Period 7: 1890-1945, Topic 2- "Imperialism" Continued

Period 7: 1890-1945, Topic 2- "Imperialism" Continued
Student Learning Objective- Explain the similarities and differences in attitudes about the nation's proper role in the world.
3. What is the main idea of this excerpt of the Open Door Notes?
4. What is the purpose of this?
5. What audience is ignored by these notes?

6. What caused the Boxer Rebellion?
7. What happened during the Boxer Rebellion?
8. What was an effect of the Boxer Rebellion?

9. What would an anti-imperialist say about the Open Door Notes and the Boxer Rebellion?
10. What would an imperialist say about the Open Door Notes and the Boxer Rebellion?

11. What action did the US take in Mexico in the early 1900's?
12. Why?

13. Why have a Panama Canal?
14. Why did the French construction effort fail despite their experience in Egypt and the Suez Canal?
15. How did the US get rights to the Panama Canal zone and construction rights?
16. How does the lock and dam concept work?
17. How many workers died during the US project?
18. What country controlled the Panama Canal until 1999?

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