Theodore Roosevelt, America and the World War.

E.E.  Robinson and V.J.  West, The Foreign Policy of Woodrow Wilson.

J.S.  Bassett, Our War with Germany.

Carlton J.H.  Hayes, A Brief History of the Great War.

J.B.  McMaster, The United States in the World War.

=Research Topics=

=President Wilson’s First Term.=—­Elson, History of the United States, pp. 925-941.

=The Underwood Tariff Act.=—­Ogg, National Progress (The American Nation Series), pp. 209-226.

=The Federal Reserve System.=—­Ogg, pp. 228-232.

=Trust and Labor Legislation.=—­Ogg, pp. 232-236.

=Legislation Respecting the Territories.=—­Ogg, pp. 236-245.

=American Interests in the Caribbean.=—­Ogg, pp. 246-265.

=American Interests in the Pacific.=—­Ogg, pp. 304-324.

=Mexican Affairs.=—­Haworth, pp. 388-395; Ogg, pp. 284-304.

=The First Phases of the European War.=—­Haworth, pp. 395-412; Ogg, pp. 325-343.

=The Campaign of 1916.=—­Haworth, pp. 412-418; Ogg, pp. 364-383.

=America Enters the War.=—­Haworth, pp. 422-440; pp. 454-475.  Ogg, pp. 384-399; Elson, pp. 951-970.

=Mobilizing the Nation.=—­Haworth, pp. 441-453.

=The Peace Settlement.=—­Haworth, pp. 475-497; Elson, pp. 971-982.

=Questions=

1.  Enumerate the chief financial measures of the Wilson administration.  Review the history of banks and currency and give the details of the Federal reserve law.

2.  What was the Wilson policy toward trusts?  Toward labor?

3.  Review again the theory of states’ rights.  How has it fared in recent years?

4.  What steps were taken in colonial policies?  In the Caribbean?

5.  Outline American-Mexican relations under Wilson.

6.  How did the World War break out in Europe?

7.  Account for the divided state of opinion in America.

8.  Review the events leading up to the War of 1812.  Compare them with the events from 1914 to 1917.

9.  State the leading principles of international law involved and show how they were violated.

10.  What American rights were assailed in the submarine campaign?

11.  Give Wilson’s position on the Lusitania affair.

12.  How did the World War affect the presidential campaign of 1916?

13.  How did Germany finally drive the United States into war?

14.  State the American war aims given by the President.

15.  Enumerate the measures taken by the government to win the war.

16.  Review the part of the navy in the war.  The army.

17.  How were the terms of peace formulated?

18.  Enumerate the principal results of the war.

19.  Describe the League of Nations.

20.  Trace the fate of the treaty in American politics.