World War I forced American leaders to grapple with the role that the US should play in the
wider world. In an essay, discuss this debate. How did leaders like Woodrow Wilson call for the
expansion of American values on a global scale? How did leaders like Warren Harding reject
such “crusades” in favor of domestic politics and concerns? In your opinion, which leader best
made the case for the relationship between the US and the world?

Which four excerpts from the poem "a political reverie" by mercy otis warren imply that america was an oppressed and exploited nation? no despot here shall rule with awful sway nor orphan's spoils become the minion's prey; no more the widow'd bleeding bosom mourns, nor injur'd cities weep their slaughter'd sons; for then each tyrant, by the hand of fate, and standing troops, the bane of every state, forever spurn'd, shall be remov'd as far as bright hesperus from the polar star; freedom and virtue shall united reign, and stretch their empire o'er the wide domain. on a broad base the commonwealth shall stand, when lawless power withdraws its impious hand; when crowns and sceptres are grown useless things, nor petty pretors plunder here for kings