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Chapter 29: Wilsonian Progressivism at Home and Abroad, 1912 - 1916

  • Examine the events in Europe before and after the outbreak of World War I, and discuss how both Germany and the Allies tried to influence the United States.

  • Compare and contrast Wilsons and Roosevelts policies in Latin America. Consider how each policy might have looked from a Latin American standpoint.

  • Examine the role of both British and German propaganda in the United States in the years before American entry into World War I. Consider the extent to which these attempts to shape American public opinion affected both official and popular views of the two sides (including among different ethnic groups).

  • Consider womens issues in relation to Roosevelts and Wilsons progressivism, especially prominent figures like Jane Addams and Lillian Wald.

  • Conduct a class debate over the following topics: e.g., Immigrants Harm American Society and New Nationalism v. New Freedom; primary source readings will come from the following book: Opposing Viewpoints in American History Volume II: From Reconstruction to the Present, San Diego, CA: Greenhaven Press, 1996. Another good source of debate topics is Larry Madaras and James M. SoRelle, Taking Sides Clashing Views on Controversial Issues in American History, Volume II: Reconstruction to the Present, Connecticut: McGraw-Hill, 2000.

  • Have the students read George Santayanas The Genteel Tradition in American Philosophy (1913) in David A. Hollinger and Charles Cappers (Editors) The American Intellectual Tradition: Volume II 1865 to the Present, New York: Oxford University Press, 2001.

  • Have the students read Woodrow Wilsons The Ideals of America (1902) in David A. Hollinger and Charles Cappers (Editors) The American Intellectual Tradition: Volume II 1865 to the Present, New York: Oxford University Press, 2001.



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