Question 1

President Wilson's position at the Paris Peace Conference was weakened by

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Question 2

Among the major targets of the wartime Espionage and Sedition Acts were

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Question 3

President Wilson's Fourteen Points included

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Question 4

Assess America's policy of neutrality at the outset of World War I. Consider both Wilson's policies in regard to Britain and Germany and the sentiments of the American public. Were we "neutral in thought as well as deed"? Explain.

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Question 5

The flood of progressive legislation during Wilson's first term included laws to

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Question 6

Wilson once remarked that he was "going to teach the South American republics to elect good men." Do you think that this was a proper function for the president of the United States? Why or why not? Use U.S. relations with Mexico to illustrate your view.

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Question 7

In the 1930s, many Americans came to believe that American business and arms manufacturers had engaged in a conspiracy to get the United States into World War I. Is there any evidence to support such a view? In what ways did American business actually benefit from U.S. neutrality in the war?

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Question 8

​Examples of forceful federal government action to organize the nation for war were

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Question 9

Summarize the impact of American participation in World War I on the national economy, civil liberties, and public attitudes about race relations and the evolving roles of women in American society. Which wartime impacts on the national economy, civil liberties and pubic attitudes on race relations, and the evolving roles of women in American society were likely to be sustained in postwar America? Which impacts were likely to recede to the status quo ante? Support your answers with specific wartime examples in these political, economic, and cultural areas.

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Question 10

How did specific personality characteristics of Woodrow Wilson advance or hinder the accomplishment of particular policy and political goals of the presidentincluding his efforts to gain Senate ratification of the Treaty of Versailles and achieve America's entrance into the League of Nations?

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Question 11

Why did President Wilson have such difficulty getting his own allies at the Paris Peace Conference to accept the principles of the Fourteen Points? To what extent did the Treaty of Versailles embody the principles of the Fourteen Points?

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Question 12

Compare the issues and candidates in the presidential elections of 1912 and 1916. Account for Wilson's victory in each case.

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Question 13

The election of 1920

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Question 14

What were the most important of Wilson's progressive reforms? Was Wilson actually a more effective progressive than Theodore Roosevelt? Why or why not?

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Question 15

Summarize President Wilson's Fourteen Points. Which were substantially attained as a result of American participation in World War I? Which were not? Why? Which political leaders in America and Europe bear the greatest responsibility for the failure to attain the most critically important of Wilson's Fourteen Points concerning peace, collective security, democracy, and self-determination?

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Question 16

Assess Wilson's conduct of foreign policy from 1914 to 1917. Do you think that he could have pursued a different course that would have kept the United States out of the war? Should he have? Why or why not?

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Question 17

It has been said that despite his intentions and idealistic pronouncements, Woodrow Wilson's Latin American and Caribbean policies were just as imperialistic as those of Theodore Roosevelt. Do you agree? Why or why not?

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Question 18

​Senator Henry Cabot Lodge effectively stalled consideration of the Treaty of Versailles by the full Senate

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Question 19

The twelve regional banks created by the Federal Reserve Act were

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The twelve regional banks created by the Federal Reserve Act were regulated by the Federal Reserve Board and owned by private banks. They were designed to provide regional flexibility and autonomy while still being coordinated by the Federal Reserve system. They were not authorized to issue their own paper money and were subject to both Federal Reserve regulation and state banking regulation.

Question 20

Critically evaluate Woodrow Wilson's personal qualities as they affected his conduct of foreign policy. How did his strong belief in promoting morality and democracy in other countries emerge from his own view of the world?

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Quiz 8: Wilsonian Progressivism in Peace and War, 1913-1920