World War One
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- Why would the United States need colonies?
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Sell goods - surplus
Buy raw materials
Protection
Competition -
Why were journalists considered responsible for our entrance into the Spanish-
American War? -
Hearst and Pulitzer used
sensationalism to exaggerate
Spanish atrocities agains the Cubans - The sinking of two ships in two different situations were responsible for our entrance into two different wars. Describe each situation.
- The U.S.S. Maine and the Lusitania
- Explain what militarism means
- A build-up of weapons and manpower in case of attack or to wage war
- Who was Stephen Mahan and why is he important to United States history?
- He recommended a build up of the Navy, acquiring Hawaii, the building of the Panama Canal, and adding military bases in the Pacific and the Caribbean
- Describe one incident that led to the Spanish-American War
- The U.S.S. Maine was sunk in Havana harbor in Cuba
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Explain "nationalism" in terms that relate to you. In other words, give an analogy
the class would understand -
Ex. South Meck providing laptops for only their students, CMS suffers
NFL draft - Panthers get first
10 picks, good for NFL? - How would you criticize the United States for the way they acquired the rights to build the Panama Canal?
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We intervened in an internal
matter in Panama, supporting a revolution that was between the Panamanians and the country of Columbia - Who am I? I was President when we entered WWI.
- Woodrow Wilson
- Who am I? I was hard to catch in the Phiippines when General Pershing came after me with 15,000 men.
- Pancho Villa
- Give a personal example of an alliance and relate that to the situation that evolved into WWI
- Fight for a friend...
- Who was De Lome and how did he get Americans ready for war against Spain?
- He wrote a letter criticizing McKinley that was printed in the newspaper
- Wilson wanted to be elected on the slogan that he was the president who kept us out of war. How was that ironic?
- He was elected in 1916 and we entered WWI in 1917