ESSAY PROMPT: Based on the reasons for entering the Great War and the consequences at home, Was it worth it? Consider the four reasons for siding with the Allies, the civil liberties issues during the Red Scare, and the general unrest at the conclusion of the conflict, among other factors.
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Pay special attention to any mentions of the treatment of women, as well as how "our goal is NOT to build a country in America's image".
Watch Obama's War on PBS. See more from FRONTLINE.
Watch Obama's War on PBS. See more from FRONTLINE.
Watch Obama's War on PBS. See more from FRONTLINE.
We have pacified some thousands of the islanders and buried them; destroyed their fields; burned their villages, and turned their widows and orphans out-of-doors.... And so, by these Providences of God — and the phrase is the government's, not mine — we are a World Power.