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AP Chapter 30 - World War I

Vocabulary

Directions: Define each of the following words and explain their connection with US involvement in the first World War.

Loans to the Allies	British Blockade	Lusitania	Arabic pledge
Sussex Pledge	Unrestricted Submarine Warfare	Restricted Submarine Warfare	Russian Revolutions: March and October
Zimmerman Note	Election of 1916 - issues and candidates

Text: Chapter 30

1) According to the textbook, what specific policy, and later acts, by Germany brought the US into World War I?

2) What specific arguments (on page 697) do the textbook authors use to refute the “revisionist” version of history that would later be used during the 1930s to pass 4 neutrality acts and keep us from effectively combating Japanese and German aggressions?

3) Explain why the President had to make the war a “glorified” option for the United States.

4) What made the two ideas that he came up with so powerful to Americans?

5) When did President Wilson make his 14 Points speech? How does that relate to the end of the war?

6) What was the purpose of the 14 points? What do these points, as explained at the bottom of page 698, aim to achieve with regard to postwar Europe?

7) AP expects that you will know the 14 points, both the specifics and the broader goal thereof. To that end, prepare a way that will help you to remember them and answer the following questions:

a. What, generally, is the goal of points 1-5?

b. What goals appear in points 6 - 14?

8) What was the job of George Creel and the Committee of Public Information?

9) What actions were taken by “patriotic” Americans with regard to “things German” in the US?

10) Explain the Espionage and Sedition Acts. What prior laws do they remind you of?

11) What ideas hampered attempts to regulate the economy from Washington during the war?

12) Explain why it is sometimes necessary to regulate the economy from one central point rather than letting the markets rule?

13) In your opinion, is this acceptable in a democracy?

14) Explain how “real wages” (these are wages with inflation taken into account) were affected by the war.

15) What grievances remained after the war?

16) What was done about these?

17) How did the suffrage movement change during the war?

18) What arguments convinced the US government to create a large land army and ship it to Europe?

19) Speculate for a minute - how would the last 90 years of history have been different if we had stuck with the Navy option?

20) What were the reasons to send US troops to Russia in the fall of 1917 and the spring of 1918? (See pg. 707)

21) Describe the role the US played on the battlefields of France - especially in 1918.

22) What part of America’s participation in the war really “disarmed” the Germans? (Pp. 708-711)

23) Why did Wilson’s trip to Versailles to help negotiate the treaty ruffle the feathers of some in the US - hint: there is more than one reason.

24) Explain the message of the cartoon on pg. 715.

25) Who has the stronger argument in the section entitled “The Peace Treaty That Bred a New War,” Wilson’s defenders or his detractors?

26) Describe which groups were against the Versailles Treaty, and the role prejudice played in scuttling the treaty in the US Senate.

27) Based on the evidence presented, who killed US participation in the Versailles Treaty, Wilson or Lodge? Explain your choice.

28) Explain (and support your argument with evidence) how the collapse of the peace laid out by the Versailles Treaty can partially be laid at the feet of the US.