APUSH Chapter 33 Essay Questions

1.     Summarize the impact of American participation in World War Ion a. the national economy.  b.          civil liberties. c. public attitudes.

2.        Summarize President Wilson’s Fourteen Points. Which were substantially attained as a result of American participation in World War I? Which were not? Why?

3.        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?

2.        Why did President Wilson finally decide that the United States needed to enter World War I? Do you agree that the United States should have entered the war? Why or why not? Do you think Wilson took the nation to war for the right reasons? Explain.

5.     The United States failed to join the League of Nations. Why? Consider the role of

a.             Wilson himself.

b.                   Henry Cabot Lodge.

c.                    the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles.

d.                   American political traditions.

6.     Assess the significance of Wilson’s moralistic idealism on his

a.             call for American entry into World War I in 1917.

b.                   Fourteen Points.

c.                    campaign for American participation in the League of Nations.

7.        Do you agree with the text’s authors that Wilson’s high-minded appeal "worked—perhaps too well"? Why or why not?

8.        President Wilson observed that women’s suffrage was "a vitally necessary war measure." Why? Do you think prohibition was also a vitally necessary war measure? Why or why not?

9.        Assess America’s contribution to the Allied victory in World War I. Do you think the United States’ involvement was crucial to victory? Why or why not?

10.     How do you view the quarrel between Henry Cabot Lodge and Woodrow Wilson? Do you think it was the deciding factor in the outcome of the Senate’s vote on American participation in the League of Nations, or were other, less personal, forces responsible for the League’s defeat? What were some of these other forces?

11.     Do you think the United States was any better off for having participated in World War I? If so, in what ways? If not, why? Create a scenario for the outcome of World War I if the United States had not joined the Allies.