Big Idea: As the United States became a major world power on the world stage, what ideas and interests did policymakers seek to promote in international affairs?
Essential Questions:
Why did the U.S. seek to expand its economic, military, political and cultural influence in the second half of the 19th century?
To what extent was the age of imperialism a departure from previous American foreign policy?
In what ways was the Spanish-American War emblematic of American foreign policy in the late 1800s?
How did Americans debate the United States’ new role in world affairs from 1890-1920?
Why did the United States remain neutral at the beginning of World War I, only to become involved later?
Why did the U.S. seek to expand its economic, military, political and cultural influence in the second half of the 19th century?
To what extent was the age of imperialism a departure from previous American foreign policy?
In what ways was the Spanish-American War emblematic of American foreign policy in the late 1800s?
How did Americans debate the United States’ new role in world affairs from 1890-1920?
Why did the United States remain neutral at the beginning of World War I, only to become involved later?
Imperialism
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World War One
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