Modern America

America

A Narrative History

BRIEF ELEVENTH EDITION, VOLUME TWO

David Emory Shi

 

Part Six (I): Modern America (Ch. 20 – 23)

 

Answer Discussion Topics: Also Cite Sources / References/

Chpt. 20

• What were the various factors that influenced American foreign policy in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and which was the most significant? How do the various factors relate to each other?
• What was the Open Door policy in China? How was the policy met by other countries involved, such as   Britain, France, and Germany?

Chpt. 21

• How important was the role of a third-party candidate in the outcome of the 1912 election?
• What impact did the social reformers of the late nineteenth century have on American life?

Chpt. 22

• Discuss and analyze the major causes that led to World War I.
• The general public’s fear of disloyalty, especially from German Americans, seemed to only grow during the war. What roles did immigrants in the United States often play during wartime? What was the purpose of the Immigration Act of 1917?

 

Chpt. 23

• What factors accounted for the modernist revolt of the 1920s?
• What was the Harlem Renaissance, and what were some of its key characteristics.