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Stations

Stations. Travel to three different stations and spend 12 minutes at each one. Questions to answer in addition to ones at stations already: What country/territory is the U.S. in? Does this event have a special name? If so, what is it?

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Stations

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  1. Stations • Travel to three different stations and spend 12 minutes at each one. • Questions to answer in addition to ones at stations already: • What country/territory is the U.S. in? • Does this event have a special name? If so, what is it? • Why did the U.S. get involved with this country/territory/war? • What did it do once it got involved? Did it gain any new land or influence?

  2. U.S.S. Maine

  3. Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders

  4. Panama Canal

  5. Independent Practice • Create a chart that explains U.S. involvement in different parts of the world. An example for your chart should look like this:

  6. Exit Ticket • “A splendid little war” refers to which of the following? • The rebellion against Queen Liliuokalani in Hawaii • The Boxer Rebellion • The taking of the Philippines during the Spanish-American War. • The taking of Guam in the Mexican-American War.

  7. Exit Ticket 2) The Platt Amendment and the Panama Canal are both examples of which of the following? • Efforts by the US to promote and protect its own interests in the Western Hemisphere and elsewhere. • Efforts by the US to annex additional territories as part of imperialism. • Attempts by the US to aid other countries to establish independent governments following revolutions. • Attempts by nations in the Western Hemisphere to exert independence from US influence.

  8. Exit Ticket 3) What was yellow journalism and how did it help lead to US involvement in Cuba? a. It was journalism aimed at covering the formation of an independent Cuban government. b. It was journalism aimed at publishing editorials condemning any plans the US might have to annex Cuba. c. It was journalism aimed at accurately reporting conditions in Cuba in order to educate citizens in the US and encourage caution before rashly jumping into a war with Spain. d. It was journalism designed to sell papers by exaggerating the sufferings of the Cuban people under Spanish rule.

  9. Exit Ticket 3) How did the U.S. gain influence or control of foreign countries through imperialism? Explain two different examples.

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