[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"detail-sidebar-cat-0-en-105":3,"doc-seo-412059-105":59,"doc-detail-412059-en":130},{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":6},0,"success",[7,13,18,23,28,33,38,43,48,51,55],{"id":8,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":10,"show_sort_weight":11,"slug":12},1,"Document","Story & Novel",90,"story-novel",{"id":14,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":15,"show_sort_weight":16,"slug":17},2,"Literature",80,"literature",{"id":19,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":20,"show_sort_weight":21,"slug":22},4,"Exam",70,"exam",{"id":24,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":25,"show_sort_weight":26,"slug":27},5,"Comic",60,"comic",{"id":29,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":30,"show_sort_weight":31,"slug":32},6,"Technology",50,"technology",{"id":34,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":35,"show_sort_weight":36,"slug":37},7,"Healthcare",40,"healthcare",{"id":39,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":40,"show_sort_weight":41,"slug":42},8,"Research & Report",30,"research-report",{"id":44,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":45,"show_sort_weight":46,"slug":47},9,"Religion & Spirituality",20,"religion-spirituality",{"id":46,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":49,"show_sort_weight":46,"slug":50},"World Cup","world-cup",{"id":52,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":53,"show_sort_weight":52,"slug":54},10,"Lifestyle","lifestyle",{"id":56,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":57,"show_sort_weight":24,"slug":58},19,"General","general",{"code":4,"msg":60,"data":61},"ok",{"site_id":62,"language":63,"slug":64,"title":65,"keywords":66,"description":67,"schema_data":68,"social_meta":123,"head_meta":125,"extra_data":127,"updated_unix":129},105,"en","us-imperialism-module-6-lesson-1-imperialism-and-america","U.S. Imperialism - Module 6 - Lesson 1 - Imperialism and America","","Module 6 examines U.S. imperialism and its effects on both the world and the United States. Essential questions frame whether imperial expansion brought positive or negative outcomes. The module introduces key developments from 1867 onward, linking global competition to American expansion, including acquisitions such as Hawaii and Alaska and later moves toward world power. Lesson 1, “Imperialism and America,” explains how trade ambitions, diplomatic efforts, and military pressure shaped early encounters across the Pacific, including U.S. actions in China and Japan.",{"@graph":69,"@context":122},[70,84,105],{"@type":71,"itemListElement":72},"BreadcrumbList",[73,77,79,82],{"item":74,"name":75,"@type":76,"position":8},"https://docshare.wps.com","Home","ListItem",{"item":78,"name":9,"@type":76,"position":14},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/",{"item":80,"name":20,"@type":76,"position":81},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/exam/",3,{"item":83,"name":65,"@type":76,"position":19},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/us-imperialism-module-6-lesson-1-imperialism-and-america/412059/",{"url":83,"name":65,"@type":85,"image":86,"author":91,"headline":65,"publisher":94,"fileFormat":97,"inLanguage":63,"description":67,"dateModified":98,"datePublished":99,"encodingFormat":97,"isAccessibleForFree":100,"interactionStatistic":101},"DigitalDocument",{"url":87,"@type":88,"width":89,"height":90},"https://docshare.wps.com/thumbnails/us-imperialism-module-6-lesson-1-imperialism-and-america/412059.png","ImageObject",300,407,{"name":92,"@type":93},"Ophelia","Person",{"url":74,"name":95,"@type":96},"DocShare","Organization","application/pdf","2026-11-06","2026-09-28",true,{"@type":102,"interactionType":103,"userInteractionCount":44},"InteractionCounter",{"@type":104},"ViewAction",{"@type":106,"mainEntity":107},"FAQPage",[108,114,118],{"name":109,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":111},"What is the module’s essential question about U.S. imperialism?","Question",{"text":112,"@type":113},"It asks whether American imperialism had a positive or negative impact on the world and on the United States.","Answer",{"name":115,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":116},"How does Lesson 1 explain why the United States expanded beginning in 1867?",{"text":117,"@type":113},"Global competition beginning in 1867 and continuing through the century drove the United States to expand its reach.",{"name":119,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":120},"What role did trade ambitions play in early U.S. encounters in the Pacific?",{"text":121,"@type":113},"Potential profits from trade with China and Japan motivated U.S. officials to extend U.S. influence and attempt to formalize diplomatic relations.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":83,"og:type":124,"og:title":65,"og:site_name":95,"og:description":67},"article",{"robots":126,"canonical":83},"index,follow",{"doc_id":128,"site_id":62},412059,1790794342,{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":131},{"doc_id":128,"user_id":132,"nickname":92,"user_avatar":133,"doc_module":4,"category_id":19,"category_name":20,"doc_title":65,"doc_description":67,"doc_content":134,"file_id":135,"file_url":136,"file_type":137,"file_size":138,"view_count":44,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":8,"is_downloadable":8,"audit_status":8,"page_count":139,"language":140,"language_code":63,"site_id":62,"html_lang":63,"table_of_contents":141,"faqs":142,"seo_title":143,"seo_description":67,"update_tm":144,"read_time":145,"preview_page_count":4},7971461741311,"https://ap-avatar.wpscdn.com/avatar/74000253aff267980c6?x-image-process=image/resize,m_fixed,w_180,h_180&k=1779345379180704826","Module 6  \nU.S. Imperialism  \nEssential Question  \nDid American imperialism have a positive or negative impact on the world and the United States?  \nAbout the Painting: This painting depicts Theodore Roosevelt leading the Rough Riders in the fight for Cuba’s freedom on San Juan Hill. Though the painting shows the troops on horseback, they actually fought on foot.  \nExplore ONLINE!  \nVIDEOS, including...  \n• TR and the Spanish-American War  \n• San Juan Hill  \n• China: Boxer Uprising  \n• The Peasant Revolution  \n Document-Based Investigations  Graphic Organizers  \n Interactive Games  \n Historical Source: Yellow Journalism  \n Image with Hotspots: The Panama Canal  \nIn this module you will learn about factors that influenced U.S. imperialism, and about the transformation of the United States into a world power.  \nWhat You Will Learn    \nLesson 1: Imperialism and America ................... 280  \nThe Big Idea Beginning in 1867 and continuing through the century, global competition caused the United States to expand. Lesson 2: The Spanish-American War .................. 286  \nThe Big Idea In 1898 the United States went to war to help Cuba win its independence from Spain. Lesson 3: Acquiring New Lands ...................... 293  \nThe Big Idea In the early 1900s the United States engaged in conflictsin Puerto Rico, Cuba, and the Philippines. Lesson 4: America as a World Power ................... 301  \nThe Big Idea The Russo-Japanese War, the Panama Canal, and the Mexican Revolution added to America’s military and economic power.  \nTimeline of Events 1892–1918   Explore ONLINE!   \nUnited States Events World Events  \n1893 Business groups, aided by  \nU.S. marines, overthrow Hawaii’s Queen Liliuokalani.  \n1898 USS Maine explodesand sinks.  \n1898 The SpanishAmerican War begins.  \n1901 Theodore Roosevelt becomes president after McKinley is assassinated.  \n1908 William Howard Taft is elected president.  \n1912 Woodrow Wilson is elected president.  \n 1914 The Panama Canal opens.  \n1917 Puerto Ricans become U.S. citizens. The United States enters WorldWar I.  \n1895 Guglielmo Marconi develops the technology that led to the modern radio.  \n1898 Marie Curie discovers radium.   \n1900 In China, the  Boxers rebel.  \n1903 Panama declaresits independence from Colombia.  \n1910 The Mexican  Revolution begins.  \n1914 WorldWar I begins  in Europe.  \n1917 Mexico revises and adopts its constitution.  \nU.S. Imperialism 279  \nLesson 1  \nImperialism and America  \nThe Big Idea  \nBeginning in 1867 and continuing through the century, global competition caused the United States to expand.  \nWhy It Matters Now  \nDuring this time period, the United States acquired Hawaii and Alaska, both of which became states in 1959.  \nKey Terms and People  \nQueen Liliuokalani imperialism Alfred T. Mahan William Seward Pearl Harbor Sanford B. Dole  \nOne American’s Story  \nIn 1893 Queen Liliuokalani (lә-lē´ә-ō-kә-läʹnē) realized that her reign in Hawaii had come to an end. More than 160 U.S. sailors and marines stood ready to aid the haoles (white foreigners) who planned to overthrow the Hawaiian monarchy. In an eloquent statement of protest, the proud monarch surrendered to the superior force of the United States.  \n“I, Liliuokalani,   do hereby solemnly protest against any and all acts done against myself and the constitutional government of the Hawaiian Kingdom. . . . Now, to avoid any collision of armed forces and perhaps the loss of life, I do under this protest . . . yield my authority until such time asthe Government of the United States shall    \nundo the action of its representatives and  \nreinstate me in the authority which I claim as the constitutional sovereign of the Hawaiian Islands.”  \n—Queen Liliuokalani, quoted in Those Kings and Queens of Old Hawaii  \nU. S. ambassador to Hawaii John L. Stevens informed the State Department,“The Hawaiian pear is now fully ripe, and this is the golden hour for the United States to pluck it.” The annexation of Hawaii was only one of th","cbCairMNcrrqrakS","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCairMNcrrqrakS","pdf",9915160,35,"English","# Essential Question\n# About the Painting\n# Lesson 1: Imperialism and America\n## The Big Idea\n## Why It Matters Now\n## Key Terms and People\n## One American’s Story\n## American Expansionism\n## Early Encounters\n# Timeline of Events (1892–1918)\n## United States Events\n## World Events","[{\"question\":\"What is the module’s essential question about U.S. imperialism?\",\"answer\":\"It asks whether American imperialism had a positive or negative impact on the world and on the United States.\"},{\"question\":\"How does Lesson 1 explain why the United States expanded beginning in 1867?\",\"answer\":\"Global competition beginning in 1867 and continuing through the century drove the United States to expand its reach.\"},{\"question\":\"What role did trade ambitions play in early U.S. encounters in the Pacific?\",\"answer\":\"Potential profits from trade with China and Japan motivated U.S. officials to extend U.S. influence and attempt to formalize diplomatic relations.\"}]","U.S. Imperialism - Module 6 - Lesson 1 - Imperialism and America | PDF",1790590399,88]