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Assignment:
STC Dual Enrollment U.S. History Unit 7. Exam U.S. Expansionism through WWI U.S. Expansionism & the Spanish American War: Be very familiar with the following learning expectations
1. Know the chronological order of the following events
a. The Sinking of the USS Maine
b. The Rough Riders fight in the battel of San Juan Hill
c. The liberation of Cuba
d. Guam and Puerto Rico become U.S. Territories
2. What is the Historical Significance of 1898 and the Spanish American War in U.S. History?
3. Know the role of the following Expansionist:
a. Alfred Thayer Mahan
b. American Missionaries
c. Sanford
B. Dole
4. Theodore Roosevelts "Big Stick Policy" and "Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine" focused on increasing U.S. influence in which region of the world?
5. Why did the U.S. want to annex Hawaii in 1898?
6. Why did the U.S. want an "Open Door" in China? W.W.I.
1. What are the three reasons that the U.S. entered WWI and the one, that more than the other two, gets the U.S. into the war.
2. Who does the list below describe from World War I.
a. Graduated from West Point
b. Fought in the Spanish American War
c. Pursued Pancho Villa in Mexico
d. Led the American Expeditionary forces in WWI
3. Explain the contribution of Alvin York in World War I?
4. What is Armistice Day and how is it associated with WWI?
5. Why were the changes listed below implemented between 1916-1920 in the U.S.?
a. Espionage Act
b. Selective Service Act
c. Taxes increased and the sale of war bonds increased
d. new government agencies were created
6. Due to the Espionage and Seditions Act, how were Americans civil liberties effected?
7. Why did the U.S. Senate decide not to ratify the Treaty of Versailles and join the League of Nations?
8. What does the acronym B.R.A.T stand for in regard to the the Treaty of Versailles? The Roaring 20's, The Jazz Age, Boom time to Bust times:
1. List the main characteristic of the U.S. Economy in the 1920's.
2. What is the best way to characterize the First Red Scare?
3. What were the contributions of hero's like Charles Lindbergh, Glenn Curtis, and Amelia Earhart during the 1920's?
4. How did the Scopes Trial illustrate changing Attitudes in the 1920's? Know the two main lawyers for this case.
5. What risky economic practice became very common in the 1920's as an attempt to get rich quick?
6. What was the biggest of the cultural impacts of the 1920's and why was it so popular?
7. When did the Stock Market Crash that signaled the beginning of the Great Depression occur? The Great Depression and the New Deal:
1. How did the Market Crash impact the banking system in the U.S.?
2. What were the causes of the Dust Bowl and what could have been done to prevent it?
3. How did the Dust Bowl impact demographics in California?
4. Why is John Steinbeck's novel "The Grapes of Wrath" considered and American Classic?
5. Make sure you know the goals of the New Deal, how it started a political realignment, and how FDR's plans were challenged by those who opposed him.
6. Be prepared to compare and contrast the Panic of 1893 with the Great Depression and how the New Deal kept continuity with or went beyond the goals of progressives during the progressive era World War II:
1. What are the characteristics of the years leading up to WWII in Europe?
2. What event, pushed to the United States to give ups its position of neutrality and officially declare war in WWII?
3. How did WWII Impact the lives of minorities in the U.S.?