The Unfinished Nation: A Concise History of the American People (Brinkley), 7th Edition

Chapter 21: America and the Great War

Study Questions

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1			What were the general and immediate motivations for the proclamation of the Roosevelt Corollary? What pattern of Latin American policy and intervention did it establish?
2			Describe the methods that the United States used to acquire rights to construct the Panama Canal? Why were these actions criticized?
3			What were Wilson's actions in the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Nicaragua? Were they consistent with the Roosevelt Corollary?
4			What key events early in 1917 combined to finally bring the United States fully into World War I?
5			Describe how the various "war boards" were organized. What were the roles of the War Industries Board (WIB) and the National War Labor Board?
6			In what ways did the government use the Sedition Act and related legislation to suppress criticism? Who suffered most?
7			Who were the main domestic opponents of American entry into the League of Nations? What were the two categories of opponents? How much of the blame for the treaty's defeat must be laid on Wilson himself?
8			What inspired the labor unrest of 1919, and what were the most important strikes? What was the public reaction to the wave of strikes?
9			What inspired the Red Scare of 1919 to 1920? Was the threat real or imagined?
10			What did the results of the election of 1920 indicate about the mood of the American people?

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