Unit 1- Emergence of the Americas in Global Affairs 1880-1929.
Content Objectives:
 United States’ Expansionist Foreign Policies: Political, Economic, Social and Ideological reasons.
 Spanish-American War: Causes and effects (1898)
 United States’ foreign policies: the Big Stick; Dollar Diplomacy; Moral Diplomacy; applications and
impact on the region
 United States with the First World War: from neutrality to involvement; reasons for US entry into the
First World War; Wilson’s Peace ideals and the struggle for ratification of the Versailles Treaty in the
United States; significance of the war for the United States’ hemispheric status
 Involvement and participation of either Canada or one Latin American country in the First World War:
reason for and/or against participation; nature of participation.
 Impact of the First World War on Two countries of the Americas: economic, political, social, and foreign
policies.
Skill Objective:

Be able to comprehend and analyze historical sources.
 Demonstrate growth in your ability to reason through writing.
Textbook Reading Assignments
Author/Title
Ch
Born in Blood and Fire
6
History of Latin America
17, 20
American Journey
22
Other Required Readings
TBA
Identifications:
William Seward
James G Blaine
Alfred Thayer Mahan
Albert Beveridge& March of the Flag
Industrial Revolution
Turner and the Frontier Thesis
Social Darwinism
“The White Man’s Burdens”
Manifest Destiny
Yellow Press
Jingoism
Senator Proctor
Annexation of Hawaii
William McKinley- His role in SAW
US Investment in Cuba
Panic of 1893
Imperialismists- Metropolitan Club
Anti-Imperialists
Monroe Doctrine
Ostend Manifesto
Delome Letter
Sagasta
General Wheyler- Re-concentration
Camps
McKinley’s Declaration of War
Teller Amendment
Annexation of Hawaii
Platt Amendment
Assessments
Timed Writes: TBA
Unit Test: November 22nd-23rd
Page(s)
181-209
424-435, 521-536
Big Stick Policy
Dollar Diplomacy
Dollar Dip- Nicaragua as major incident
Moral Diplomacy
Moral Dip- Mexico
Panama Canal
1st Venezuela Crisis
Roosevelt Corollary
2nd Venezuelan Crisis
Dominican Custom Houses
Dolphin Incident
Poncho Villa- Invasion of Mexico
Declaration of London
North Sea Military Area
Submarine War Zone & Strict
Accountability
Defense of Realm Act
Lusitania
Arabic Incident/Pledge
Sussex Incident/Ultimatum/Pledge
Peace without Victory Speech
Pless Castle Conference
Vimy Ridge
Robert Borden
Laurier
Election of 1917- Conscription
Tin pot Navy
Sir Arthur Curry .
Wartime Elections Act
War Measures Act
Conscription Crisis
Selective Service act of 1917.
1st Russian Revolution
Treaty-of Versailles
Article 10
Wilson’s 14 points
League of Nations
Irreconcilables (Borah)
Lodge & the conservative
internationalist
Progressive internationalists
Wilson’s Tour & Stroke
Red Scare
Seattle General Strike
Mitchell Palmer
Bolshevik Revolution
Espionage and Sedition Acts
Mackenzie King
Arthur Meighen
Westminster Crisis.
Balfour Report
Declaration of London
Winnipeg Strike in 1919
Halibut Treaty
Turkey Crisis
1. Define the nature and assess the effectiveness of the US "Dollar Diplomacy" policy in Latin America between 1900
and 1933. (HL) (1989)
2. Trace the evolution of United States foreign policy in regard to Cuba from 1898 to 1959. (HL) (1992)
3. Why did the United States intervene so frequently in Central America before the Second World War? (HL) (1993)
4. How far was the Spanish-American War a turning-point in relations between the United States and Latin America?
(HL) (1995)
5. Compare the Latin American policies of TWO United States presidents between 1900 and 1920. (HL) (1996)
6. Was Woodrow Wilson’s Latin American policy consistent with his Fourteen Points? (HL) (1997)
7. How far was the United States successful in implementing a “closed door” policy in Latin America between 1898
and 1914? (HL) (1998)
8. How did the Spanish - American War change United States policy toward the Caribbean? (HL) (November 1999)
9. For what reasons, and with what results, did the United States intervene in Latin America in the period 1898 to
1932? (HL) (2000)
10. In what ways and for what reasons, did the US intervene in Latin America in the period 1898 to 1932? (HL)
(2001)
11. How successful was the United States’ foreign policy towards Latin America in the first decade of the twentieth
century? (HL) (2002)
12. Analyze the key developments of United States policy in Latin America in the period 1898 to 1929. (HL) (2004)
13. "The Spanish-American War of 1898 was a turning point in relations between the United States and Latin
America." To what extent do you agree with this statement? (HL) (2005)
14. Why was the First World War so important both politically and economically to Canada's development as a
nation?" (HL) (1995)
15. Assess the importance of the “conscription crisis” in Canada’s national development. (HL)
16. Analyze the impact of the First World War upon the political and economic development of Canada between
1914 and 1930. (HL) (2001)
17. Why was the First World War so important both politically and economically to Canada's development as a
nation?" (HL) (1995)
18. Why did the US intervene in Cuba?
19. “Yellow Journalism caused the Spanish American War” To what extent do you agree with this statement?
20. Why did the United States go to war with Spain in 1898?
21. “It was the U-boat campaign of 1917 which brought the United States into the First World War.” To what extent
would you agree with this statement?
22. Analyze the reasons why the US failed to ratify the Treaty of Versailles?
23. Define the nature and assess the effectiveness of the US “Big Stick" policy in Latin America.
24. Evaluate the circumstances that led to the shift in the American position regarding entrance into World War I.
25. “The failure of the treaty is solely attributed to the personal hatred that Lodge and Wilson had for each other.”
To what extent do agree with this statement?
26. Why did the United States reject the Treaty of Versailles?
27. To what extent were the United States policies toward Latin America between 1898 and 1936 motivated by
economic reasons? Support your answer with example of two specific policies introduced by the United States.
28. Assess the role of Canada in the First World War.
29. Define the United States policy of Moral Diplomacy and discuss its impact on the region.
30. Why did the United States adopt a policy of Neutrality from 1914 to 1917?
31. Compare and contrast the foreign policy of the United States in two different Latin American countries
between 1880 and 1929.
32. Analyze the social impact of the First World War in two countries of the Americas.
33. “The United States’ policies of the Big Stick and Moral Diplomacy in Latin America had different
motives but similar consequences.” To what extent do you agree with this statement?
34. Evaluate the arguments that took place in the United States over ratification of the Versailles Treaty
following the First World War.