DBQ 7a:

To which extent did WW1 impacted United State both politically and
socially in the years following the war?

Document A:
Source: ABC-CLIO Henry Cabot Lodge: Opposition to the Treaty of Versailles
speech (1919)

As it stands there is no doubt whatever in my mind that American troops and American ships
may be ordered to any part of the world by nations other than the United States, and that is
a proposition to which I for one can never assent. It must be made perfectly clear that no
American soldiers, not even a corporal's guard, that no American sailors, not even the crew
of a submarine, can ever be engaged in war or ordered anywhere except by the
constitutional authorities of the United States. To Congress is granted by the Constitution the
right to declare war, and nothing that would take the troops out of the country at the bidding
or demand of other nations should ever be permitted except through congressional action.
The lives of Americans must never be sacrificed except by the will of the American people
expressed through their chosen Representatives in Congress. This is a point upon which no
doubt can be permitted Let us unite with the world to promote the peaceable settlement of
all international disputes. Let us try to develop international law. Let us associate ourselves
with the other nations for these purposes. But let us retain in our own hands and in our own
control the lives of the youth of the land. Let no American be sent into battle except by the
constituted authorities of his own country and by the will of the people of the United States .

Document B:
Source: ABC-CLIO Model T Fords on New York City's Fifth Avenue March 8, 1920

Document C:
Source: ABC-CLIO Ku Klux Klan: Membership Requirements c. 1920s
The Knights of the Ku Klux Klan Movement is not an "open membership" organization. Only those who meet our
qualifications 100% are allowed into our ranks.

No person is allowed in our ranks who cannot declare an unqualified allegiance to the Constitution of the United
States.
No person is allowed in this Movement who cannot pledge themselves to the protection, preservation, and
advancement of the White race.

No one is allowed in this Movement who cannot practice real Brotherhood.

Only pure White Christian people of non-jewish, non-negro, non-Asian descent who are at least eighteen years old
and who pledge to dedicate their lives to this cause can enter the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. Those under the age
of eighteen can join the Klan Youth Corp. with parental consent, and then become a full member of the Knights
when they turn eighteen.

The Knights of the Ku Klux Klan is a strictly law-abiding organization.

Every member is sworn to uphold the law and the principles of justice, and that he will not conspire with others to
commit any unlawful or violent acts.

The Knights of the Ku Klux Klan concedes the right of every Christian citizen the right to worship God as he sees
fit, and will not tolerate denominational dissention of any nature. All White Christians must unite, at this juncture in
history.

Document D: Source: map of World War 1 in Europe 1914-1918

Document E:
Source: Woman in flapper dress by Harry M Rhoads, 1920s

Document F:
Source: League of Nations: Covenant (1919) with amendments (1924)
In order to promote international co-operation and to achieve international peace and security by the acceptance of
obligations not to resort to war, by the prescription of open, just and honourable relations between nations, by the
firm establishment of the understandings of international law as the actual rule of conduct among Governments, and
by the maintenance of justice and a scrupulous respect for all treaty obligations in the dealings of organised peoples
with one another, Agree to this Covenant of the League of Nations.

ARTICLE 10 The Members of the League undertake to respect and preserve as against external aggression the
territorial integrity and existing political independence of all Members of the League. In case of any such aggression
or in case of any threat or danger of such aggression the Council shall advise upon the means by which this
obligation shall be fulfilled.

Document H:
Sources: Fair Labor Standards Act (1938)
Section 2.

(a) The Congress hereby finds that the existence, in industries engaged in commerce or in the production of goods
for commerce, of labor conditions detrimental to the maintenance of the minimum standard of living necessary for
health, efficiency, and general well-being of workers (1) causes commerce and the channels and instrumentalities of
commerce to be used to spread and perpetuate such labor conditions among the workers of the several States; (2)
burdens commerce and the free flow of goods in commerce; (3) constitutes an unfair method of competition in
commerce; (4) leads to labor disputes burdening and obstructing commerce and the free flow of goods in commerce;
and (5) interferes with the orderly and fair marketing of goods in commerce.

(b) It is hereby declared to be the policy of this Act, through the exercise by Congress of its power to regulate
commerce among the several States, to correct and as rapidly as practicable to eliminate the conditions above
referred to in such industries without substantially curtailing employment or earning power.