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Industrialization, Emergence of Modern America, and World Conflicts

Virginia SOL VUS.11

Analyze the emerging role of the United States in world affairs during the end of the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Study VUS.11 with SOL PrepBack to Grade 11 - Virginia and United States History

What students need to be able to do

  • Explain changes in U.S. foreign policy toward Latin America and Asia and the growing influence of the United States.
  • Explain the international significance of U.S. decisions and actions, including the Roosevelt Corollary, Spanish-American War, acquisition of Alaska and Hawaii, and Panama Canal construction.
  • Evaluate the events, leaders, and changes that brought America out of isolationism to enter World War I.
  • Evaluate U.S. involvement in World War I, including Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points and the establishment of the League of Nations.
  • Evaluate and explain the terms of the Treaty of Versailles and the national debate over the League of Nations.