UNITED STATES ACADEMIC DECATHLON
PRACTICE FINAL STUDY GUIDE 2026
TESTED SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ Fourteen Points.
Answer: Woodrow Wilson's peace plan that included an endorsement of
self-determination for small nations, free trade, and an end to secret
alliances
⩥ "He Kept Us Out of War".
Answer: Wilson campaign slogan in the election of 1916
⩥ The Lusitania and the Zimmerman Telegram.
Answer: Events that dragged the US into WWI
⩥ Princeton University.
Answer: Woodrow Wilson was a professor at this school
⩥ The Treaty of Versailles.
Answer: Treaty that ended WW I. It blamed Germany for the war and
handed down harsh punishments.
,⩥ General John "Blackjack" Pershing.
Answer: Commander of the American Expeditionary Force in WWI
⩥ League of Nations.
Answer: An organization of nations formed after World War I to promote
cooperation and peace.
⩥ Aphasia.
Answer: Impairment of language which affects the ability to
communicate. This was one of the conditions Wilson suffered from after
he returned from the Paris Peace Conference.
⩥ Henry Cabot Lodge.
Answer: Republican senator from Massachusetts and Chairman of the
Senate Foreign Relations committee. Hated Wilson.
⩥ Reservationists.
Answer: Group of 39 senators, organized by Henry Cabot Lodge, who
opposed joining the League of Nations
⩥ Article X.
Answer: "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."
, ⩥ The Mayflower.
Answer: Private railcar that Wilson traveled in during his 9,981 mile
cross-country speaking tour to convince the American public of the need
to join the League of Nations
⩥ Edith Wilson.
Answer: First Lady of the United States who ran the affairs of the
executive branch while her husband was recovering from a massive
stroke.
⩥ The United States.
Answer: The only nation to not ratify the Treaty of Versailles
⩥ Legacy of Wilson's idealistic vision.
Answer: Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal programs during the Great
Depression and the US becoming a charter member of the United
Nations in 1945
⩥ American Federation of Labor.
Answer: The first federation of labor unions in the United States.
Founded by Samuel Gompers in 1886
⩥ IWW (Wobblies).
PRACTICE FINAL STUDY GUIDE 2026
TESTED SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ Fourteen Points.
Answer: Woodrow Wilson's peace plan that included an endorsement of
self-determination for small nations, free trade, and an end to secret
alliances
⩥ "He Kept Us Out of War".
Answer: Wilson campaign slogan in the election of 1916
⩥ The Lusitania and the Zimmerman Telegram.
Answer: Events that dragged the US into WWI
⩥ Princeton University.
Answer: Woodrow Wilson was a professor at this school
⩥ The Treaty of Versailles.
Answer: Treaty that ended WW I. It blamed Germany for the war and
handed down harsh punishments.
,⩥ General John "Blackjack" Pershing.
Answer: Commander of the American Expeditionary Force in WWI
⩥ League of Nations.
Answer: An organization of nations formed after World War I to promote
cooperation and peace.
⩥ Aphasia.
Answer: Impairment of language which affects the ability to
communicate. This was one of the conditions Wilson suffered from after
he returned from the Paris Peace Conference.
⩥ Henry Cabot Lodge.
Answer: Republican senator from Massachusetts and Chairman of the
Senate Foreign Relations committee. Hated Wilson.
⩥ Reservationists.
Answer: Group of 39 senators, organized by Henry Cabot Lodge, who
opposed joining the League of Nations
⩥ Article X.
Answer: "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."
, ⩥ The Mayflower.
Answer: Private railcar that Wilson traveled in during his 9,981 mile
cross-country speaking tour to convince the American public of the need
to join the League of Nations
⩥ Edith Wilson.
Answer: First Lady of the United States who ran the affairs of the
executive branch while her husband was recovering from a massive
stroke.
⩥ The United States.
Answer: The only nation to not ratify the Treaty of Versailles
⩥ Legacy of Wilson's idealistic vision.
Answer: Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal programs during the Great
Depression and the US becoming a charter member of the United
Nations in 1945
⩥ American Federation of Labor.
Answer: The first federation of labor unions in the United States.
Founded by Samuel Gompers in 1886
⩥ IWW (Wobblies).
