• textbook --> 732 - 740.
• AMSCO --> pp. 447 - 453.

1. Explain the structure of the European alliance system on the eve of World War I.  Identify the member nations of the Central and Allied Powers.
2. Briefly describe the general course of World War I during the early years, prior to America's entry.
3. Identify the major candidates and issues of the 1916 Presidential election.
4. What forced President Wilson out of his professed stance of true neutrality?  To what degree was his decision based on economics?
5. List the provisions of the Declaration of London and explain its relevance to U. S. diplomacy during the early years of World War I.
6. Why did Germany rely on U-boats?  Why did it back off from the unrestricted use of them early in the war?
7. Before 1917, how did Wilson balance the demands for preparedness and the cries for peace?  What effect did his position have on the 1916 election?
8. What key events early in 1917 combined to finally bring the United States fully into World War I?

                          ASSIGNMENT 2:

• textbook --> pp. 740 - 748.
• AMSCO -->  pp. 453 - 457.

1. How did the Wilson administration organize the wartime economy?  List the major government boards responsible for the economy during World War I.
2. What was the impact of World War I on the life of women and African-Americans?
3. Identify the two amendments that were added to the U. S. Constitution during World War.
4. How did the United States government finance the war?
5. What role did the Committee on Public Information play during World War I?  What tactics did they employ to propagandize the American people into unquestioning support of the war effort? 
6. In what ways did the government use the Espionage Act and the Sedition Act to suppress criticism?  Who suffered most?
7. What other means of suppression were used by state and local governments as well as private group?
8. How were labor unions treated during World War I?
9. What was the impact of the American entry into World War I on the Allied military effort?

                         ASSIGNMENT 3:

• textbook --> pp. 748 - 756.
• AMSCO --> pp. 457 - 462.

1. Into what three parts could the Fourteen Points be categorized?
2. What was the diplomatic philosophy that Woodrow Wilson brought to the Paris Peace Conference?
3. Who were the major players at the Paris Peace Conference?
4. What obstacles did Wilson face in getting the European leaders to accept his approach to peace?  What domestic development weakened his position?
5. Identify the political divisions within Congress regarding the ratification of the Treaty of Versailles.  Discuss the issues that led to the failure to ratify the Treaty.
6. How much of the blame for the Treaty's defeat must be laid on Wilson himself?
7. What was the economic and social impact that the war's end had on women, African-Americans, labor unions, and radicals?
8. How did African-American military and industrial contributions during World War I raise black aspirations?  How did whites react to this?
9. What inspired the "Red Scare" of 1919-1920?  Was the threat real or imagined?
10. Identify the candidates and issues of the election of 1920.  What did the results of this election indicate about the mood of the American people?

DBQ --> AMSCO [pp. 465 - 469]