NAME_____________________________________
Riney
Class Period____
US History
Becoming a World Power
Unit 4: Chapter 12
(1872-1912)
Unit Objectives:
 Explain US goals in conducting foreign policy
 Determine and assess the motives behind US foreign policy before and after 1898
 Analyze how a desire for more trade and markets led to political change between 1877-1898
 Identify the cause and effects of “Yellow Journalism”
 Locate examples of US “spheres of influence” in the Caribbean, Latin America, and Asia.
Explain US motives for intervention in those areas
 Explain the roles of Henry Cabot Lodge, Alfred Thayer Mahan, and Theodore Roosevelt in US
expansionism
 Discuss the causes of the Spanish-American War, and explain why the war is a turning point in
US History
 Analyze the human and physical geographical effects of the building of the Panama Canal
 Describe the effects of the Open Door Policy
 Compare the foreign policies of Presidents T. Roosevelt, Taft and Wilson and determine the
impact of their policies on the US
TEKS:
2(A-D); 4(A,B); 12(A,B); 15(C,D);
Agenda: complete as assigned. BE PREPARED FOR DAILY QUIZZES. Packet
collected on test day. ALL WORK MUST BE COMPLETE!
10/29/14 Wednesday
Chap 13 Test
Homework:
Read Chap 12:1(pg 392-397)
10/30/14 Thursday
Reread Chap 12:1
Reading Quiz
Write out Chap 12:1 Vocab
Complete Imperialism Chart
Homework:
10/31/14 Friday
World Power Video
Homework:
Read Chap 12:2 (pg 399-405)
11/03/14 Monday
Chap 12:2 Reading Quiz
Write “Yellow Journalism” Article (to be typed and turned in through “Turn It In” Due Thursday
Chap 12 Notes
Complete Guantanamo: “US Naval Base” article
Homework:
Read Chap 12:3 (pg 408-413)
11/04/14 Tuesday
Chap 12:3 Reading Quiz
“Becoming a World Power Map”
Homework:
Complete all assignments Chap 12:1-3
11/05/14 Wednesday
Chap 12 Notes
Chap 12 Test Review
Homework:
Complete Chap 12 Test Review
11/06/14 Thursday
Chap 12 Notes
Big Stick Diplomacy Cartoon Interpretation
Chap 12 Test Review
Homework:
Study for Chap 12 Test: Becoming a World Power
11/07/14 Friday
Chap 12 Test: Becoming a World Power
Homework:
Read Chap 14:1 (448-455)
Unit 4: Imperialism and Progressivism
Chapter 12: Becoming a World Power (1872-1912)
Reading Guide
VOCABULARY: Terms and Names – Using your own paper, write at least one sentence that
defines term or explains its significance:
**some vocabulary words (those in blue) are defined in the glossary. Others, you will have to
define from reading. Make sure you write a complete definition.
Section 1: The Imperialist Vision (pg 392-397)
Vocabulary:
1. Imperialism:
2. Protectorate:
3. Annex (ask me):
People to Know
4. Matthew Perry:
5. Queen Liluokalani:
6. Alfred T. Mahan:
7. Henry Cabot Lodge:
8. Sanford Dole (ask me):
Other terms to know from notes/reading (you don’t have to write these out…just know them!
Anglo-Saxonism; The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783; Organization of American
States (OAS); Pan-Americanism
Section 2: The Spanish-American War (pg 399-405)
Vocabulary:
People to Know
9. Yellow journalism:
12. Theodore Roosevelt:
10. Jingoism:
13. Emelio Aguinaldo:
11. Guerilla:
Other terms to know from notes/reading (you don’t have to write these out…just know them!
William Randolph Hearst & The New York Journal vs. Joseph Pulitzer and New York World ;
DeLome letter; Rough Riders; Foraker Act; Platt Amendment
Section 3: New American Diplomacy (pg 408-413)
Vocabulary:
People to Know
14. sphere of influence:
18. Dr. William Gorgas:
15. Open Door Policy:
16. Dollar Diplomacy:
17. Intervene (ask me):
Other terms to know from notes/reading (you don’t have to write these out…just know them!
Boxer Rebellion; “Great White Fleet;” Hay-Pauncefote Treaty; Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe
Doctrine
Yellow Journalism Assignment: Due Mon 11/03/14
Use pages 399/401 from the textbook to write an newspaper article employing Yellow Journalism
techniques. You may choose to write about any of the following events that led to the SpanishAmerican War (explosion of the USS Maine; Spanish treatment of the Cuban people; or the deLome
letter). This article should be one paragraph in length and a minimum of 100 words. Alternate
assignment (must have teacher approval): Draw an editorial cartoon covering one of the incidents
listed above. This too must employ Yellow Journalism
Use Maps found in the US History Atlas (pg 80-81) and your text (pg 402, 415, RA10-11). Locate
and label the following places. Know what happened (significance) at each place. There will be a
map on the unit test!
Place
Significance
Pacific Ocean:
Atlantic Ocean:
Caribbean Sea:
just label
just label
just label
China:
Colombia:
Cuba:
Dominican Republic:
Guam:
Haiti:
Hawaii:
Japan:
Mexico:
Midway:
Nicaragua:
Panama:
Philippine Islands:
Puerto Rico:
Samoa:
USA:
Becomes a World Power!!
US Naval Base Becomes Prison for Al-Qaeda Terrorists, Geography in the News, January 25,
2002
Neal Lineback
1. Who is being detained at the US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba?
2. What are the geographical features of Guantanamo Bay?
3. What country was the primary colonizer of Cuba?
4. Why did US citizens living there request protection in the late 1890s?
5. The US government sent the battleship USS Maine. What happened to it?
6. The war that followed, the Spanish-American War, was easily won by the US. What is one
factor that contributed to our easy victory?
7. List the provisions of the Platt Amendment (3)
8. Cuba officially gained its independence in __________________. In that same year the US
_____________________ the Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay.
9. How was Guantanamo Bay valuable to the US in WWII?
10. How was the Platt Amendment applied during Cuba’s fall into communism?
11. What is the primary reason that the US has chosen Camp X-Ray at Guantanamo Bay to house
terrorists?
The Big Ditch Turns 100
Answer questions above (3) and turn in to “Turn It In” Due date Thurs November 6