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I. In 1-3 sentences define and explain the significance of these key terms using the Zinn text and/or by looking them up on the internet. Make sure to use your own words; cutting/pasting without quotes/citing is plagiarism.
Wilsonianism
Wilson’s 14 Points
Lusitania
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Treaty of Versailles
Espionage Act
Sedition Act
Schenck v. United States
The first “Red Scare”
National Origins (Immigration Act) of 1924
The 18th amendment/The Volstead Act
The Great Migration
League of Women Voters
The 19th Amendment
II. Answer the following questions for A People’s History of the United States. http://www.historyisaweapon.com/zinnapeopleshistory.html (Links to an external site.)
Zinn, chapter 14 (Links to an external site.)
Read the first 3 paragraphs of this chapter. Paraphrase in 3-4 sentences.
Zinn states about WWI, “Into this pit of deception came the United States…” Describe the “deception” to which he is referring.
Why was it “…unrealistic to expect the Germans should treat the United States as neutral in the war…?” Do you think that the sinking of the Lusitania was justified? Why or why not?
Describe what WEB Du Bois means by the title “The African Roots of War?”
What does Zinn say is the paradox of capitalism?
What evidence does Zinn provide that there may not have been a consensus for war?
What was the purpose, stated by Zinn, for the Espionage Act? How many people went to prison under the Espionage Act? Is the Espionage Act still in effect?
Who was Oliver Wendell Holmes? How was Oliver Wendell Holmes analogy clever? Explain your answer – Do you agree with this analogy?
How did Teddy Roosevelt describe those who “wanted peace?”
Did the press generally support or oppose the war?
In what ways did the government use the war as an excuse to repress views? Name 3 specific examples.
Why did General Mitchell Palmer carry out mass raids of aliens?
Zinn, chapter 15 (Links to an external site.) read ONLY up to “the stock market crash of 1929”
The General strike in Seattle: who organized it; was the strike an example of peaceful (nonviolent) resistance; how was it ended?
Name three ways the steelworkers were encouraged back to work after striking in Pennsylvania in 1919.
Zinn quotes Historian Merle Curti in this chapter… rephrase this quote in your own words.
What were the actual tax effects of the “Mellon Plan?”
Overview of World War I (http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/era.cfm?eraID=12&smtid=1 (Links to an external site.))
Rephrase consequence #1, #5, and #7 in your own words.
American Passage: The History of Ellis Island: Chapter 16: Quotas (https://erenow.net/common/american-passage-the-history-of-ellis-island/17.php (Links to an external site.))
Describe how WWI upset the balance of immigration and why were Americans nervous about European immigration?
What is an immigration quota system and what immigrants were specifically targeted (i.e. meant to be kept out) by the quota system?
What is “eugenics” and why would the “growing popularity of eugenics also…” contribute “…to the success of the quotas?”
What did The Outlook magazine mean when it called Ellis Island one of the most efficient factories in the world for the production of hatred of America and American institutions?
What was the purpose and the effects of the “national origins plan?”
Explain this statement in your own words: “…ethnic groups were beginning to lay claim to their own Americanness, evolving into staunch patriots and defenders of a distinctly American history as they became more assimilated, while more established ethnic groups would often succumb to more critical attitudes toward American history and nationalism.”
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