Identification Exam 1

Question 1

Treaty of Versailles

Answer 1

Georges believe that the defeat of the treaty was mainly due to wilsons personality character must have to do with uncompromisable of wilson that lead him to lack ability to compromise and kee[ league of nations

They do not believe it was a psychological reason that led to inability to compromise

Question 2

Presidential Election of 1912

Question 3

Quad Issue

Answer 3

Wilson said do away with dining/eating club, had gained rich benefactors not bc of academics but bc they could afford to go and built around the dining clubs at Princeton

Princeton has dining clubs that students go to and have meals and Wilson was convinced these were undoing Princeton bc they were encouraging Princeton undergraduates to simply have fun, so he wanted to end them.

The students who only went to Princeton bc of father’s money, so question was trying to end these dining clubs

The board did not agree to ending the clubs

The second issue was graduate school, Wilson thought any institution needed a graduate school so insisted on graduate school at the center of campus.

Wanted undergrads to mix with the grad students to improve their academic improvement

The proctor had made the graduate school built but off to side of campus not in middle of campus so they can expand it as land beside it.

Key controversies where should graduate school be land given on outskirt to expand schl or center of campus

Wilson began to resent and find them as enemies since they disagreed about this

This led Wilson to resign from Princeton and go into politics

KEY: Wilson relationship w father = repressed hostility but open love

   -  Wilson on surface seemed to be devoted to father, but underneath deep hostility which reveals his personality  

Since he felt someone dominated him (his father), so he needed to dominate everyone else

According to Georges Wilson need to dominate and be successful and absolute commitment to anyone getting in his way needs to be destroy

Question 4

Wilsons Presumed Dyslexia

Answer 4

Bad at school at first, not advanced student early days

Question 5

Joseph Wilson

Answer 5

• ## wilson father

Question 6

Karen Horney’s “Neurotic Personality

Answer 6

Tuckers alt psychological interpretation uses karen horneys writing

Question 7

Colonel House

Answer 7

relationship between house and wilson was strained bc wilson gave away 14 pts and league so he settled exactly what France wanted

Question 8

Dean West

Answer 8

wilson felt he got dominated by this man
Senator lodge dean west was NOT his father and yet he still hostel towards them ,

Question 9

Henry Cabot Lodge

Answer 9

Henry Cavet lodge and Wilson hated each other
wilson greatest enemy was leader of foreign relations committee, henry lodge, who is Wilson enemy , who also hates wilson,

wilson relationship w senator lodge goes back to Princeton. Wilson wanting something someone would not give him, felt lodge was trying to dominate him like dean west so he lashed out and only way to deal w ppl who undermine him is to lash out and Destroy them

Question 10

John Grier Hibbon

Question 11

Jerry Voorhis

Question 12

James Baker

Answer 12

• presidential character
  Presidential style – habitual way of performing job – rhetoric, personal relations, and homework

World view – central political beliefs of president

Power situation- in Washington and the country

Climate of expectations American people need…
- Sense of Reassurance
- Sense of Progress and action
- Sense of legitimacy

Development
- Character, established in childhood
- World view – established in adolescence
- Style – established early adulthood, habitual way of performing his roles. Rhetoric personal relations, hw

All these before he is a presidential candidate or politician

Question 13

Alexander Haig

Question 14

Henry Wallace

Question 15

Joe Kennedy Sr.

Question 16

Arthur Schlesinger

Question 17

Dean Acheson

Answer 17

served as united states secretary

Question 18

Interpersonal relations

Question 19

Power Situation

Answer 19

Power situation- in Washington and the country

Question 20

climate of expectations

Answer 20

Climate of expectations
- American people need…
- Sense of Reassurance
- Sense of Progress and action
- Sense of legitimacy

Question 21

presidential rhetoric

Answer 21

Style and world view
- Wilson style
- Rhetoric

Nixon Style
- Emphasis on rhetoric, hard work, and intense effort
- Especially turns to rhetoric in times of crisis ( like woodrow )

Question 22

presidential Homework

Answer 22

James David Barber – presidential character

Presidential style – habitual way of performing job – rhetoric, personal relations, and homework

Question 23

presidential worldview

Answer 23

Wilson
- moral imperative
servant of god

Hoover
- individualism and voluntary cooperation

johnsons
- the new deal liberal and foreign policy hawk

Question 24

presidential style

Answer 24

wilson
- rhetoric
-need for affection

hoover
- not rhetoric
not personal or relations
- emphasis on hw
thought hard work would bring success
- didnt like speeches

Johnsons
- emphasis on personal relations not hard work or speaking
- said his strong suit not speeches or study but good on personal relations
- good in groups

Question 25

rigidification

Answer 25

• wilson very rigid,
  claim georges interpretation of wilson is based on inadequate research , they do not recognize the limitation of their psychological interpretation of Wilson, fail to take in account of wilsons neurological disorders as conditions affecting his behavior , say George’s are invalid, most importantly they don’t give attention to the neurological part of Wilson behavior, claim wilson is rigid in actions after he had stroke that his stroke is cause of his rigidness

Question 26

compulsive personality (Presidential compulsion)

Answer 26

The Psychological dynamics : Wilsons personality

Rooted in his personality, had compulsive rigid personality , to overcome his low sense of self esteem he developed during childhood

Question 27

Mild Reservationists

Answer 27

Mild reservationists – key group mainly Democratics, said we will support IF there are a few minor small changes,

To gain support from senate he just needed to make mild changes that mild reservationist gave and he had support of both mild reservationists and supporters so it would be passed,

Question 28

irreconcilables

Answer 28

The lines of battle in the senate

Irreconcilables-mainly 15 republicans, who said league of nations is a bad idea, nothing can change our vote to yes – minority group

Question 29

paris peace conference

Answer 29

Wilson said accept what I have done, this will be way forward do not undermine what I did , this is how wilson dealt with the senate in trying to win ratification of paris peace treaty

Question 30

league of Nations

Answer 30

• Woodrow Counted on league of nation to make up all failures
• League was only reconciliation between British, France and Germany, this league was only way to prevent ww2
• 5 months after Wilson stroke league died
• wilson said League violated the u.s. constitution by allowing league to declare war

KEY:relationship between house and wilson was strained bc wilson gave away 14 pts and league so he settled exactly what France wanted

Georges believe that the defeat of the treaty was mainly due to Wilsons personality character must have to do with uncompromisable of Wilson that lead him to lack ability to compromise and kee[ league of nations

self inflicted policy disasters barbara argues for wilson defeats the league

Question 31

Active-Negative Character

Answer 31

-Intense effort, but low emotion reward

-Have compulsive quality , seem ambitious. Aggressive, and has prob managing , activity high but reward of activity is low

John adams,woodrow wilson, lyndon johnson, richard nixon

Essestial character of active neg president
-Deprived self0esteem in childhood
-Need for achievement to overcome low self-esteem and to be worthy
-Leads to need to develop independent power over others
-But stiving for power and success do not bring joy – dif between active neg and positive

Key: uncompromising on issues , so prob overtakes them , each case personality’s were foundation that lead to tragedy’s that we associate with each of these active – neg presidents, they are characterized by inability to part

Question 32

Active -Positive Character

Answer 32

-Involved and like it
- Productiveness as value

Thomas jefferson , harry truman, george bush,bill clinton ,FDR