University of Central Florida The War to End All Wars Discussion

“The War to End All Wars”: World War I

Is World War I better understood as a fulfillment of the Progressive impulse or a betrayal of the Progressive impulse? Defend your answer with reference to at least one of the assigned readings.

write a 200-word discussion board post in response to the prompt. In your response, you must quote or make reference to at least one of the documents assigned for reading in this module. You may also use material addressed in the lecture videos.

you must post a 50-word substantive response to one of your classmates’ posts.

Required reading: Voices of Freedom

• Document 126 – Woodrow Wilson, A World “Safe for Democracy” (1917)
• Document 127 – Randolph Bourne, “War is the Health of the State” (1918)
• Document 128 – A Critique of the Versailles Peace Conference (1919)
• Document 129 – Carrie Chapman Catt, Address to Congress Women’s Suffrage (1917)
• Document 130 – Eugene V. Debs, Speech to the Jury (1918)
• Document 131 – Rubie Bond, The Great Migration (1917)