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Foreign Affairs from Imperialism to Post-World War I (1898 to 1930)

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

Why did the United States build an overseas empire, and how did the Spanish-American War make it a world power?

Explain the causes of American imperialism, the Spanish-American War of 1898, the acquisition of overseas territories, and the debate between imperialists and anti-imperialists (Ohio's Learning Standards for Social Studies, American History, Foreign Affairs from Imperialism to Post-World War I).
A standard-level answer on American imperialism for Ohio's American History EOC: the economic, strategic, and ideological causes, the Spanish-American War of 1898, the acquisition of the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Guam, the annexation of Hawaii, and the imperialist versus anti-imperialist debate, with Ohio's President McKinley.
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How did the United States return to isolationism, and what fears gripped the nation after World War I?

Explain the US return to isolationism after World War I and the postwar unrest, including the first Red Scare, labor strife, racial violence, and the rise of nativism in the early 1920s (Ohio's Learning Standards for Social Studies, American History, Foreign Affairs from Imperialism to Post-World War I).
A standard-level answer on the postwar years for Ohio's American History EOC: the return to isolationism after World War I, the first Red Scare and the Palmer Raids, the labor strikes and racial violence of 1919, the revived Ku Klux Klan, the Sacco and Vanzetti case, and the new immigration quotas.
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How did World War I change the home front, and why did the peace fail to last?

Explain the World War I home front, including mobilization, propaganda, limits on civil liberties, and the Great Migration, and the failed peace through Wilson's Fourteen Points, the Treaty of Versailles, and the rejection of the League of Nations (Ohio's Learning Standards for Social Studies, American History, Foreign Affairs from Imperialism to Post-World War I).
A standard-level answer on the World War I home front and peace for Ohio's American History EOC: war mobilization and propaganda, limits on civil liberties (the Espionage and Sedition Acts, Schenck v. United States), the Great Migration, Wilson's Fourteen Points, the Treaty of Versailles, and the US rejection of the League of Nations.
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Why did the United States abandon neutrality and enter World War I?

Explain the causes of World War I, the reasons the United States abandoned neutrality and entered the war, and the major contributions of American forces (Ohio's Learning Standards for Social Studies, American History, Foreign Affairs from Imperialism to Post-World War I).
A standard-level answer on US entry into World War I for Ohio's American History EOC: the MAIN causes of the war, American neutrality, the reasons for entry (submarine warfare, the Lusitania, the Zimmermann Telegram), and the impact of American forces on Allied victory.
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How did US foreign policy expand American power in Latin America and Asia after 1898?

Explain how the United States exercised its new power through the Panama Canal, the Roosevelt Corollary and big stick diplomacy, dollar diplomacy, and the Open Door Policy in China (Ohio's Learning Standards for Social Studies, American History, Foreign Affairs from Imperialism to Post-World War I).
A standard-level answer on early US foreign policy for Ohio's American History EOC: the Panama Canal, the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, big stick and dollar diplomacy in Latin America, and the Open Door Policy in China, showing how 1898 turned the United States into a world power.
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