A.P. U.S. History

March 4-6, 2008

1. Read:  Read chapter 24 and complete the study guide.  Take notes on the chapter —study and learn its contents.  Take the online quiz for chapter 24.  (Due March 11).

Study Guide: Chapter 24

“Woodrow Wilson and the Great War”

I.  Learning Objectives:

                A.  Outline the steps by which the United States became involved in World War I.

                B.  Explain how war mobilization affected the economy, the status of civil liberties, and the progressive movement in the United States.

                C.  Describe the critical role American troops played in the war.

                D.  Explain how the Paris Peace Conference revised the European map and established the League of Nations, and explain why the United States did not sign the Treaty of Versailles.

                E.  Explain the outbreak of the postwar “Red Scare.”

               

II.  People, Places, and Things: Define or identify each of the following names and terms on a separate sheet of paper.  Please use complete sentences.

1.  “moral” diplomacy

2.  U-boat

3.  “Strict accountability”

4.  doughboys

5.   reservationists

6. :irreconcilables”

7.  war-guilt clause

8.  reparations

9.  Demobilization

10.  Bryan-Chamorro Treaty

11.  Sussex Pledge

12.  Adamson Act

13.  Zimmerman telegram

14.  Committee on Public Information

15.  American Expeditionary Force

16.  Fourteen Points

17.  Article 10 of the League Covenant

18.  Palmer raids

19.  Pancho Villa

20.  Edward M. House

21.  Louis D. Brandeis

22.  Herbert Hoover

23.  John “Black Jack” Pershing

24.  Georges Clemenceau

25.  Henry Cabot Lodge

26.  William E. Borah

27.  James M. Cox

 

III.  Essay Questions:  Answer each of the following questions in at least 150 words.  Be sure to begin with a thesis and support your answer with at least ten factual points.

 

1.  Explain how the idealism of Wilson’s “moral” diplomacy was often at odds with the reality the president faced in dealing with Mexico between 1913 and 1916.

2.  Compare and contrast the elections of 1916, 1918, and 1920 in reference to parties, nominees, issues, outcome, and long-range significance.

3.  Explain how the United States mobilized for war in Europe, with emphasis on preparedness, control over the economy, and the political impact fueled by the progressive movement.

4.  Discuss the American mission to Paris in 1919 in reference to goals, diplomatic achievement, and ultimate outcome.

5.  Explain why the United States did not join the League of Nations.

 

A Schedule for upcoming Weeks:

Week Twenty-three  (3/3)

Unit Six test (20, 21, 22)

Carnes, chapter 24

Week Twenty-four  (3/10)

 

Carnes, chapter 25

Easter Break  (3/17)

Unit Eight: The 20th Century

No Class

Carnes, chapter 26

Week Twenty-five  (3/24)

Unit Seven test(23, 24, 25)

Carnes, chapter 27

Week Twenty-six  (3/31)

 

Carnes, chapter 28

Week Twenty-seven  (4/7)

Unit Eight test (26, 27, 28)

UnitNineContemporaryAmerica

Carnes, chapter 29

Week Twenty-eight  (4/14)

 

Carnes, chapters 30-31

Week Twenty-nine  (4/21)

Unit ten: Synthesis and Review

No Class Thurs.

Carnes, chapters 32-33

 

Week Thirty  (4/28)

Unit Nine test(29-33)

Practice A.P. Tests

Week Thirty-one  (5/5)

A.P. Exam: Friday a.m.

Practice A.P. tests

Week Thirty-two  (5/12)

Portfolios

 

Week Thirty-three (5/19)

Semester Final Exam

 

Study and be able to answer these questions on a test:

 

1)  Summarize Wilson's role in peace negotiations and treaty ratification after the Great War.  Explain Wilson's goals and assumptions when the negotiations began.  Evaluate how successful he was in realizing those goals.

 

 

2)  Summarize how Americans reacted to the end of the Great War.  Evaluate how those reactions were both continuations from and rejections of the Great War.

 

 

3)  Explain why Americans were neutral at the beginning of the Great War and why they abandoned that policy.  Summarize American involvement in the Great War and explain why America's entry determined the outcome of the war.

 

 

4)  Explain Wilson's missionary diplomacy, particularly with Mexico.  What were the results of this policy?

 

 

5)  Explain how the American government mobilized society for fighting the Great War.  Evaluate how this mobilization affected American society.