I. Wilson and foreign affairs

A. His background in diplomacy

B. His idealism in diplomacy

C. Bryan's cooling-off treaties

D. Wilson's revocation of dollar diplomacy in China

E. Intervention in Mexico

1. Overthrow of Diaz
2. Nonrecognition of the Huerta government
3. Invasion at Vera Cruz
4. Carranza's government
5. Pursuit of Pancho Villa

F. Problems in the Caribbean

II. World War I and the early U.S. response

A. Outbreak of the war

B. Initial U.S. response

1. Declaration of neutrality
2. Attitudes of hyphenated Americans
3. Views of other U.S. groups
4. Effect of propaganda on Americans

C. Extension of economic credit to the Allies

D. Problems of neutrality

5. Conflicts over neutral rights at sea

6. British declaration of the North Sea war zone and other restrictions

7. German use of submarines

8. Sinking of the Lusitania

a. U.S. protests

b. Bryan's resignation

c. Arabic pledge

9. House's futile mediation efforts

10. Sussexpledge

E. Debate over preparedness

11. Demands for stronger army and navy
12. Antiwar advocates
13. National Defense Act of 1916
14. Move for a stronger navy
15. Efforts to obtain revenue for preparedness

III. Election of 1916

A. Republicans nominated

B. Progressive party disbanded

C. Democratic program

D. Issues of the campaign

E. Results of the election

IV. Steps toward war

A. Wilson's effort to mediate

B. Wilson's assertion of terms of peace

C. German decision for unrestricted submarine warfare

D. Diplomatic break with Germany

E. Efforts to arm U.S. merchant ships

F. Zimmerman telegram

G. Russian Revolution

V. U.S. entry into the war

A. Declaration of war

1. Loss of U.S. vessels
2. Wilson's call for war
3. Reasons for U.S. entry

B. Early U.S. role

4. Limited expectations from the United States
5. Contributions to naval strategy
6. Financial assistance to the Allies
7. First contingents of troops

C. Mobilizing a nation

8. Raising the armed forces

9. Use of "war socialism" to regulate the economy

10. War Industries Board

11. New labor sources

a. African Americans

(1) Great Migrations

(2) Racial conflicts

b. Women

12. Committee on Public Information

13. Civil liberties in the war

a. Popular disdain for all things German

b. Espionage and Sedition Acts

(1) Terms of the acts

(2) Prosecutions

(3) Impact of the acts

(4) Schenck v. United States

VI. U.S. military role

A. Allies on defensive through 1917

B. German offensives after Russian withdrawal

C. Instances of significant U.S. participation in the war

D. Development of the Fourteen Points

E. Overtures toward peace

F. Terms of the armistice

G. Intervention in Russia

VII. Fight for peace

A. Wilson's role

1. Decision to attend the conference
2. Effects of congressional elections of 1918
3. Wilson's reception in Europe
4. Structure of the conference

B. Emphasis on the League of Nations

5. Article X of the Covenant
6. Machinery of the League

C. Early warning from Lodge

D. Amendments made to respond to critics at home

E. Compromises on national self-determination

F. Agreement for reparations

G. Obtaining the German signature

H. Wilson's loss at home

7. Support for the peace
8. Opposition to the peace
9. Lodge's reaction
10. Wilson's speaking tour
11. Wilson's stroke
12. Failure of the Senate votes
13. Formal ending of the war

VIII. Conversion to peace

A. Lack of leadership

B. Unplanned mobilization

C. Spanish flu

D. Economic transition

1. Drop in farm prices

2. Labor unrest

a. Seattle General Strike

b. Steel Strike

c. Boston Police Strike

E. Race riots

F. Red Scare

3. Fear of radicals
4. Bombs in the mail
5. Deportation of aliens
6. Evaporation of the Red Scare
7. Legacy of the Red Scare