Warm Ups & Short Answers

1. Warm Ups &Short Answers Unit 4A Imperialism

2. SA: The Final Frontier Read the passage below. • According to Frederick Jackson Turner, explain why the frontier was significant in the development of America. • Include historical details and examples in your response.

3. SA: Spain’s Sense of Justice Look at the political cartoon below. • Define “yellow journalism”. • Identify whom you think is depicted in the political cartoon. • Describe the cartoonist’s point of view. • Explain how this cartoon is an example of yellow journalism. • Include relevant historical details and examples.

4. SA: McKinley & the Philippines . . . The truth is I didn’t want the Philippines, and when they came to us, as gift from the gods, I did not know what to do with them... . I walked the floor of the White House night after night until midnight; and I am not ashamed to tell you, gentlemen, that I went down on my knees and prayed [to] Almighty God for light and guidance more than one night. And one night late it came to me this way— I do not know how it was but it came: • That we could not give them back to Spain— that would be cowardly and dishonorable. • That we could not turn them over to France or Germany— our commercials rivals in the Orient— that would be bad business and discreditable. • That we could not leave them to themselves— they were unfit for self-government— and they would soon have anarchy and misrule there worse than Spain’s was; and • That there was nothing left for us to do but to take them all, and to educate the Filipinos, and uplift and civilize and Christian­ize them, and by God’s grace do the very best we could by them, as our fellow men for whom Christ also died. . . . • And then I went to bed, and went to sleep, and slept soundly. . . — President William McKinley

5. SA: McKinley & the Philippines (cont’d) • Explain why McKinley believe it would be “cowardly and dishonorable” to give the Philippines back to Spain. • Explain why McKinley thought it would be “bad business” to let France or Germany have the Philippines. • According to McKinley, explain why the U.S. could not let the Filipinos rule themselves. • Include relevant historical details and examples in your response.

6. SA: T.R. & the Panama Canal Look at the political cartoon below. • Identify the historical event the cartoon depicts. • Describe the attitude of the man shoveling the dirt. • Explain how a person from Columbia would interpret the cartoon. • Assess the artist’s perspective of the event. • Include relevant historical details and examples in your response. The News Reaches Bogotà: “New Treaty”

7. SA: Big Stickism President Theodore Roosevelt practiced what was called “Big Stick” Diplomacy. • Define “Big Stick” Diplomacy. • Describe the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine. • Analyze the effectiveness of the “Big Stick” Idea in light of the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine. • Remember to include details and examples to support your answer.

8. SA: “Moral Diplomacy” During President Woodrow Wilson’s admin-istration, many Latin Americans accused the United States of turning the Caribbean Sea into a “Yankee lake”. • Define “moral diplomacy”. • Describe Wilson’s stated position on imperialism. • Identify THREE U.S. interventions in Latin America during Wilson’s presidency. • Assess whether Wilson’s actions in Latin America contradicted his position on imperialism and his commitment to moral diplomacy.

9. SA: The Problem With AS2 & S.S. “High school students hate history. When they list their favorite subjects, history invariably comes in last. Students consider history ‘the most irrelevant’ of twenty-one subjects commonly taught” (Loewen 1995). • Identify the TWO things you enjoy most about social studies classes, in general, and AS2, in particular. • Identify the TWO things you dislike most about social studies classes, in general, and AS2, in particular. • Describe what you believe is the biggest problem with S.S. classes or AS2. • Explain how you would propose to make S.S. classes and/or AS2better for students.