25 Jul What Would Woodrow Wilson Say?
This writing assignment gives you the chance to display your critical thinking skills by analyzing the different motivations for United States imperialism.
Your response should be several strong paragraphs with a total of no more than 1000 words. Each paragraph should have:
A main point as a thesis statement
An explanation of your thesis statement supported by numerous examples of evidence from the videos and textbook and Woodrow Wilson’s speeches.
Review the videos and read the textbook chapter carefully. Then read through all of Woodrow Wilson’s war speeches. Consider the different rationales Wilson used for how he would create world peace. For example, free trade, a League of Nations, arms reductions, basic needs for people, and more. Then consider the struggles of the United States today, such as the pandemic, the coup attempt, high unemployment, high student debt, and more. Pretend you are Woodrow Wilson. Write a speech to Congress on what the United States should do to create peace in our nation today. Make specific references to Wilson’s plans and ideas from World War I to support your plans for today. Include details about why those ideas were good one back then and why a similar ideas would be good today. Write several strong paragraphs, no more than 1000 words.
