Pageant, Chapter 29 Study Guide
Wilsonian Progressivism in Peace and War
1913-1920
Theme: After winning a three-way election, focused on different theories of progressivism, Woodrow Wilson
successfully pushed through a sweeping program of domestic economic and social reform in his first term.
Theme: Wilson attempted to promote an idealistic and progressive foreign policy
Part 1 (pp.663-669)
Progressive (“Bull Moose”) Party (From Chapter 28)
Compare and contrast Roosevelt’s “New Nationalism” and Wilson’s “New Freedom” (From Ch.28)
What were the main issues in the election of 1912? (From Ch.28)
“Triple Wall of Privilege”
Underwood Tariff (1913)
Sixteenth Amendment
“Elasticity” of the currency
Federal Reserve Act (1913)
Federal Reserve notes
Federal Trade Commission (1914)
Clayton Anti-Trust Act (1914)
“Populist” farm laws of 1916
Workman’s Compensation Act (1916)
Adamson Act (1916)
Louis D. Brandeis
Was Wilson equally “progressive” in his attitudes toward race? Explain.
How was Wilson’s foreign policy different from that of Roosevelt and Taft?
Jones Act (1916)
Haiti and Dominican Republic (1915)
Relations with Mexico
-Gen. Victoriano Huerta
-Venustiano Carranza
-Tampico Incident
-Francisco “Pancho” Villa (1916)
-Gen. John “Black Jack” Pershing
Part 2 (pp.669-685)
Central Powers
Allies
Neutrality Proclamation (1914)
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Involvement of J.P. Morgan and Company
British blockade of Germany
Neutral rights
U-boats
“Lusitania” (1915)
Sussex Pledge (1916)
Election of 1916
-Candidates? Issues? Outcome?
-“He kept us out of war.”
Zimmermann Note
What finally pushed the U.S. into war with Germany?
“Making the world safe for democracy”
Wilson’s Fourteen Points
Committee on Public Information
Espionage Act (1917)
Schenck v. United States (1919)
Mobilization for war
-How?
-War Industries Board
Industrial Workers of the World
Great Migration
How did women finally achieve the right to vote?
-19th Amendment (1920)
Sheppard-Towner Maternity Act (1921)
American Expeditionary Forces
According to the authors, what was America’s main contributions to the war?
Part 3 (pp.685-689)
Henry Cabot Lodge
The “Big Four”
League of Nations
Treaty of Versailles
Irreconcilables
Summarize the debate over the Treaty of Versailles. What ultimately led to the defeat of the treaty?
The election of 1920
-Candidates? Issues? Outcome?
How do the authors assess the role the U.S. played in the events that transpired in the post-World War I
world?