Chapter 22: Over There and Over Here: The Impact of World War I
1914-1921
 

     I. Staying Neutral
          A. Economic links to Allies
          B. Public opinion divided; German tactics deplored
          C. Lusitania
          D. Submarine warfare
          E. America prepares for war, 1915-1916

     II.  Domestic Events and Issues
          A. The Great Migration
          B. Reform continues
               1. suffrage movement gains strength
               2. Prohibition movement intensifies-Eighteenth Amendment
               3. Adamson Act

     III. Heading for War
          A. Election of 1916
          B. Wilson attempts to mediate; League of Nations first proposed
          C. Zimmerman Telegram
          D. US declares war

     IV. A Nation at War
          A. Selective Service Act, 1917
          B. Financing the War
          C. US: the "Larder of Democracy"

     V. Road to Victory
          A. Wilson's Peace Plan- the "Fourteen Points"
          B. American action
          C. Paris Peace Conference-Republicans left out
          D. Treaty of Versailles
          E. League of Nations proposed
          F. Wilson's collapse

     VI. From War to Peace
          A. End of Progressivism
               1. Nineteenth Amendment
                2. Volstead Act
          B. Senate rejects League
          C. Labor and the Red Scare
          D. Election of 1920

Key Terms

       Lusitania
     Great Migration
     Carrie Chapman Catt
     Adamson Act
     Sussex Pledge
     Zimmerman Telegram
     western front
     John J Pershing
     Liberty Bonds
     war gardens (victory gardens)
     The Fourteen Points
     League of Nations
     Henry Cabot Lodge
     Big Four
     Article X
     Treaty of Versailles
     Red Scare

Study Questions

     1.  Explain how America stayed out of World War I from 1914-1917.

     2. What was Wilson's Peace Plan?  Was it successful?  Why or why not?

     3. The Progressives made great advancements during Wilson's administration.  What were those advancements and how were they achieved?

     4. Which events brought the United States into World War I?

     5. The lives of women changed greatly from 1910 until 1920.  Describe the changes and how they affected women and society.