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■Essential Question:
–How did American foreign policy
change from 1898-1919?
–What role did the USA play in
World War I?
■Warm-Up Question:
–How many of Wilson’s 14 Points
made it into the Treaty of
Versailles? Which ones?
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Rejection in the Senate
■ Reservationists & Irreconcilables
attacked the treaty & League:
–Wilson did not want to weaken the
League of Nations & refused to
compromise with the Senate
–Wilson toured the U.S. to gain
public support for the treaty, but
had a stroke during the tour
■ In 1920, the Senate voted against
the treaty & U.S. membership in the
League of Nations
Members of the League of Nations (in black)
The U.S. never joined the League & signed its
own peace treaty with Germany in 1921
Conclusions
■ The impact of the Great War:
–The U.S. began the 20th century
as an imperial power & reluctantly
entered WWI to protect free trade
–Involvement in WWI led to changes
for women & blacks, an economic
boom, & the restriction of liberties
–The U.S. played a major role in the
peace process, but refusal to join
the League weakened the ability of
world leaders to stop World War II
Unit 9 Review: Foreign Policy & WWI
■Groups compete against each other:
–Teams will be presented a prompt &
asked to provide as many correct
answers as possible within 1 minute
–Groups earn 1 point per correct answer
–If any part of the response is incorrect,
teams receive no points for that round
–The winning group earns 105, others
earn 100, 95, 90, 85…
Prompt—Answer these Qs
1. Why did the USA fight in the
Spanish American War?
2. What 3 countries did the USA
annex after the Spanish-American
War in 1898?
3. What caused the Philippine
insurrection in 1899?
4. How did the USA gain the rights to
build the Panama Canal?
Answers
1. Yellow journalism, to help Cuba,
the USS Maine blew up
2. Puerto Rico, Guam, Philippines
3. We liberated the Philippines from
Spanish rule but did not give them
independence like we did in Cuba
4. Encouraged Panamanians to rebel
from Colombia
Prompt: Find the vocab term
1. The USA should imperialize weak
countries in order to improve them
(democracy, technology, etc.)
2. The USA is the police power of the
Western Hemisphere
3. Teddy Roosevelt’s foreign policy
approach of using military
intervention to accomplish goals
Vocabulary Terms
1. “Social Darwinism” or “White
Man’s Burden”
2. Roosevelt Corollary to the
Monroe Doctrine
3. “Big Stick” diplomacy
Prompt: Answer these Qs
1. Name 3 causes of World War I
2. Name 3 Allied Powers
3. Name 3 Central Powers
Answers
1. Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism,
Nationalism, Assassination of
Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand
2. Britain, France, Russia, Serbia,
Japan, Australia, United States, etc.
3. Germany, Austria-Hungary,
Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire
Prompt: Find the vocab term
1. When a country commits all its
resources into winning the war
2. The use of German “u-boats” to
stop countries from trading with
their enemy, the Allies
3. The intercepted message from
Germany to Mexico, requesting
that Mexico attack the USA
4. To get ready for war by drafting
soldiers, building equipment, etc.
Vocabulary Terms
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Total War
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
The Zimmerman Note (Telegram)
Mobilization
Prompt: Find the vocab term
1. U.S. gov’t agency created to oversee
the production of military supplies
2. U.S. law passed that drafted men
3. Name of the “separate U.S. military”
that was created to fight in WWI
4. U.S. gov’t agency created to create
propaganda & sell war bonds
Vocabulary Terms
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4.
War Industries Board (WIB)
Selective Service Act
American Expeditionary Force (AEF)
Committee on Public Information
(CPI)
Prompt: Answer these Qs
1. Name 3 ways women were
impacted by World War I
2. Name 3 ways African Americans
were impacted by World War I
3. Name 3 ways the U.S. economy
was impacted by World War I
Answers
1. Worked in factories, joined Army,
Red Cross, planted Victory Gardens,
supported Bond Drives, gained vote
2. Great Migration into North, drafted,
segregated units, only 10% fought,
race riots in North
3. USA was richest country in world, no
longer needed loans but gave loans,
increased pay for Americans, led to
consumerism in 1920s, helped pay
for rebuilding Europe after war
Prompt: Find the vocab term
1. Socialist group led by Lenin who
overthrew Russian gov’t in 1917
2. Fear of socialism in the USA
3. Socialist leader in the United States
4. Law passed by Congress that
restricted freedom of speech &
criticisms of the gov’t during WWI
Vocabulary Terms
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Bolsheviks
“Red Scare”
Eugene Debs
Sedition & Espionage Acts
Prompt: Answer these Qs
1. Name 3 of Wilson’s Fourteen Points
2. Name 3 provisions of the Treaty of
Versailles
3. Why did the “strong reservationists”
disapprove of the Treaty of Versailles?
4. What is the difference between an
“internationalist” & “irreconcilable”?
Answers
1. Freedom of the seas, no secret treaties,
end to imperialism & militarism, redraw
map of Europe, & a League of Nations
2. Created a League of Nations; German
reparations, loss of territory & army, &
acceptance of war guilt; Divided weak
empires & made new nations
3. They did not want to join the League of
Nations & get pulled into wars
4. Intn’lists supported League & America’s
role as a world power; Irreconcilables
supported neutrality & isolationism
Prompt: Answer these Qs
1. Name 3 examples showing that
America's role in the world changed
by the 20th century
2. Name 3 factors that pulled the USA
into World War I
3. Name 2 successes & 2 failures of
Wilson's Fourteen Points in terms of
the Treaty of Versailles.
Answers
1. Influence in Latin America (Big Stick,
Panama Canal, Roosevelt Corollary) &
Asia (Open Door Policy); Imperialism
(Hawaii, Spanish-Am War, etc); Rejected
neutrality (fought in WWI & 14 Points)
2. Submarine (freedom of the seas),
Zimmerman Note, Money from loans &
arms sales, British propaganda,
“Make the World Safe for Democracy”
3. Success: League, New Nations
Failure: No end to alliances, imperialism,
militarism; No free trade; Germany
punished (No peace w/out victory)