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Unit III- America Becomes a World Power



** Unit Opener ** Please answer the following questions in your notebook:

1. What is the role of the United States in the world today? 2. What do you think its role should be? 3, How many countires in the world have a U.S. military presence?

U.S. personnel are seeing active combat in [|Afghanistan]. Others are deployed as part of several peacekeeping missions, [|military attachés], or are part of [|embassy] and [|consulate] security.
 * The military of the United States is deployed** in more than 150 countries around the world, with 196,248 of its 1,414,149[ active-duty personnel serving outside the United States and its territories. Most of these overseas personnel are deployed in combat zones in the Middle east, as part of the [|War on Terror]. Many of the remainder are located at installations activated during the [|Cold War], by which the US government sought to challenge the [|Soviet Union] in the aftermath of World War II



Countries in which the U.S. has a military presence in 2007

Dark Blue -More than 1,000 US personnel Light BLue -More than 100 US personnel Orange -Use of military facilities

As a way to gain an understaning of the reasons for U.S. Involvement in other countries, whatch and analyze the following videos.

Please consider and resspond to the following questions for each video.

1. What role is the U.S. playing in this situation? 2. Why do you think the U.S. chose to play this role? 3. Based on what you know now, Should the U.S. have become involved in this situation?

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Notes on Imperialism
Please take two-column notes on Imperialism on page 553.

Read and Mark-up the folwwoing summary:

Annexation of Hawaii [[image:http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/images/usa/hawaii.jpg]]
One of America’s earliest attempts at imperialism was aimed at Hawaii. As you read about the Untied States taking control of the islands please create and annotated timeline that includes the major events the led to annexation. The timeline should be as detailed as possible.



Spanish American War
As an introdcution to the Spanish American War please watch the following video. When it is over write a summary and reaction to the video in two paragraphs. Spanish American War Video

The Buffalo Soldiers
Watch the following video and then answer the questiosn below.

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 * 1) What can you learn about the Buffalo Soldiers from this song?
 * 2) Describe the situation the Buffalo Soldiers had to endure.
 * 3) What part(s) of this song directly relate(s) to what we are learning?
 * 4) What is the irony of the role of the Buffalo Soldiers in the Spanish-American War?

Songwriters: WILLIAMS, NOEL/MARLEY, BOB Buffalo soldier, dreadlock rasta: There was a buffalo soldier in the heart of america, Stolen from africa, brought to america, Fighting on arrival, fighting for survival. I mean it, when I analyze the stench - To me it makes a lot of sense: How the dreadlock rasta was the buffalo soldier, And he was taken from africa, brought to america, Fighting on arrival, fighting for survival. Said he was a buffalo soldier, dreadlock rasta - Buffalo soldier in the heart of america. If you know your history, Then you would know where you coming from, Then you wouldn't have to ask me, Who the 'eck do I think I am. I'm just a buffalo soldier in the heart of america, Stolen from africa, brought to america, Said he was fighting on arrival, fighting for survival; Said he was a buffalo soldier win the war for america. Dreadie, woy yoy yoy, woy yoy-yoy yoy, Woy yoy yoy yoy, yoy yoy-yoy yoy! Woy yoy yoy, woy yoy-yoy yoy, Woy yoy yoy yoy, yoy yoy-yoy yoy! Buffalo soldier troddin' through the land, wo-ho-ooh! Said he wanna ran, then you wanna hand, Troddin' through the land, yea-hea, yea-ea. Said he was a buffalo soldier win the war for america; Buffalo soldier, dreadlock rasta, Fighting on arrival, fighting for survival; Driven from the mainland to the heart of the caribbean. Singing, woy yoy yoy, woy yoy-yoy yoy, Woy yoy yoy yoy, yoy yoy-yoy yoy! Woy yoy yoy, woy yoy-yoy yoy, Woy yoy yoy yoy, yoy yoy-yoy yoy! Troddin' through san juan in the arms of america; Troddin' through jamaica, a buffalo soldier# - Fighting on arrival, fighting for survival: Buffalo soldier, dreadlock rasta. Woy yoy yoy, woy yoy-yoy yoy, Woy yoy yoy yoy, yoy yoy-yoy yoy! Woy yoy yoy, woy yoy-yoy yoy, Woy yoy yoy yoy, yoy yoy-yoy yoy! /fadeout

Please read The Course of the War on page 560 through the end of the section. Complete the graphic organizer below with information from the reading.



__** Developing a Perspective and Supporting it with Textual Evidence **__


 * Here is the 5 paragraph essay assignment for this unit. You will find a description of the assignment and a rubric here: **



Documents for Analysis





=Panama Canal=



1. What were two benefits provided to the U.S. by the Panama Canal? 2. What does the completion of the canal tell us about the United States/ 3. Should we have gotten involved in Panama in the first place.

= World War I =



__** First World War Intro. **__

Answer the Following Questions:

1. Describe what you see in the picture.

2. How do these soldiers differ from the soldiers of today? 3. What can the picture tell you about the war we are about to study?

