Imperialism and WWI Cultural Literacy
Unit Objectives To identify key figures of American imperialism and the wars and their impact To identify iconic photographs and symbols of American imperialism and the wars
*Yellow Journalism William Randolph Hearst “You furnish the pictures and I'll furnish the war.”
**TR and the Rough Riders
*Panama Canal
Panama Canal II
*TR Quotes “I took the Canal Zone and let Congress debate; and while the debate goes on, the canal does also.” “I have always been fond of the West African proverb: "Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far."
The Big Stick Philosophy
Roosevelt Corollary Roosevelt’s public declaration that the United States would intervene in Latin America if any intervention there was necessary to settle economic disputes between Latin America and Europe—the European powers should not intervene militarily
**Woodrow Wilson President during WWI “The world must be made safe for democracy.”
*Kaiser Wilhelm II: Leader of Germany during WWI
*Pancho Villa: Led a group of Mexican rebels into the American Southwest to raid American cities
U-Boat
Another U-Boat Picture
*Lusitania: British ship sunk by a u-boat with Americans on board helping to get America into WWI
The Doughboy
Trench Warfare
New Weapons of War