1. Essential Question:
How did American foreign policy change from ?
What role did the USA play in World War I?
Warm-Up Question:
How many of Wilson’s 14 Points made it into the Treaty of Versailles? Which ones?

3. The Treaty of Versailles, 1919
All the major European powers signed the Treaty of Versailles & joined the League of Nations
But, the Senate was divided about what joining the League would mean for the future of the United States

4. The Debate over the League of Nations
Article 10 of the League Covenant: The Members of the League undertake to respect & preserve as against aggression the territorial integrity and existing political independence of all Members of the League. In case of any such aggression or in case of any threat or danger of such aggression the Council shall advise upon the means by which this obligation shall be fulfilled.
2/3 of the Senate was needed to ratify external the treaty & join the League:
Internationalists supported Wilson & saw the League was a way to guarantee world peace in the future
Strong reservationists led by Henry Cabot Lodge wanted major changes to Article 10
Irreconcilables led by William Borah wanted isolationism & refused join the League under any circumstances 22

5. Rejection in the Senate
Reservationists & Irreconcilables attacked the treaty & League:
Wilson did not want to weaken the League of Nations & refused to compromise with the Senate
Wilson toured the U.S. to gain public support for the treaty, but had a stroke during the tour
In 1920, the Senate voted against the treaty & U.S. membership in the League of Nations

6. Members of the League of Nations (in black)
The U.S. never joined the League & signed its own peace treaty with Germany in 1921

7. Conclusions The impact of the Great War:
The U.S. began the 20th century as an imperial power & reluctantly entered WWI to protect free trade
Involvement in WWI led to changes for women & blacks, an economic boom, & the restriction of liberties
The U.S. played a major role in the peace process, but refusal to join the League weakened the ability of world leaders to stop World War II

8. Unit 9 Review: Foreign Policy & WWI
Groups compete against each other:
Teams will be presented a prompt & asked to provide as many correct answers as possible within 1 minute
Groups earn 1 point per correct answer
If any part of the response is incorrect, teams receive no points for that round
The winning group earns 105, others earn 100, 95, 90, 85…

9. Prompt—Answer these Qs
Why did the USA fight in the Spanish American War?
What 3 countries did the USA annex after the Spanish-American War in 1898?
What caused the Philippine insurrection in 1899?
How did the USA gain the rights to build the Panama Canal?

10. Answers Yellow journalism, to help Cuba, the USS Maine blew up
Puerto Rico, Guam, Philippines
We liberated the Philippines from Spanish rule but did not give them independence like we did in Cuba
Encouraged Panamanians to rebel from Colombia

11. Prompt: Find the vocab term
The USA should imperialize weak countries in order to improve them (democracy, technology, etc.)
The USA is the police power of the Western Hemisphere
Teddy Roosevelt’s foreign policy approach of using military intervention to accomplish goals

12. Vocabulary Terms “Social Darwinism” or “White Man’s Burden”
Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine
“Big Stick” diplomacy

13. Prompt: Answer these Qs
Name 3 causes of World War I
Name 3 Allied Powers
Name 3 Central Powers

14. Answers
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism, Assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Britain, France, Russia, Serbia, Japan, Australia, United States, etc.
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire

15. Prompt: Find the vocab term
When a country commits all its resources into winning the war
The use of German “u-boats” to stop countries from trading with their enemy, the Allies
The intercepted message from Germany to Mexico, requesting that Mexico attack the USA
To get ready for war by drafting soldiers, building equipment, etc.

16. Vocabulary Terms Total War Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
The Zimmerman Note (Telegram)
Mobilization

17. Prompt: Find the vocab term
U.S. gov’t agency created to oversee the production of military supplies
U.S. law passed that drafted men
Name of the “separate U.S. military” that was created to fight in WWI
U.S. gov’t agency created to create propaganda & sell war bonds

18. Vocabulary Terms War Industries Board (WIB) Selective Service Act
American Expeditionary Force (AEF)
Committee on Public Information (CPI)

19. Prompt: Answer these Qs
Name 3 ways women were impacted by World War I
Name 3 ways African Americans were impacted by World War I
Name 3 ways the U.S. economy was impacted by World War I

20. Answers
Worked in factories, joined Army, Red Cross, planted Victory Gardens, supported Bond Drives, gained vote
Great Migration into North, drafted, segregated units, only 10% fought, race riots in North
USA was richest country in world, no longer needed loans but gave loans, increased pay for Americans, led to consumerism in 1920s, helped pay for rebuilding Europe after war

21. Prompt: Find the vocab term
Socialist group led by Lenin who overthrew Russian gov’t in 1917
Fear of socialism in the USA
Socialist leader in the United States
Law passed by Congress that restricted freedom of speech & criticisms of the gov’t during WWI

22. Vocabulary Terms Bolsheviks “Red Scare” Eugene Debs
Sedition & Espionage Acts

23. Prompt: Answer these Qs
Name 3 of Wilson’s Fourteen Points
Name 3 provisions of the Treaty of Versailles
Why did the “strong reservationists” disapprove of the Treaty of Versailles?
What is the difference between an “internationalist” & “irreconcilable”?

24. Answers
Freedom of the seas, no secret treaties, end to imperialism & militarism, redraw map of Europe, & a League of Nations
Created a League of Nations; German reparations, loss of territory & army, & acceptance of war guilt; Divided weak empires & made new nations
They did not want to join the League of Nations & get pulled into wars
Intn’lists supported League & America’s role as a world power; Irreconcilables supported neutrality & isolationism

25. Prompt: Answer these Qs
Name 3 examples showing that America's role in the world changed by the 20th century
Name 3 factors that pulled the USA into World War I
Name 2 successes & 2 failures of Wilson's Fourteen Points in terms of the Treaty of Versailles.

26. Answers
Influence in Latin America (Big Stick, Panama Canal, Roosevelt Corollary) & Asia (Open Door Policy); Imperialism (Hawaii, Spanish-Am War, etc); Rejected neutrality (fought in WWI & 14 Points)
Submarine (freedom of the seas), Zimmerman Note, Money from loans & arms sales, British propaganda, “Make the World Safe for Democracy”
Success: League, New Nations Failure: No end to alliances, imperialism, militarism; No free trade; Germany punished (No peace w/out victory)