Content Specification - SS.11.6.a.1:
Students will examine factors such as the economic and strategic interests that led the United States to seek foreign markets, resources, and coaling stations, including interest in Hawaii.

Content Specification - SS.11.6.a.2:
Students will investigate the causes and effects of the Spanish‐American War, evaluating Spanish, Cuban, and United States interests and actions.

Content Specification - SS.11.6.a.3:
Students will examine debates between anti‐imperialists and imperialists surrounding ratification of the Treaty of Paris of 1898 and annexation of the Philippines.

Content Specification - SS.11.6.a.4:
Students will investigate expanding American influence in the Caribbean and Latin America through the creation of the Panama Canal and the Roosevelt Corollary.

Content Specification - SS.11.6.b.1:
Students will investigate the reasons for President Wilson’s shift from neutrality to involvement in World War I.

Content Specification - SS.11.6.b.2:
Students will examine Wilson’s goals as expressed in the Fourteen Points, his role at the Versailles Peace Conference, and the compromises he was forced to make to gain approval for the League of Nations.

Content Specification - SS.11.6.b.3:
Students will examine reasons President Wilson was unsuccessful in gaining support for Senate ratification of the Treaty of Versailles.

Content Specification - SS.11.6.c.1:
Students will investigate the effects of mobilization on the United States economy, including the role and contributions of women and African Americans in the war effort.

Content Specification - SS.11.6.c.2:
Students will investigate the causes and effects of the Great Migration on American society.

Content Specification - SS.11.6.c.3:
Students will examine the Supreme Court decision concerning civil liberties in Schenck v. United States (1919).

Content Specification - SS.11.6.c.4:
Students will examine the relationship between postwar recession, fear of radicals, xenophobia, and the Red Scare (1919–1921).