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US/World History II- Mr. Werner Name_________________________
Unit II: Imperialism, World War I, and the Russian Revolution
Enduring Understandings for American and World History
EU#1: The United States has gradually risen as a global power throughout the
20 th
century.
EU#2: The United States has experienced societal change because of factors such as new technologies, shifting demographics, changes in values and attitudes, and the role of government.
EU #3: The successes and failures of social, political, and economic systems and movements have shaped 20 th
century World History.
EU #4: Conflict and cooperation between nations has ebbed and flowed during the
20 th
century as a result of social, political, and economic systems and movements.
Essential Questions for Unit 2
1) What are the various causes of imperialism around the world?
2) Why did the United States become involved in foreign imperialism?
3)
What caused the “Great War”?
4) Why was this global war more destructive and widespread than previous wars?
5) What were the immediate results of the end of the war?
6) What were the causes and results of the Russian Revolution?
DATE TOPIC
Wed 21 Define Imperialism (causes)
Th 22 Imperialism Game
HOMEWORK
Imperialism Worksheet
Your Section of Green Book
Fri 23 Imperialism Examples India, China, Japan Blue 12.1
Mon 26 Imperialism Around the Globe
Tues 27 U.S. Involvement in World Affairs none
Blue 12.2
Blue pg. 406-407
“War Redux”
Blue 12.3
Wed 28 Spanish-American War
Th 29 U.S.S. Maine: Justifications for War?
Fri 30 Annexation of Philippines
Mon 3
Tues 4
Wed 5
Th
Fri
6
7
Teddy Roosevelt
19 th
century “seeds of war”
Start of WWI
Main Events of WWI
Trench Warfare none
Green 800-805,
Green 806-816
Green 811-812
Blue 448-455, project #1 project #2 (internet)
Mon 10 U.S. Declares War
Tues 11 U.S. Home Front
Wed 12 Paris 1919
Th 13 Results of End of War
Fri 14 Russian Rev-causes
Blue 456-461, project #3
Blue 464-475 none
Green 817-826 project #4

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DATE
Mon 17
Tues 18
Wed 19
TOPIC
Russian Rev-main events
Russian Rev-results (1920s)
Review Day-Projects Due
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Fri
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HOMEWORK none project #5-Pipes Article
Study for test
Unit II Test None
Finish All Quiet on the Western Front
Homework
Imperialism worksheet
All answers are to be completed on the worksheet handed out in class. You can find help for the maps in the book of your green textbook.
Your section of green book (assigned in class)
Circle the section you were assigned and complete the following questions:
23.1 Southeast Asia
24.1,2 China
23.2 Africa
24.3,4 Japan
23.3 India
1) Who is the imperial power?
2) Why is the imperial power involved in imperialism in this location?
Consider economic reasons, social reasons, political reasons
3) How was the imperial power able to take control?
4) How does the imperial power rule over the local, indigenous people?
5) How have the local, indigenous people rebelled against imperialism?
6) Explain five additional ideas, concepts or people that are important for your section.
Blue 12.1
1) What is the title of Chapter 12? What does this mean?
2) Name two key ideas that made Americans seek international territory.
3) How did Matthew Perry’s actions change Japanese history?
4) How did the U.S. take possession of Hawaii?
5) Define Pan-Americanism.
Blue 12.2
1) Read the entire chapter carefully.
2) List “10 steps” or “10 stages” of the Spanish-American War in chronological order.
Blue pg. 406 – 407
1) Why did newspapers and public officials claim that Spain was responsible for the
Maine explosion if there was a lack of evidence?
2) Why did the 1976 review conclude that the explosion came from the inside of the
Maine?
Post Dispatch article: War Redux
1) In one large paragraph (4-6) sentences, explain the article’s subtitle:
The war in Iraq has more parallels with the Philippine Insurrection than to the invasions of Germany and
Japan at the end of WWII.
Blue 12.3
1) How did “Teddy” become president of the U.S.?
2) How did the Panama Canal impact trade and the military?
3) Define the “Open Door” Policy in China?
4) What was the Roosevelt Corollary?

