US History HW for Wed 02/06 and Th 02/07

All classes: Cornell Notes, p. 363-365 of textbook

Questions for Cornell Notes

What is “missionary diplomacy”?

Describe the Mexican Revolution: who, what, when/where, why?
WHO (discuss): Francisco Madera, Victoriano Huerta, Venustiano Carranza, Pancho Villa, Emiliano Zapata

How and why did the US intervene in Mexico?

Compare US intervention in Mexico with the Spanish-American War.


PERIODS 2 AND 5 ONLY: Prepare for Socratic Seminar. Read, highlight, take notes on, and understand primary sources on US intervention in the Mexican Revolution.

Socratic Seminar Focus Questions

1. Compare and contrast US intervention in the Mexican Revolution and during the Spanish-American War.
2. “American involvement in the Mexican Revolution was a deliberated calculated scheme of robbery on the part of a superior power against a weaker neighbor” Assess the validity of this statement.
3. How does American intervention in Mexico reflect President Woodrow Wilson’s “missionary diplomacy”?