Transcript Slide 1
Set up notebook page 5: Spanish-American War ◦ LEFT SIDE: When is it appropriate for the United States to send soldiers to fight and face death on foreign soil?
Choose up to 3 reasons. Explain each choice in 1-2 sentences To assist an ally of the U.S.
To protect territory To stop human rights abuse To acquire resources To gain power To acquire territory To improve national security To spread or protect American values To fight against tyrannical governments Under no circumstances is it appropriate Other (explain)
BEFORE 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) 9) 10) 11) QUESTION Who wrote a poem against Spanish rule?
Cubans wanted freedom from Spain. In order to get U.S. attention, what did Cuba do?
What was the Spanish General’s reaction to Cuban rebellion?
What were embellished stories known as? When did the U.S. send the Maine to help? What happened to the Maine?
When did the U.S. agree to war with Spain? Who also went to war with Spain to fight for freedom?
What conditions were awaiting U.S. troops in Cuba?
Who was the 2 nd Riders?
in command of the Rough How long did the war last? Who ceded?
DURING
◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ Left side of page 6: 1) Which of the reasons listed in the Preview (p.5) do you think best apply to the Spanish-American War? Why?
2) Do you think the U.S. was justified in sending troops to Cuba or the Philippines to fight again Spain? Why/why not?
3) Did U.S. actions in the Spanish-American War promote or hinder the advancement of the ideals of opportunity and democracy? In what ways?
4) How did the Spanish-American War reflect the new role of the U.S. as a world power?
◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ There will be 4 groups with a given section from chapter 20. Include your write-up for your group on the right side of page 6 in your notebook. Be ready to share with the group. Section 20.2 : letter expressing your feelings about the coverage in the Journal New York World and the New York of events in Cuba.
Section 20.3: lead story sensationalizing the publication of the de Lome letter and the explosion of the USS Maine in order to fuel public anger toward Spain.
Section 20.4: report from the battlefront as if you were a war correspondent. Section 20.5: Explain the Platt Amendment and Anti Imperialist League.
Vocabulary Review Day ◦ ◦ ◦ Quiz, Quiz Trade Rally Robin Pictionary/Charades Turn in Homework: Chp. 10, section 1 magnet summary
Yellow journalism USS Maine Armistice Resoultion Rough Riders San Juan Hill Peace Protocol Anti-Imperialist League Platt Amendment
National interest Big Stick policy Roosevelt Corollary Dollar Diplomacy Moral Diplomacy Self-determination Panama Canal Annexation Spheres of Influence Open Door Policy Insurrection
LEFT SIDE of page 7: 3 Key Pieces of Information Theodore Roosevelt Big Stick Policy William Taft Dollar Diplomacy Woodrow Wilson Moral Diplomacy
Location Panama Mexico Puerto Rico Philippines Hawaii China U.S. Perspective Their Perspective
Unit Test: Imperialism