USH.SS.4.A

Explain why significant events, policies, and individuals, including the Spanish-American War, U.S. expansionism, Alfred Thayer Mahan, Theodore Roosevelt, and Sanford B. Dole moved the United States into the position of a world power.

United States History Studies Since 1877 · Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) · TEKS 2010

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Vocabulary
significant eventspoliciesindividualsSpanish-American WarU.S. expansionismAlfred Thayer MahanTheodore RooseveltSanford B. DoleUnited Statesworld powerposition
Skills
  • explain (why significant events moved the United States into the position of a world power) #dok2
  • explain (why significant policies moved the United States into the position of a world power) #dok2
  • explain (why significant individuals moved the United States into the position of a world power) #dok2
  • analyze (the roles of events, policies, and individuals in U.S. emergence as a world power) #dok3
  • synthesize (information about multiple factors that contributed to U.S. emergence as a world power) #dok4
Learning Targets
  • I can identify significant events, policies, and individuals related to U.S. emergence as a world power. #dok1
  • I can recall details about the Spanish-American War, U.S. expansionism, Alfred Thayer Mahan, Theodore Roosevelt, and Sanford B. Dole. #dok1
  • I can explain why specific events, policies, and individuals contributed to the United States becoming a world power. #dok2
  • I can describe how U.S. expansionism impacted the nation’s global influence. #dok2
  • I can analyze how the actions of figures like Alfred Thayer Mahan and Theodore Roosevelt shaped America’s role in global affairs. #dok3
  • I can evaluate the relative importance of events, policies, and individuals in the emergence of the U.S. as a world power. #dok3
  • I can synthesize information to construct an argument about the factors that most significantly moved the United States into the position of a world power. #dok4
  • I can create a presentation or essay that integrates evidence on how events, policies, and individuals contributed to U.S. world power status. #dok4
Big Ideas
  • Multiple events, policies, and key individuals worked together to transform the United States into a world power between 1898 and 1920.
  • Expansionism and international conflict played pivotal roles in America’s rise to global influence.
Essential Questions
  • What events, policies, and individuals were most significant in moving the United States into the position of a world power?
  • How did the Spanish-American War and American expansionism alter the nation’s role on the world stage?
  • What roles did Alfred Thayer Mahan, Theodore Roosevelt, and Sanford B. Dole play in shaping U.S. foreign policy and global influence?
  • In what ways did U.S. policies during this period reflect the nation’s emerging status as a world power?
  • How might history have been different if key events or individuals had not contributed to America's expansion?