Thursday

 

During the next two weeks we are going to look at chapters 29 and 30, WWI and the Progressive Era.

Chapter 29

1) Explain Wilson's rise in politics.
2) Who were the three candidates in 1912?
3) Why did Wilson win the election of 1912?
4) What was the 16th Amendment?
5) What was "Moral Diplomacy"?
6) Why did the US get involved in Mexico in the 1910s?
7) What was America's stance as World War I began?
8) How did the US become financially involved in the affairs of WWI?
9) What happened to the Lusitania?
10) What was the Arabic Pledge?  Sussex Pledge?
11) Who were the candidates and what were the results of the election of 1916?

Chapter 30

1) What was the Zimmerman note?
2) What finally pushed the United States into World War I?
3) What were Wilson's Fourteen Points?
4) How did WWI impact civil liberties?
5) What was the Food Administration?  Its leader?
6) How did the US pay for WWI?
7) How did the US raise troops to fight in WWI?
8) How did US fighters impact the war?
9) What was Wilson's major goal during the peace talks?
10) How did Wilson's Fourteen Points fall apart at Versailles?
11) Why did the Versailles Treaty ultimately fail?
12) What was the importance of the election of 1920?

 1. What allied power experienced the worse losses of the war? 

2. TRUE OR FALSE: The Central Powers attended the peace conference to discuss the terms of a treaty. 

3. What was the assembly of nations called that was established at the peace conference? 

4. Why did the United States refuse to ratify or approve the Treaty of Versailles? 

5. Do you believe the terms of the Treaty of Versailles were fair to the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary)? Why or why not?