Questions/Topics for Discussion

1. What was Article X and why did the Republicans have such a strong antipathy toward it?

2. How was Harding's foreign policy a "return to normalcy?"

3. How did Wilson's actions following the sinking of the Lusitania contrast with previous foreign policy?

4. Why did Wilson intervene in Latin America? What were some of the repercussions resulting from this intervention?

5. Was Wilson's treatment of dollar diplomacy inconsistent with his stated beliefs?

6. What effects would the Bolshevik Revolution have on future relations between the Soviets and the US?

7. How do the Fourteen Points reflect a rising trend of idealism in foreign policy?

8. Was the Treaty of Versailles harsh or fair?

9. How was the Washington Conference a movement toward world peace?

10. Was Wilson's foreign policy more beneficial to the US than that of Harding?

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