HIST 102: Chapter 19 Reading Guide

Safe for Democracy: The United States and World War I (1916-1920)

Instructions

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Question 1

On Page 579, find the sentence beginning with the words: "By 1914, it produced..."

Explain the role of the United States in the global economy by 1920.

Question 2

On Page 582, find the sentence beginning with the words: "This held that the..."

What were the assumptions underlying the Roosevelt Corollary? How did the doctrine affect our relations with European nations and those in the Western Hemisphere?

Question 3

On Page 583, find the sentence beginning with the words: "But Wilson's moral imperialism..."

What did President Wilson mean by "moral imperialism," and what measures were taken to apply this to Latin America?

Question 4

On Page 588, find the sentence beginning with the words: "For most Progressives, the war..."

Why did Progressives see in the expansion of governmental powers in wartime an opportunity to reform American society?

Question 5

On Page 589, find the sentence beginning with the words: "The CPI flooded the..."

What were the goals and methods of the Committee on Public Information during World War I?

Question 6

On Page 591, find the sentence beginning with the words: "By December 1917, Congress had passed..."

How did the ratification of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Amendments show the restrictive and democratizing nature of Progressivism?

Question 7

On Page 592, find the sentence beginning with the words: "In 1918, the Sedition..."

What are governmental and private examples of coercive patriotism during the war? What were the effects of those efforts?

Question 8

On Page 597, find the sentence beginning with the words: "Intelligence tests administered to..."

How did the "science" of eugenics fuel anti-immigrant sentiment?

Question 9

On Page 602, find the sentence beginning with the words: "The combination of increased..."

How did World War I and its aftermath provide African Americans with opportunities?

Question 10

On Page 604, find the sentence beginning with the words: "The Russian Revolution and..."

Identify the goals of those pressing for global change in 1919 and of those who opposed them.

Question 11

On Page 605, find the sentence beginning with the words: "Wartime repression of dissent..."

What were the major causes—both real and imaginary—of the Red Scare?