Homework Sheet Unit 11:
Imperialism
Date
Short
Block
2/5-2/6
Friday
2/7
Monday
2/10
Class Activities
 Mahan, Hawaii, and Cuba
 Chapter 29 part 1: 641-654
 Scenes from The Rough Riders
 Documents 1-5
 America as a World Power, Puerto Rico and
the Philippines
 Chapter 29 part 2: 654-660
 Documents 6-9
 Open Door Policy, the Election of 1900
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Tuesday  Teddy Roosevelt, the Panama Canal, and the
2/11
Homework Due In Class Today
Roosevelt Corollary
Chapter 30 Part 1 662-671
 Chapter 30 Part 2 671-681
 Document 10
Block
Day
 Go over old tests
2/12-
 Writing work – the DBQ!
 Study for your test!
2/13
Fri
 Unit 11 Exam
2/14
 Get Unit 12 HW Packet
 Unit 11 Notebook
Sources Used this Unit:
 Pageant (Your Textbook): Kennedy, David M., Lizabeth Cohen, and Thomas A. Bailey. The American
Pageant: A History of the Republic. Boston: McDougal Littell/Houghton Mifflin. 11th Edition.
Unit 11: Imperialism
Content Covered
Imperialism:
Causes of Imperialism; Monroe Doctrine and Venezuela; Hawaii; Cuba and the Spanish
American War; Philippines; Pro and Anti-Imperialism Feelings in America; Open Door in
China; Creating the Panama Canal; Roosevelt Corollary;
Politics:
McKinley and the Conquest of the Philippines; Effects of Spanish American War on America’s
Place in the World; Election of 1900 and Teddy Roosevelt; Roosevelt on the World Stage;
Impact of Imperialism on America:
Japanese Laborers in California; Manifest Destiny Spreading to the World; Yellow Journalism
Primary Reading
 American Pageant Chapters 29 and 30
Secondary Reading
Differing Opinions over Imperialism:
1. Alfred Thayer Mahan Defines Security in Terms of Sea Power (1897) – Document 21-2-1
Enduring Voices V2
2. Professor William Sumner Spurns Empire (1898) – Document 30-D-2 TAS V2 (180-181)
3. Albert Beveridge Trumpets Imperialism (1898) – Document 30-D-3 TAS V2 (182-184)
Spanish American War:
4. Rough Times for Rough Riders (1898) – Document 30-C-1 TAS V2 (177-178)
5. Disillusionment over the Cubans (1898) – Document 30-C-2 TAS V2 (178-179)
Yellow Journalism:
6. Joseph Pulitzer Demands Intervention (1897) – Document 30-A-1 TAS V2 (169-170)
7. William Randolph Hearst Stages a Rescue (1897) – Document 30-A-2 TAS V2 (170-172)
War in the Philippines:
8. The Nation Denounces Atrocities (1902) – Document 31-A-3 TAS V2 (187-188)
9. A San Francisco Weekly Defends the Army (1902) – Document 31-A-4 TAS V2 (188-190)
Panama Canal:
10. Roosevelt Launches a Corollary (1904) – Document 31-C-1 TAS V2 (194-195)
Chapter 29: The Path to Empire, 1890-1889
1. Alfred Thayer Mahan
2. jingoism
3. imperialism
4. Queen Liliuokalani
5. Pan-American Conference
6. Maine
7. Valeriano Weyler
8. Dupuy de Lome
9. Teller Amendment
10. Rough Riders
11. Theodore Roosevelt
12. Anti-Imperialist League
13. George Dewey
14. Spanish-American War
15. Treaty of Paris
16. The Philippine–American War
17. Emilio Aguinaldo
18. Foraker Act
19. insular cases
20. Platt Amendment
1. Identify the intellectual, social, philosophical, economic, and racial factors which helped create a
new nationalistic mood more receptive to overseas expansion in the late 19c.
2. What were the key arguments for and against U.S. imperialism?
3. How was U.S. overseas imperialism in 1898 similar to and different from earlier American
continental expansion, or “Manifest Destiny?” (see especially Chapter 14.)
4. Why was the United States interested in obtaining control over such places as the Samoan
Islands?
5. How did the United States respond to the Venezuelan crisis of 1895?
6. What problems did the McKinley Tariff of 1890 cause for American sugar growers in Hawaii?
Why did Americans have an interest in annexing Hawaii? How did the Cleveland administration
handle the annexation issue?
7. List the factors that promoted American support for Cuban independence in the late 1890s.
8. What is meant by "yellow journalism?" What role did the press and public opinion play in the
origin, conduct, and results of the Spanish-American War? What was its legacy?
9. List the provisions of the Teller Amendment. Why was it added to the bill declaring war on
Spain?
10. Why did the actions taken by the US Navy's Asiatic fleet change the character of the war?
11. What role did African-American troops play in the United States' war effort?
12. What was the role of the US in Puerto Rico after the Spanish-American War? Why was the
Supreme Court decision in the Insular Cases important? How did it impact American territorial
acquisitions in the future?
13. List the provisions of the Platt Amendment. How did it define the role of the US in Cuba
following the Spanish-American War?
14. What was the role of the Anti-Imperialist League in the public debate over the acquisition of the
Philippines? Why did the annexation of the islands prevail?
Chapter 30: America on the World Stage, 1899-1909
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Philippine Insurrection
William Howard Taft
John Hay
Theodore Roosevelt (as president)
Thomas Platt
spheres of influence
isthmus
Open Door Policy
Boxer Rebellion
big-stick diplomacy
Clayton-Bulwer Treaty
Hay-Pauncefote Treaty
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Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty
Panamanian Revolution
Panama Canal
Roosevelt Corollary
Portsmouth Conference
Gentleman’s Agreement
Great White Fleet
Root-Takahira agreement
“New Left” historians
Russo-Japanese War
Treaty of Portsmouth
31. What were the effects of America’s new East Asian involvement in both the Philippines and China in
1899-1901?
32. What were the essential principles of Theodore Roosevelt’s foreign policy, and how did he apply them to
specific situations?
33. How did Roosevelt’s policies in Latin America demonstrate American power in the region, and why did
they arouse opposition from Latin Americans?
34. What were the central issues in America’s relations with China and Japan? How did Roosevelt handle
tense relations with Japan?
35. What were the strengths and weaknesses of Theodore Roosevelt’s aggressive foreign policy? What were
the benefits of TR’s activism and what were its drawbacks?
36. How did America treat the Filipino people during the Filipino-American War? How were these actions a
repudiation of the ideals that had led the US to help Cuba secure its independence?
37. What were Teddy Roosevelt's views about America's role in the world? How did sea power fit into his
vision?
38. What was the intent of the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine? What was its impact on the role
of the US in the Western Hemisphere?
39. Why did the US want a canal through the Isthmus of Panama? How did the US go about gaining control
of the land necessary to build the Panama Canal? What effects did America’s intervention in the
Panama/Columbia situation have on America’s relationships with the rest of Latin America?
40. What was the status of the US-Japanese relationship in the early 20c?