The following assignment is designed to serve as the historical context for content that will be covered in class on Tuesday, March 15th
New Directions in Foreign Policy [1900 to 1914]
Wilson hated war and wanted American foreign policy to be fair and just to all. Conditions in Latin America, however, forced this peaceful president to take military action. Notably, he ordered the US Army to chase Pancho Villa in Mexico.
Task #1 Based on text readings, content on our class webpage and your knowledge of social studies, please identify the foreign policy initiatives of Roosevelt, Taft and Wilson.
Task #2 American Pageant Reading (Generate Notes)
New Directions in Foreign Policy (685-686) Moralistic Diplomacy in Mexico (687-688)
Task #3 Podcast Notes:
How Bad Directions (And A Sandwich?) Started World War I (9:35)
Making the World Safe for Democracy [1917 to 1919]
After years of bitter debate, the United States declared war on Imperial Germany on April 6, 1917, plunging the country into the savage European conflict that would redraw the map of the continent—and the globe.
Task #4 Read and Generate notes: Woodrow Wilson’s Quest to Change the World
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