1916–1920
SAFE FOR DEMOCRACY:
THE UNITED STATES
AND WORLD WAR I
★ CHAPTER 19 ★
FOCUS QUESTIONS
• In what ways did the Progressive presidents promote the expansion
of American power overseas?
• How did the United States get involved in World War I?
• How did the United States mobilize resources and public opinion for the war
effort?
• How did the war affect race relations in the United States?
• Why was 1919 such a watershed year for the United States and the world?I
n 1902, W. T. Stead published a short volume with the arresting title The
Americanization of the World; or, the Trend of the Twentieth Century. Stead was
an English editor whose sensational writings included an exposé of London
prostitution, Maiden Tribute of Modern Babylon. He would meet his death in
1912 as a passenger on the Titanic, the ocean liner that foundered after striking734 ★