Homework for the week of February 11, 2013
Monday in class
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Review the terms to define and the questions before you read from the textbook.
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Read pages 680 - 687.
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Using complete sentences, explain the definitions and importance of the following words. For the people, please explain
their actions and how those actions are important:
a. Commodore Matthew Perry
b. Seward’s Folly
c. isolationism
d. imperialism
e. expansionism
f. Turner Thesis
g. Alfred Mahan
h. Samoa
i. Spheres of Influence
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Respond to the following, with details, using complete sentences:
1. How does American involvement in the Boxer Rebellion demonstrate imperialism?
2. Locate China, Japan, Midway, Alaska and Hawaii on page 686. Based on the dates of involvement and your knowledge
of social studies, try to figure out presidents and other politicians that were involved. NO writing necessary.
3. When Roosevelt was president between 1901 and 1909, he liked to use the phrase “speak softly and carry a big
stick; you will go far.” Think about how actions in Japan illustrate that well before Roosevelt the United States was
able to “speak softly” because it carried a “big stick?” NO writing necessary.
Monday (due Tuesday):
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Review the terms to define and the questions before you read from the textbook.
Read pages 688 - 692.
Using complete sentences, explain the definitions and importance of the following words. For the
people, please explain their actions and how those actions are important:
a. Reconcentration
b. José Martí
c. Yellow Journalism (relate to war)
d. “Remember the Maine”
e. Dewey at Manila Bay
f. Emilio Aguinaldo
g. Rough Riders
h. protectorate
Respond to the following, with details, using complete sentences:
1. How is the Platt Amendment similar to or different from the Foraker Act?
2. Look up the word ironic. (You will have to look up irony, too.) Based on events in America
from 1775 until 1783, why could American actions in the Philippines after the SpanishAmerican war be considered ironic?
Tuesday (due Thursday):
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Work on your Human Rights project. Be aware that when you present to the class you will be
asked:
o to explain:
1. Why you chose volunteer activity.
2. At least two specific things you learned about your topic or volunteer activity from the
readings you did or from the films we watched.
3. How your topic relates to our study of the Rise of Industry and the Progressive Movement.
4. The challenges you faced in arranging or executing your topic (if there were none, explain
why it was so easy).
5. How your experience went.
6. Whether you plan to do the same volunteering in the future (remember, explain means why
or why not)
o to share artifacts from your volunteering – your artifacts must include photographs of your
experience.
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Wednesday (due Thursday):
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Finish your Human Right project. You will have ~90 seconds to present in class.
Thursday (due Friday):
Review the terms to define and the questions before you read from the textbook.
Read pages 693 - 699.
Using complete sentences, explain the definitions and importance of the following words. For the
people, please explain their actions and how those actions are important:
a. isthmus
b. diplomacy (use m-w.com)
c. William C. Gorgas
d. “speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far”
e. Roosevelt Corollary
f. Pancho Villa (include John J. Pershing)
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1. Gunboat diplomacy is foreign policy that is supported by the use or threat of military force.
Write the definition in your composition book and explain how diplomacy in the early 1900s
could be called gunboat diplomacy.
2. Was dollar diplomacy different from big stick diplomacy? Support your answer with specific
details.
3. Woodrow Wilson’s style of diplomacy has been called moral diplomacy because he worked to
condemn imperialism and spread democracy. Explain how Wilson’s beliefs could gain this title
and whether they deserve this title.
4. Go to http://www.pancanal.com/eng/general/howitworks/index.html and watch the clips for
transit, operations, and dimensions. Be prepared to discuss how a canal works.
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Friday:
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If you want to complete the post-reflection for Mrs. Cass over the break, it’s on my
website. It will be Monday’s homework.
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