A Crossroads Resource

Unit VIII: "Waves of Reform" ca 1880s to 1921

Question/Problem 3: How did the United States exert its influence as a world power?


Rating United States World Involvement: Chart

Examples World Involvement Description of U.S. Involvement or Action Rating Justification of Rating

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Annexation of
Hawaii (1898)


Open Door Policy
(1899)


Panama Canal
(1903-14)


Russo-Japanese
Peace Treaty
(1905)

Roosevelt Corollary
(1904)

Mexican Revolution
(1911-17)

World War
(1914-18)

Wilson's 14 Points
(1918)

League of Nations
(1920)



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