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5) In your opinion, how did Roosevelt represent this era in American history?
Green 800-805
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Why was the Great War “all the more disturbing to Europeans?”
2) What were the immediate causes of WWI?
3) Define militarism.
4) How did international alliances help bring countries into war?
Project Step #1: Chart/Graph militarism as a cause of WWI a) Look at the chart provided on sheet #1. Create a graph in which the factual information is represented in another visual format. In one long paragraph, interpret how this could be used to help explain the causes of the Great War. b) Look at the additional information provided in the paragraph on militarism.
Create your own chart or graph with these facts. In a few short sentences, analyze how your chart could be used to help explain the causes of the Great War.
Green 806-816
1) What was the Schlieffen Plan?
2) Define trench warfare.
3) What is a war of attrition?
4) Why did the U.S. get involved in the war?
5) Why was 1917 not a good year for the Allies?
6) Define total war.
Green 811-812
Based on Erich Maria Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front
’s description of trench warfare, write 10 different words to accurately depict the reality of World War I.
#2 Project Step #2: Trench warfare/personal impact of the war
Please search one of the following websites. http:digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/explore/dgexplore.efm?topic=history&collection_ list=WorldWarIPhotographA&col_id=211 http://www.gwpda.org/photos/greatwar.htm
http://www.wwi-models.org/Photos/index.html
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/ww1/photoessay.htm
http://www.worldwaronecolorphotos.com/ a) Select and print one photo. In a long paragraph using content information from class, identify everything in the photo and analyze how this picture could be used to help explain what life was like during the war. b)
Because you can’t create your own picture from the war, find a second picture from the websites listed above and print it out. In a second long paragraph, write a letter from the perspective of the person in the photo. Consider whom the letter would be for and what the author would say. Be sure to include some historical context from the war.

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Note: If you do not have a computer or internet access at home, Mr. Werner can loan you the pictures we use in class so you are able to participate fairly. There is one picture included in this packet that you can use as an example.
Blue 448-455
1) Why did Wilson send U.S. troops into Mexico?
2) Define propaganda. How was it used in the war?
3) What happened on May 7, 1915?
4) What was the Zimmerman telegram? How did it influence the U.S. decision to go to war with Germany?
Blue 456-461
1) What was the selective service act of 1917?
2) What jobs were performed by women in the military service?
3) Why did so many blacks move from the South in the Great Migration?
4) How did the government efforts to get support for the war conflict with our democratic ideals?
Project Step #3: Political Cartoon- additional causes of WWI a) Look at the political cartoon provided. In one long paragraph, interpret how this could be used to help explain a reason the U.S. got involved in the Great War. b) Create your own political cartoon about one of the causes of WWI. In a second shorter paragraph, analyze how your cartoon could be used to help explain the causes of the Great War.
Blue 464-475
1)
Who were the “doughboys?” How did they affect the war?
2) Why did the Russians overthrow their government in 1917?
3) Why did the U.S. Senate reject the Treaty of Versailles?
4) Why were there so many strikes at this time?
5) What was the Red Scare?
6) How did Harding’s 1920 presidential election mark the end of Progressivism?
Green 817-826
1) List 3 causes of the Russian Revolution.
2) What was the slogan of the Bolshevik program?
3) Identify the 2 sides of the Civil War.
4)
What is the “mystery of Anastasia?”
5) How did Germany change in 1918, the last year of the war?
Project Step #4: Maps-on the results of the war a) Look at the maps of Europe provided. In one long paragraph, note the changes in two maps (consider their dates) and explain why these changes occurred. b) Trace the outline of the second blank map provided of the Middle East. In the religion that was marked “Ottoman Empire,” draw in the modern boundaries of the following countries: Palestine/Israel, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Iran, Transjordan,
Saudi Arabia. In a shorter, second paragraph, explain why these changes occurred
(use the atlas in your textbook to complete this part).

