How were US citizens convinced to support the war effort? How did the United States suppress dissent during World War I? 2. What were Wilson’s 14 Points? Why was Wilson’s vision for peace opposed at the Versailles Peace Talks? Why did many in the US oppose the League of Nations? THE NEW ERA 3. How did American society and culture change immediately following WWI and during the 1920s—especially regarding consumer culture, art, music, literature? How did the mass entertainment available during that period (radio, magazines, and movies) affect our culture? 4. What do immigration laws, the Scopes Monkey Trial, and the revived Ku Klux Klan reveal to us about the acceptance of or reactions to cultural changes in the 1920s? THE GREAT DEPRESSION 5. Although it is traditional to blame the Great Crash as the cause of the Depression, what other factors contributed to the severe economic decline? What mistakes (if any) did Hoover make in his approach to the financial crisis? (BE SPECIFIC!) 6. How did the Great Depression affect the various segments of American society? In what way (besides economically) was the Depression so particularly devastating to traditional American values? BE SPECIFIC! THE NEW DEAL 7. What were the principle features of the First New Deal? How did FDR seek to alleviate the crisis and reform the causes of the Great Depression? Why did Hoover claim the New Deal would “shackle free men”? 8. How did FDR seek to provide relief and restore dignity to the American people? (BE SPECIFIC AND GIVE SPECIFIC EXAMPLES!) World War II 9. Describe the isolationist sentiment and neutrality legislation of the 1930s. How did involvement in WWI affect these attitudes? Who promoted isolation? Why? 10. How close to full involvement in WWII was the United States prior to Pearl Harbor? How did we aid the Allies prior to official entry into the war? 11. Why was “complete and utter destruction” believed to be necessary in order to end the war with Japan? Why drop two bombs rather than one? Was the United States morally justified in this decision? Why or why not?
