Philippine annexation, 17)
Platt Amendment (1901), 18) spheres of influence, 19) Open Door Policy, 20)
xenophobia, 21) big-stick policy, 22) Roosevelt Corollary, 23) Russo-Japanese War, 24)
gentlemen’s agreement, 25) great white fleet, 26) William Howard Taft, 27) dollar
diplomacy, 28) Henry Cabot Lodge, 29) moral diplomacy, 30) Pancho Villa.
Chapter 20 Questions (Newman): p. 417-418: Q. #1-10 (MC)
p. 423: Q. #1-4 (Explain fully; 1/2 page each)
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Chapter 21 Key Terms (Newman): Briefly identify, define, and/or explain.
1) Progressive Movement, 2) pragmatism, 3) William James, 4) John Dewey, 5)
Frederick W. Taylor, 6) scientific management, 7) muckrakers, 8) Henry Demarest
Lloyd, 9) Standard Oil Company, 10) Lincoln Steffans, 11) Ida Tarbell, 12) Jacob Riis,
13) Theodore Dreiser, 14) Australian ballot, 15) direct primary, 16) Robert La Folette,
17) direct of election of senators; Seventeenth Amendment, 18) initiative, 19)
referendum, 20) recall, 21) social welfare, 22) municipal reform.
Chapter 21 Questions (Newman): pp. 441-442, Q. #1-10 (MC)
p. 446, Q. #1-3 (Explain fully; 1/2 page each)
Chapter 22 Key Terms (Newman):
1) neutrality, 2) submarine warfare, 3) Lusitania, 4) Allied Powers, 5) propaganda, 6)
Edward house, 7) Russian Revolution, 8) Espionage Act (1917), 9) Sedition Act (1918),
10) Schenk v. United States, 11) selective service act, 12) Bolsheviks, 13) American
Expeditionary Force, 14, Fourteen Points, 15) Treaty of Versailles, 16) Big Four, 17)
League of Nations, 18) Henry Cabot Lodge, 19) Red Scare, 20) Palmer raids, 21) strikes;
race riots.
Chapter 22 Questions (Newman): pp. 463-465, Q. #1-10 (MC)
p. 465 DBQ
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