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Module 4: America as a world power

5 dot points across 5 inquiry questions. Click any dot point for a focused answer with worked past exam questions where available.

How and why did the United States emerge as an imperial world power around 1900?

Explain the rise of American imperialism: the causes, the Spanish-American War, the acquisition of overseas territories, the debate over imperialism, and policies such as the Open Door and the Roosevelt Corollary (NYS Framework 11.6, geographic reasoning; interconnectedness).
A Framework-level answer on American imperialism for the New York US History and Government Regents: the causes of expansion overseas, the Spanish-American War and the territories gained, the debate between imperialists and anti-imperialists, and policies such as the Open Door and the Roosevelt Corollary.
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How do you write the Part II Set 2 short essay: analyzing how audience, purpose, point of view, or bias affects a document's reliability?

Apply the technique for the Part II Set 2 short essay: describe the historical context of two documents and analyze how the audience, purpose, point of view, or bias of a document affects its reliability as evidence (NYS Framework, gathering, interpreting and using evidence; sourcing).
An exam-skills answer for the New York US History and Government Regents: how to write the Part II Set 2 short essay, describing historical context and analyzing how a document's audience, purpose, point of view, or bias affects its reliability as a source of evidence, scored on the 0 to 5 rubric.
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How did the 1920s combine prosperity and cultural change with deep social tension?

Explain the 1920s: economic prosperity and consumer culture, cultural change (the Harlem Renaissance, mass media), and social tension (immigration quotas, the Red Scare, nativism, the clash of traditional and modern values) (NYS Framework 11.6, economics; ideas and beliefs).
A Framework-level answer on the 1920s for the New York US History and Government Regents: the economic boom and consumer culture, the Harlem Renaissance and mass media, and the social tensions of immigration quotas, nativism, and the clash of traditional and modern values.
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How did World War I affect the home front and test the limits of civil liberties?

Explain the World War I home front (mobilization, propaganda, the Great Migration) and the restriction of civil liberties (the Espionage and Sedition Acts, the Red Scare, and Schenck v. United States) (NYS Framework 11.6, civic participation; human rights).
A Framework-level answer on the World War I home front for the New York US History and Government Regents: mobilization and propaganda, the Great Migration, and the restriction of civil liberties through the Espionage and Sedition Acts and Schenck v. United States, with the first Red Scare.
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Why did the United States enter World War I, and how did the peace reshape its role in the world?

Explain US entry into World War I (neutrality, submarine warfare, the Zimmermann Telegram), Wilson's Fourteen Points, and the rejection of the Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations (NYS Framework 11.6, causation; interconnectedness).
A Framework-level answer on World War I for the New York US History and Government Regents: why the United States abandoned neutrality (submarine warfare, the Zimmermann Telegram), Wilson's Fourteen Points, and why the Senate rejected the Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations.
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