Project Step #5: Russian Revolution a) Read the Richard Pipes article (handed out in class) about V.I. Lenin. b) In half a page of writing give your analysis/impressions of Lenin as a person.
Which would you rather live under – the rule of Lenin or Joseph Stalin?
For the project in this unit, students will be asked to interpret a wide variety of information related to the World War I. In class, we will model this form of explanation and then for homework that night (#1-5), you will e asked to demonstrate your ability to analyze a related piece. In addition, you will be required to create and analyze your own similar chart, map, political cartoon, or photograph to demonstrate that you really understand the concept.
PROJECT STEP #1-GRAPH/CHART-miltiarism and the cause of WWI
------------ out of 5 analysis of given chart (a)
------------ out of 5 creation of second chart/graph (b)
------------ out of 5 explanation of second chart/graph (b)
PROJECT STEP #2-PHOTOGRAPHS-trench warfare and the personal impact of the war
------------ out of 10 selection and analysis of photo (a)
------------ out of 5 selection of second photo and personal letter (b)
PROJECT STEP #3-POLITICAL CARTOON-United States and the decision to go to war
------------- out of 5
------------- out of 5 analysis of given political cartoon (a) creation of second cartoon (b)
------------- out of 5 explanation of second cartoon (b)
PROJECT STEP #4-MAP-geography and the immediate results of the war
-------------- out of 5 analysis of given European maps (a)
-------------- out of 5
-------------- out of 5 completion of second map (b) explanation of second map on Middle East (b)
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PROJECT STEP #5-HISTORICAL READING-analysis of individuals
-------------- out of 5
-------------- out of 5 analysis of Lenin explanation and connection to Russian Revolution
-------------- out of 5
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OUT OF 75 opinion over Lenin vs. Stalin
: Defense Estimates of the Great Powers, 1870-1914
1870
(in millions of pounds)
1880 1890 1900 1910 1920
10.8 20.4 28.8 41.0 64.0 110.8 Germany
Austria-
Hungary
France
Great Britain
Italy
Russia
8.2
22.0
23.4
7.8
22.0
13.2
31.4
25.2
10.0
29.6
12.8
37.4
31.4
14.8
29.0
13.6
42.4
116.0
14.6
40.8
17.4
52.4
68.0
24.4
63.4
36.4
57.4
76.8
28.2
88.2
Source: A.J.P. Taylor, The Struggle for Mastery in Europe: 1848-1918. Oxford
University Press (adapted).
Militarism in World War I
Between 1890 and 1913, countries in Europe increased their military spending dramatically. This concept called militarism is one of our causes of The Great War. For example, Britain spent 117% more before the war than it did in 1890 resulting with a peacetime army of 430,000 in 1914. For France, their government spent 92% more during the same time span and their army had 970,000 members in 1914. Germany and
Austria-Hungary, led the atmosphere of militarism with increases of 158% and 160% of their military spending, respectively. Germany had a standing army of 760,000 before they declared war and Austria-Hungary, their partner in the Central Powers had a military of 480,000 people in 1914. Russia, on the other hand, had the largest initial army and only increased its military spending by only 19% resulting in about 1.5 million troops at the start of the Great War.

7 http://www.kjwedding.info/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/Cheshire_Regiment_tre nch_Somme_1916.jpg

http://rutlandhs.k12.vt.us/jpeterso/MOREWW1/ZMMRMN.JPG
: Political Cartoon
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Project Step #4
9 http://nhs.needham.k12.ma.us/cur/baker_00/03/baker-nc-03-p6/europe1914.JPG
http://history.sandiego.edu/gen/WW2Pics6/CAN12369a.jpg

10 http://www.unimaps.com/mideast1914/index.html

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The Middle East at 1914 was at the crossroads. The once great Ottoman Empire that had been the dominant political force in the Middle East for 400 years was inexorably decaying, loosing ground to the fledgling independence movements that popped up in various guises with differing religious and political agendas.
In the wings were the British, the French, the Germans and Imperial Russia. The British, just passed the high tide of their prowess desired to keep her Indian empire safe and keep everyone else out, but had to come to an accommodation with the French.
The French, still smarting over their loss of Egypt to the British, were eyeing the ripe plum of the Ottoman territory that was about to fall from the tree, and wanted a slice of the action.
Czarist Russia had ambitions too wanting the Black Sea to be her own lake, but after 1917 Russia withdrew from the action due to problems at home. The government of the new Bolsheviks, showed to the world the secret Sikes-Picot agreement of 1916 that proved the duplicity of the French and especially the English towards their Arab 'friends'.
Germany was on the side that lost WW1, and at the Treaty of Versailles in 1919 was emasculated;, stripped of all her colonies and forced to pay enormous war reparations -so was effectively out of the game.