Chapter 22: America And The World, 1913 - 1920

After reading this chapter, you should be able to do the following:

1. Explain Wilson’s major foreign policy choices and how he sought to establish new directions in international relations.
   
   
2. Describe Wilson’s expectations regarding American neutrality and what constraints he faced in his efforts to maintain neutrality.
   
   
3. Analyze the choices the federal government made in mobilizing the economy and society in support of the war and how the war affected Americans.
   
   
4. Indicate why Wilson chose to keep the American Expeditionary Force as separate as possible from the troops of the other Allies.
   
   
5. Explain Wilson’s expectations regarding peace and the constraints he faced in realizing those objectives. Explain the choices Wilson made at Versailles, evaluate the outcome of those choices, and describe what constrained the Senate from supporting the peace treaty.
   
   
6. Analyze the change in Americans’ expectations as a result of the outcome of the war and the events of 1919 and explain how it affected their choice in the 1920 presidential election.