President Woodrow Wilson 1313 - 1921 "Moral Diplomacy

Question 1

What was “Moral diplomacy” like?

Answer 1

Was seen as more ethical, more peaceful and les interventionist and less imperialistic than the foreign policies of McKinley, Taft and Roosevelt

Question 2

Why did America not get involved in WW1 between 1914 - 1917?

Answer 2

Protecting domestic situation
US public against war
Many European immigrants in US, did not want to cause tension by siding with one country over another
Belief that the war was a European affair.

Question 3

What were the economic reasons for getting involved in WW1?

Answer 3

US economy benefitted from War -industry and agriculture benefitted. US became the ‘worlds bank’ - $2 billion lent to European powers; $27 million lent to Germany

Question 4

What were the military reasons for getting involved in WW1?

Answer 4

U-boat warfare killing US civilians e.g Lusitania 1915. Discovery of the Zimmerman Telegram which put Texas and New Mexico under possible threat of attack if Mexico helped Germany

Question 5

What was there a fear of?

Answer 5

Communism

Question 6

What were the consequences of WW1?

Answer 6

First time US had worked with other countries

Economic benefits

Question 7

What was achieved through moral diplomacy?

Answer 7

Involvement in Paris Peace Conference as mediator and his FOURTEEN POINTS formed basis of Treaty of Versailles.