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The Rise of Modern Imperialistic America
Era 7 Emergence of Modern America 1890-1930
Unit Author: Chad McGee
Date Created: 8-24-03

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Background Essay: The Rise of Modern Imperialistic America
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Standards for Era 7 Unit
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Lesson One: Causes/ Justifications for Imperialism
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Lesson Two: Causes/Justifications for Imperialism
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Lesson Three: Journalism and Its Impact on American Imperialism
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Lesson Four: Causes of the Spanish American War
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Lesson Five: Course of the Spanish American War
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Lesson Six: Consequences of the Spanish American War
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Lesson Seven: Cuba after the Spanish-American War
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Lesson Eight: The Philippines after the Spanish American War
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Lesson Nine: Imperialistic Thought and its impact on foreign policy in Asia and Latin America DBQ
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Lesson Ten: American Imperialism DBQ
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Assessment Tools
Assessment: DBQ Rubric
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Handouts, Resources & Support Materials
Lesson One: Richard Olney on American Jurisdiction in the Western Hemisphere
  
  
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Lesson One & Two: Josiah Strong on Anglo-Saxon Predominance, 1891
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Lesson One & Two: Manifest Destiny: The Old v. The New
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Lesson One: Excerpt from the Monroe Doctrine
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Lesson One: Grover Cleveland: American Interests in the Cuban Revolution
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Lesson Two: The White Man's Burden By Rudyard Kipling
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Lesson Three: Pulitzer Hearst Cartoon
  
  
 
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Lesson Three: The Causes of War
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Lesson Four: Albert Shaw: The Blowing Up of the Maine
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Lesson Four: A Short and One-sided War
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Lesson Four: The De Lome Letter
  
  
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Lesson Five: The World "Dewey Smashes Spanish Fleet"
  
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Lesson Five: Walter Hines "The War with Spain and After"
  
  
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Lesson Five: Spanish American War
  
  
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Lesson Six: Treaty of Paris
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Lesson Seven: The Teller Amendment
  
  
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Lesson Eight: The Debate Over the Philippines, 1898-1900
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Lesson Nine: How did American imperialist thinking shape its policies in Asia and Latin America in the late 19c and early 20c?
  
  
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Bibliography
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