APUSH: Imperialism and WWI

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Activator

• Ch. 19 Reading Test– 10 multiple choice, 5 short answer – 15 minutes– Good luck!

Agenda

• Activator, agenda, and objective • The Pinky Show: Hawaii as Case Study in

Imperialism (video clip, 15 minutes)• Imperialism and WWI Group Work (People’s

History of Empire, 30-45 minutes)• Presentations (30 minutes)• Exit ticket and homework (5 minutes)

Objective

• AP Topic #18: “The Emergence of America as a World Power” – American imperialism: political and economic

expansion – War in Europe and American neutrality – The First World War at home and abroad – Treaty of Versailles – Society and economy in the postwar years

Hawaii as Case Study of U.S. Imperialism

Imperialism and WWI Group Work• Groups– 1. Spanish-American War– 2. Invasion of the Philippines– 3. War is the Health of the State– 4. Resistance to War

• Together with your group, read the graphic novel and create a visual representation of the main points and key examples. Be able to explain the logic behind your graphic organizer/mind map/etc.

• You have only 30-45 minutes, so stay focused.

Presentations

• Your group has 5 minutes to teach the class your chapter.

• Be sure and explain the graphic as well as the reasons why you decided to make it.

• Give folks time to copy down the graphic and tell them what to write.

• Make sure everyone has the opportunity to participate.

Give Me Liberty

Ch. 19 Notes Continued from Tuesday

IV. 1919

• Upheaval around world– Inspirations and manifestations

• Russian Revolution• Spread of communist-led governments• General strikes• Peasant movements• Anti-colonial campaigns

– Underlying aspirations• Socialism• “Industrial democracy”• National self-determination

IV. 1919 (cont’d)• Upheaval around world

3.Counter-mobilization• Allied intervention in Soviet Union• Limits of Wilson’s internationalism

4.Receding of postwar radicalism around worldB.Labor upheaval in America– Breadth and magnitude– Spirit and themes

• Appropriation of wartime rhetoric of freedom and democracy

• Social and ideological diversity

IV. 1919 (cont’d)

B.Labor upheaval in America3.Leading instances

• Seattle general strike• Boston police strike• Coal strike• Steel Strike

4.Anti-union mobilization• Employers• Government• Private organizations

5.Defeats of postwar strikes

IV. 1919 (cont’d)

B.Labor upheaval in America6.Red Scare• Methods

– Federal raids on officers of labor and radical organizations; Palmer Raids

– Arrests– Deportations– Secret Files

• Outcomes– Devastation of labor and radical organizations– Broad outrage over abuse of civil liberties

Comprehension Check

• Write a summary in your own words.• Write 3-5 questions you have that you hope to

answer when reading the chapter.

V. Forging of postwar international order

• Wilson’s performance abroad– Rapturous reception in Paris– Hardheaded diplomacy at Versailles

• Treaty of Versailles– Wilsonian elements

• League of Nations• New sovereign nations in Europe

– Harsher elements• French occupation of Saar basin and Rhineland• Restrictions on German military• Crippling reparations for Germany

V. Forging of postwar international order (cont’d)

B. Treaty of Versailles– Limits of national sovereignty

• Denial of independence for French and British colonies• League of Nations “mandates” for former Ottoman lands• Reallotment of former German colonies

C. Seeds of instability for twentieth-century worldD. Wilsonian internationalism in postwar America– Short term setbacks

• League of Nations debate• Wilson’s stroke, incapacity• Senate rejection of Versailles treaty• Eclipse of Progressivism; “return to normalcy”

V. Forging of postwar international order (cont’d)

D.Wilsonian internationalism in postwar America2.Long-term legacy for American foreign policy• Blend of idealism and power politics• Appeals to democracy, open markets, global mission• Impulse for military intervention abroad

Exit ticket and homework

• Exit ticket– We will be having a Socratic Seminar tomorrow on

U.S. Imperialism

• Homework – Finish reading chapter 19 and start reading

chapter 20. – WWI DBQ due Tuesday.