CHAPTER 23:  WORLD WAR I

ISSUES TO UNDERSTAND
 

After reading the chapter, you should be able to discuss the following:

1. U.S. foreign policy in Asia and Latin America between 1901 and 1917 and how it foreshadowed our
        intervention in World War I
2. How the U.S. government and the majority of the public reacted initially to the outbreak of World War
        I in Europe
3.    The candidates and major issues in the election of 1916
4.    Why the United States declared war on Germany in 1917
5.    How the U.S. government mobilized the economy for the war and raised the money to pay for it
6.    The role American troops played in bringing about an Allied victory
7.    The experiences of blacks in the armed forces in World War I
8.    How the government attempted to build support for the war and silence dissenters
9.    Which groups supported and which opposed U.S. participation in World War I and why
10.  What happened to German-Americans and radical dissenters during World War I and why
11. The impact of the war on the economy, moral reform, blacks, and women
12. What Wilson's fourteen-point peace plan called for and why he failed to get most of it incorporated into
      the Treaty of Versailles
13. Why the U.S. Senate rejected the Treaty ofVersailles and the League of Nations
14. Why a period of heightened racism and fear of radicalism followed World War I and what happened in
      1919-1920 as a result of the racism and fear
15.  Candidates, issues, and outcome of the election of 1920
 

VOCABULARY
The following terms are used in Chapter 23. To understand the chapter fully, it is important
that you know what each of them means.

belligerent a country at war
contraband defined in international law as goods that neutrals cannot supply to one belligerent except at the risk of seizure and confiscation by the other; goods imported or exported illegally
liberal favorable to progress and reform in economic and political affairs and to individual self-expression and liberty; associated with representative government rather than aristocratic, authoritarian, or dictatorial rule
coup the act of a small group in bringing about a sudden change of government illegally and/or by force
armistice a truce; a suspension of fighting by agreement of the parties so they can discuss peace terms
dissent disagreement with the majority opinion and/or that of the authorities, such as the government
sedition incitement of resistance or rebellion against the government; action or language promoting such resistance
self-determination the freedom of a people or nationality to decide for itself the form of government it shall have
autonomy the right of self-government or independence
abdication the giving up of power and the right to govern
reparations compensation in money, material, labor, etc., bya defeated nation for damage done to civilian populations and property during war
mandate or trusteeship a commission given to one nation by an associated group of nations (such as the League of Nations) to administer the government and affairs of a people in a territory judged not yet ready for self-government and independence
 

Chapter 23

IDENTIFICATIONS
 

After reading Chapter 23, you should be able to identify and explain the significance of each of the following:

Roosevelt Corollary
Gentlemen's agreement
Dollar diplomacy
General John J. Pershing
U-boats and unrestricted submarine warfare
Lusitania
National Security League and preparedness
Jane Addams, Carrie Chapman Catt, and the Woman's Peace party
Sussex threat and pledge
Zimmermann telegram
Bernard Baruch and the War Industries Board
Herbert Hoover and the Food Administration
Jeannette Rankin
Randolph Bourne
William G. McAdoo and the U .S. Railroad Administration
American Expeditionary Force
Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheviks
George Creel and the Committee on Public Information
Espionage and Sedition acts, 1917, 1918
Eugene Debs
Schenck v. United States and the "clear and present danger" doctrine
East St. Louis race riot, 1917; Chicago race riot, 1919
Eighteenth Amendment
Nineteenth Amendment
Wilson's fourteen-point peace plan
Council of Four at Versailles
Treaty of Versailles and Covenant of the League of Nations
Henry Cabot Lodge, reservationists, and irreconcilables
Article 10 of the League Covenant
Red Scare, 1919-1920, and the Palmer raids

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