HISTORY 17C;  REVIEW #1

CHAPTER TWENTY ONE
(Progressive Reform from the Grass Roots to the White House)

What is “Progressivism”?

In what important ways did Teddy Roosevelt show himself to be a Progressivist president?

How did Wilson’s progressivism differ from Rossevelt’s?

What were the limits of progressive reform?

CHAPTER TWENTY TWO
(The United States and the Great War)

Why did the nations of Europe go to war in 1914? What were the two sides, and the issues?

What does the author mean by “the ordeal of neutrality”?

How was it that Americans changed from a staunch neutrality into an enthusiastic backing of entry into the war?

What was the outcome of the Versailles Peace Conference? Why was the treaty not accepted by the United States Senate?

What was the gist of Wilson’s famous “Fourteen Points”?

CHAPTER TWENTY THREE
(From New Era to Great Depression)

What was life like in the United States in the 1920s? What accounts for so much optimism and prosperity? Was everyone enjoying the good life?

Why did the United States adopt an attitude of isolation in the 1920s?

What was the dark side of the 1920s in America?

What was the Great Crash of 1929? Why did it happen?

CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR
(The New Deal Era)

Did the Stock Market crash cause the Great Depression?

What was the New Deal? Why was it considered revolutionary?

What were the principal programs and agencies created by the New Deal?
Did they work out the way they were supposed to?

What were the principal challenges to the New Deal?