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The document discusses two major events that expanded America's role in the world at the turn of the 20th century: 1) The Spanish-American War, which led to the United States gaining control over territories like Puerto Rico and the Philippines. 2) The building of the Panama Canal, which opened in 1914 and provided a shortcut for trade between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, boosting America's economic and military power. 3) These events under Presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt established the United States as a new world power with overseas colonies and strategic global interests.

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84 views7 pages

Spanish American War Original

The document discusses two major events that expanded America's role in the world at the turn of the 20th century: 1) The Spanish-American War, which led to the United States gaining control over territories like Puerto Rico and the Philippines. 2) The building of the Panama Canal, which opened in 1914 and provided a shortcut for trade between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, boosting America's economic and military power. 3) These events under Presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt established the United States as a new world power with overseas colonies and strategic global interests.

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The United States Becomes a

World Leader:

-Spanish American War

-Panama Canal
SS5H1 Describe how life changed in
America at the turn of the century.
c. Explain how William McKinley and
Theodore Roosevelt expanded America’s
role in the world; include the Spanish-
American War and the building of the
Panama Canal.
Yellow Journalism
● Read “If you Read it in the Paper, it
Must be True” (Week 8 Newspaper)

Guiding Questions:

● What is yellow journalism?

● What impact did yellow journalism


have on the US after the sinking of
the USS Maine?
“The Spanish
American War”
Read about “The Spanish-
American War” and take
notes as you read.

Click here for a 5Ws notes


template to organize your
information.
“Win the War,
Become a World
Power” (Week 9)
If the purpose of the Spanish-American
War was to free countries from Spanish
rule, why did the United States take over
new island territories?

Why did the United States want to


become a world power?
“American
Imperialism”
Click here for a way to
organize your notes as you
learn more about those for
and against imperialism.
Read the following
articles and add notes
to your notebooks.

“The Panama Canal”


“The Panama Canal Today”
“Hawaiian Harbor”
That’s a wrap!
Time to put all
of this new
knowledge to
work.
How did William McKinley How did Theodore
expand America’s role in Roosevelt expand
the world? America’s role in the
world?

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