Domain 4

What was the purpose of Woodrow Wilson’s neutrality policy?

• Keep America out of the Civil War

• Keep America out of World War I

Which of the following were the three reasons American entered World War I?

• Sinking of the U.S.S. Maine, support for Cuban independence, and America’s desire to expand its territory

• German increase in unrestricted submarine warfare, sinking of the Lusitania, and the Zimmerman Telegram

What was the significance of the Zimmerman Telegram?

• Proposed military alliance between Germany and Mexico, that would give Texas, Arizona and New Mexico back to Mexico, leads U.S. to enter World War I

• Proposed military alliance between Germany and Spain, that would give Texas, Arizona and New Mexico back to Mexico, leads U.S. to enter World War I

What was the significance of the Great Migration?

• America’s desire to acquiring new territories and spread democracy to Puerto Rico, Philippines, and Guam

• African Americans move north to gain political, social, and economic freedom during World War I.

What was the significance of the Espionage Act?

• Lincoln attempts to jail Confederate sympathizers in the North during a national emergency (Civil War)

• Wilson’s administration made it a crime to communicate any information that would interfere with U.S. military operations or aid its enemies during World War I.

What was the significance of Eugene Debs?

• Believed war should be for the people not politics or the profit, He was convicted for hindering military recruiting by making speeches against it, violated the Espionage Act

• He accused government officials workers of being spies for the Soviet Union

What was the significance of Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points Plan?

• Wilson’s administration made it a crime to communicate any information that would interfere with U.S. military operations or aid its enemies during World War I.

• Wilson attempts to end future wars with a treaty that brought powerful nations together

What was the purpose of the League of Nations?

• Part of Wilson’s Fourteen Points Plan, called for the creation of an international peacekeeping organization.

• Part of Wilson’s Fourteen Points Plan, called for the spending of $13 billion dollars to rebuild Europe after World War II.

How did Congress react to Wilson’s Fourteen Points and League of Nations?

• Isolationist in Congress rejected the plan because they believed it would cause the U.S. to get involved in future wars.

• Expansionist in Congress rejected the plan because they believed it would cause the U.S. to get involved in future wars.

Define: Communism

• A government where there is a mix of government and individual ownership of property; encourages social ownership of property

• A government where there is no private ownership, all property is owned by the government; creates a classless society