Day 2- Tues 1/18/11

Do Now• Welcome back!1. Attach New TOC into your notebook2. Open your notebook to page 122 and take out your

reading on the Spanish American War. – If you need another reading, come get one

Today’s Objectives/AgendaAGENDA• Complete Spanish American War Reading and

worksheet in groups• Panama Canal intro and Webquest!

OBJECTIVES“I can explain how the building of the Panama canal

exhibits Roosevelt’s policy of Big Stick diplomacy and the United State’s growth as a world power.”

Cuban Insurrections begin fighting against Spain

1. Cuba insurrections began on February 24, 18952. Cuban fought using guerilla warfare to damage

economic life in Cuba3. Americans were willing to support the struggle

because they felt sympathy for Cubans.4. Americans feared unrest in Cuba because of US

investments in the country for sugar and mining.

3 Main reasons the US becomes involved in Cuba’s struggle for independence

1.Outrage of imperialism by another country in Western Hemisphere

2.Yellow Journalism exaggerates the cruelty of the Spanish to gain American sympathy. i.e. “Remember the Maine, to Hell with Spain”

3.USS Maine was blown up and the de Lome letter upset Americans

The end of the war resulted in Spain turning its colonies over to the US, and the US emerging as a World Power

1. President McKinley and Congress signed a joint resolution to begin war. They declare Cuba independent and demand Spain leave Cuba.

2. Treaty of Paris between Spain and US gives Spanish colonies to the US including Puerto Rico, Guam and the Phillipines.

3. Cuba becomes a protectorate of the US

Processing ~ Page 121

• Complete an Illustrated Encyclopedia Entry

Panama Canal• Links Atlantic to Pacific• Cuts trip from San Francisco

to NYC down 7,827 miles• Considered one of the great

engineering endeavors of the modern age.

• French attempt first, but give project to U.S. – When the French abandoned the

project they had spent over twenty years and $260,000,000.

• Roosevelt’s Big Stick Diplomacy extends U.S. influence in Latin America as a “World Police Power.”– Collecting debt from Latin American countries– Involved in Latin American Affairs– Panama Canal gives U.S. presence and power in Latin

America

Video Clip

• 24 hours in the Panama Canal

Panama Canal Webquest• Go onto my website– www.underhillhistorycorner.wordpress.com

• Look at today’s post• Download the Word document and follow instructions• Submit on Edline “Panama Canal

Webquest”