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Goal 6 - The Emergence of the US in World Affairs

The emergence of the United States in World Affairs (1890-1914) - The learner will analyze causes and effects of the United States emergence as a world power.

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Objective 6.01

Objective 6.02

Objective 6.03

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			6.01 Examine the factors that led to the United States taking an increasingly active role in world affairs. 6.02 Identify the areas of United States military, economic, and political involvement and influence. 6.03 Describe how the policies and actions of the United States government impacted the affairs of other countries.

	- Global and military competition - Increased demands for resources and markets - Closing of the Frontier - Exploitation of nations, peoples, and resources
				* Alfred T. Mahan * Josiah Strong * Frederick Jackson Turner * Imperialism * Spheres of influence * �White Man�s Burden� * Anglo-Saxon Superiority * Mercantilism * Social Darwinism


		- Causes and conduct of the Spanish-American War - United States Interventions in: � Hawaii � Latin America � Caribbean � Asia/Pacific - Ways the media affects public response to foreign affairs
				* Annexation of Hawaii * Queen Liliuokalani * Seward�s Folly * Treaty of Paris 1898 * Platt Amendment * �Splendid Little War� * Social Darwinism * Philippines * Commodore George Dewey * Theodore Roosevelt * Rough Riders * William Randolph Hearst * Joseph Pulitzer * USS Maine * Panama Canal * Pancho Villa Raids * Yellow Journalism * Teller Amendment


				* �Jingoism� * Dollar Diplomacy * Platt Amendment * Roosevelt Corollary * Anti-Imperialism League * Missionary (Moral) Diplomacy * Boxer Rebellion * Open Door Policy * Annexation of Hawaii * Spheres of Influence * �Big Stick� Diplomacy
- Intervention vs. Isolation - Support for and opposition to United States economic intervention - Perception of the United States as a world power

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