• Syllabus

10: Emergence of the Americas in global affairs (1880–1929)

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Sub sections and their related questions

United States’ expansionist foreign policies: political, economic, social and ideological reasons

• 17N.3op2.HL.TZ0.19: “The expansionist foreign policies of the US were driven by economics rather than ideology."...
• 19M.3op2.HL.TZ0.19: “Ideology was the main reason for the expansionist foreign policies of the US.” Discuss.
• 22M.3op2.HL.TZ0.19:

  “Political factors were the main cause of United States’ expansionist foreign policy.” Discuss.

Spanish–American War (1898): causes and effects

• 18M.3op2.HL.TZ0.19:

  Evaluate the causes of the Spanish-American War (1898).

• 18N.3op2.HL.TZ0.19:

  Discuss the effects of the Spanish–American War (1898) on the US and Cuba.

• 21N.3op2.HL.TZ0.19:

  Discuss the causes of the Spanish–American War (1898).

Impact of United States’ foreign policies: the Big Stick; Dollar Diplomacy; moral diplomacy

• 18M.3op2.HL.TZ0.20: “Wilson’s policy of moral diplomacy was a failure.” To what extent do you agree with this statement?
• 20N.3op2.HL.TZ0.19: Compare and contrast the impact of the Big Stick policy with that of Dollar Diplomacy.
• 21M.3op2.HL.TZ0.19: Evaluate the impact of the Big Stick policy on US foreign relations.

United States and the First World War: from neutrality to involvement; reasons for US entry into the First World War; Wilson’s peace ideals and the struggle for ratification of the Treaty of Versailles in the United States; significance of the war for the United States’ hemispheric status

• 17N.3op2.HL.TZ0.20: “Wilson’s failure to gain US ratification of the Treaty of Versailles was due to his...
• 19M.3op2.HL.TZ0.20:

  To what extent were President Wilson’s peace ideals responsible for the failure of the US to ratify the Treaty of Versailles?
  
  

• 19N.3op2.HL.TZ0.19: “Economic interests led to the entry of the US into the First World War.” To what extent do you...
• 20N.3op2.HL.TZ0.20: “German aggression was the most important reason for US entry into the First World War.” To what...
• 21M.3op2.HL.TZ0.20: To what extent was US foreign policy neutral prior to entering the First World War?

Involvement of either Canada or one Latin American country in the First World War: nature of, and reasons for, involvement

• 18N.3op2.HL.TZ0.20: Discuss the reasons for, and nature of, Canada’s or one Latin American country’s involvement in...

Impact of the First World War on any two countries of the Americas: economic, political, social and foreign policies

• 17M.3op2.HL.TZ0.20:

  Discuss the domestic impact of the First World War on two countries of the Americas.

• 19N.3op2.HL.TZ0.20: Evaluate the economic impact of the First World War on two countries of the Americas.
• 21N.3op2.HL.TZ0.20: Evaluate the domestic impact of the First World War on two countries in the Americas.
• 22M.3op2.HL.TZ0.20: Examine the impact of the First World War on the foreign policy of any two countries of the...