Read the following story and write a brief summary
//**How does a 19-year-old start a**// //**world war?**// In 1912 Serbian teenager Gavrilo Princip joined the Black Hand terrorist organization. Princip wanted to free his home country, Bosnia and Herzegovina, from Austro-Hungarian rule. He was already a good shot with a pistol—a handy skill for a terrorist.


 * After years of training and planning, the Black Hand leaders came up with a terrorist plot that they hoped could lead to an independent Bosnia. They heard that **Archduke Franz Ferdinand** of Austria was going to visit the Bosnian city of Sarajevo. The Black Hand ordered a team of assassins to kill the archduke. ||

 On June 28, 1914, Princip and six other terrorists positioned themselves around Sarajevo as Ferdinand and his wife toured the city in a convertible sedan. Princip was hungry, so he went to buy a sandwich. As he stepped out of the sandwich shop, he could not believe his eyes. There, stopped in front of him, was the car carrying the archduke. Princip dropped his sandwich, reached for his pistol, and fired, killing the archduke and his wife. This single act would propel most of Europe into war within weeks.

 **//World War I- Causes and Outbreak//**


 * Directions: ** Please complete the following with information about the causes and outbreak of World War I from Chap. 18 Sec 1 pages 583-584, using the online textbook..

[|American Anthem Online Text]

// In the table below, identify and explain the main causes of World War I //


 * Comments, questions, connections, predictions, inferences, etc. || Cause  ||  Explanation  ||



In the Space below please describe the “spark” that ignited World War I in Europe.

**// War Breaks Out //**

After the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, a series of events and declarations of war, took place. Please list them below in order.

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Please identify the major countries involved in World War I

**__ Central Powers Allied Powers __**

Which two of the causes discussed in this section do you think played the biggest role I starting World War I? Explain.

United States Entry into World War I

WWI US Home Front Video

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=World War 1 Propaganda=

Look at and analyze the following propaganda posters from World War I. Then answer the questions below.

1. What are the observable detail in the poster. 2. What do you think each detail means? 3. Putting it all together, what do you think is the main point of the poster?



Views on Imperialism

"We hold that the policy known as imperialism is hostile to liberty and tends toward militarism, an evil from which it has been our glory to be free. We regret that it has become necessary in the land of Washington and Lincoln to reaffirm that all men, of whatever race or color, are entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. We maintain that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed. We insist that the subjugation of any people is "criminal aggression" and open disloyalty to the distinctive principles of our Government." // Anti-Imperialist League, 1899 //

"We went to the Sandwich Islands* with the Bible and prayer book in our hands to win the soul of the natives ; we ended up taking their country without giving them the privilege of saying yea or nay." Booker T. Washington on the annexation of Hawaii

The two great needs of mankind, that all men may be lifted into the light of the highest Christian civilization, are, first, a pure, spiritual Christianity, and, second, civil liberty....It follows then, that the Anglo-Saxon, as the great representative of these two ideas, the depository of these two great blessings, sustains peculiar relations to the world's future, is divinely commissioned to be, in a peculiar sense, his brother's keeper.

--Josiah Strong, 1885

The opposition tells us that we ought not to govern a people without their consent. I answer, the rule of liberty that all just government derives its authority from the consent of the governed, applies only to those who are capable of self-government. We govern the Indians without their consent; we govern the territories without their consent; we govern our children without their consent. I answer, would not the natives of the Philippines prefer the just, humane, civilizing government of the Republic to the savage, bloody rule of pillage and extortion from which we have rescued them? --Senator Albert J. Beveridge, 1900



**__United States Foreign Policy: Visual Presentation__**

Your task is to create a visual editorial that highlights the changes in U.S. foreign policy from the late 19th century to the U.S. involvement in WWI. You will take on the role of a political analyst from the History channel or PBS (or another reputable network). The editorial should be a presentation on the varying viewpoints on US foreign policy from the time period. Include at least two of the following:


 * o Spanish American War
 * o American role in the Panama Canal Issue
 * o Cuban Revolution
 * o US rise to a world power as a result of her involvement in WWI.
 * o Treaty of Versailles
 * o League of Nations
 * o Yellow Journalism
 * o Woodrow Wilson


 * Goal:** You have been assigned the task of creating a visual editorial that highlights changes in American foreign policy from the late 1800s to the U.S. involvement in WWI and the varying viewpoints.


 * Role:** You are a political analyst for a reputable television network.


 * Audience:** TheAmerican voting public/Viewers


 * Situation:** It is 2014 and you have been assigned by your bureau chief to create a visual presentation on the varying viewpoints on US foreign policy from the late 19th century to U.S. involvement in WWI that also illustrates change over time. Please include at least two of the following:


 * o Spanish American War
 * o American role in the Panama Canal Issue
 * o Cuban Revolution
 * o US rise to a world power as a result of her involvement in WWI.
 * o Treaty of Versailles
 * o League of Nations
 * o Yellow Journalism
 * o Woodrow Wilson
 * o Can you think of others?


 * Product:** Present your visual display to your editor for review. Choose from the following options:


 * o A five slide PowerPoint
 * o A Glog
 * o A “Slide”
 * o Animoto
 * o Another Way of Presenting?