Exam 29: Wilsonian Progressivism in Peace and War, 1913-1920

Summarize the impact of American participation in World War I on the national economy, civil liberties, and public attitudes about race relations and the evolving roles of women in American society. Which wartime impacts on the national economy, civil liberties and pubic attitudes on race relations, and the evolving roles of women in American society were likely to be sustained in postwar America? Which impacts were likely to recede to the status quo ante? Support your answers with specific wartime examples in these political, economic, and cultural areas.

​Despite reluctance by both the president and Congress, the United States resorted to forced conscription in 1917 because

Based on the run-up to World War I, the wartime experience of America as a political and military ally of Great Britain and France, and the immediate postwar political conflict and disillusionment America experienced in trying to determine and establish its proper place in world affairs, why is it fair to say that the issue of Wilsonianism has dominated discussions and debates of American foreign policy from the World War I era to the present? How does the debate among American historians about Woodrow Wilson in "Varying Viewpoints: Woodrow Wilson: Realist or Idealist?" help you form your answer about the fundamental place of Wilsonianism in the debates over American foreign policy from 1914 to the present?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Lusitania

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -​Senator Henry Cabot Lodge effectively stalled consideration of the Treaty of Versailles by the full Senate

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -The flood of progressive legislation during Wilson's first term included laws to

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Sussex pledge

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -U-boats

The dangerous proviso that Germany attached to its Sussex pledge not to attack unarmed neutral shipping was the requirement that

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -William Jennings Bryan

​Congress's passage of the Sheppard-Towner Maternity Act demonstrated that the federal government

In the Sussex pledge, Germany promised

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -​League of Nations

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Workingmen's Compensation Act

Woodrow Wilson's ultimate goal at the Paris Peace Conference was to

Why did the United States fail to join the League of Nations? Consider the role of Wilson himself, Henry Cabot Lodge, the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles, and American political traditions including isolationism, constitutionalism, and nationalism.

Woodrow Wilson showed the limits of his progressivism by

It has been said that despite his intentions and idealistic pronouncements, Woodrow Wilson's Latin American and Caribbean policies were just as imperialistic as those of Theodore Roosevelt. Do you agree? Why or why not?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -​irreconcilables

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -​American Expeditionary Forces (AEF)