APUSH @ TA: Agenda for 2/4

1. Review Imperialism DBQ

review question
review docs
review thesis statements

2. WWI - From the Concept Outline

Key Concept 7.3:

Participation in a series of global conflicts propelled the United States into a position of international power while renewing domestic debates over the nation’s proper role in the world.

II. World War I and its aftermath intensified ongoing debates about the nation’s role in the world and how best to achieve national security and pursue American interests.

A. After initial neutrality in World War I, the nation entered the conflict, departing from the U.S. foreign policy tradition of noninvolvement in European affairs,

in response to Woodrow Wilson’s call for the defense of humanitarian and democratic principles.

Examples: National Defense Act (1916), Sinking of the Lusitania (1915), Wilson’s campaign slogan “He kept us out of war”, Zimmerman Telegram (1917), unrestricted submarine warfare (1917), Selective Service Act (1917), Wilson’s Fourteen Points (1918)

B. Although the American Expeditionary Forces played a relatively limited role in combat, the U.S.’s entry helped to tip the balance of the conflict in favor of the Allies.

Examples: American Expeditionary Forces, John Pershing, Liberty Loan drives

C. Despite Wilson’s deep involvement in postwar negotiations, the U.S. Senate refused to ratify the Treaty of Versailles or join the League of Nations.

Examples: Paris Peace Conference (1919), Treaty of Versailles (1919), League of Nations, opposition of the irreconcilables and the reservationists, Senator Henry Cabot Lodge

D. In the years following World War I, the United States pursued a unilateral foreign policy that used international investment, peace treaties, and select military intervention to promote a vision of international order, even while maintaining U.S. isolationism.

Examples: Washington Naval Conference (1921-1922), Dawes Plan (1924), Kellogg Briand Pact (1928), Hawley Smoot Tariff (1930)

3. The US Decision to Enter WWI