Terms
An agreement between two or more countries to come to each other’s aid or defense in times of need?
Alliance
What country promised to back Serbia in case of war?
Russia
His 26 confirmed kills as a fighter pilot during WWI was a record that stood until the later part of WWII.
Captain Eddie Rickenbacker
How many people were drafted to serve in WW2?
2.8 million
Established to coordinate the production of war materials.
The War Industries Board
The name of the Treaty that ended WW1?
Treaty of Versailles
Act that made it illegal to aid the enemy, give false reports, or interfere with the war effort.
Espionage Act
The economic and political domination of a strong nation over a weaker one.
Imperialism
Name 4 members of the Allies
France, Russia, Great Britain, Serbia, and Italy
Kills over 20 German soldiers and captures an additional 132 at the head of a small detachment.
Corporal Alvin C. York
Incident when a German U-boat torpedoed a steamship killing 1,195 people including 128 Americans.
Lusitania
This agency was responsible for increasing food production and reducing civilian food consumption.
The Food Administration
Plan designed by Wilson as a guideline for the rebuilding of the postwar world.
14 Point Plan
This court ruling involved a person who wrote pamphlets denouncing the war and criticizing the decision to send troops to Russia to fight communist forces.
Abrams v. United States
The aggressive buildup of armed forces to intimidate and threaten other nations.
Militarism
Name 3 members of the Central Powers?
Austria-Hungary, Germany, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire
Nickname for the 369th all African American Unit that fought in France?
Harlem Hell Fighters
Germany, to avoid war with the U.S., pledges to stop sinking merchant ships without warning. This is called the...
Sussex Pledge
This agency managed America's energy use.
Fuel Administration
The most important attendees at the Treaty of Versailles were from what 4 countries?
America, Great Britain, France, and Italy
The Espionage and Sedition Acts were likely violations of which amendment?
1st- Freedom of Speech
Term for feelings of intense pride in one’s homeland. (Superiority)
Nationalism
What started WW1?
The assassination of the Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand
Another name for a German submarine?
U-Boat
This act required all men, ages 21-30, to register for the draft.
Selective Service Act
This agency was established to primarily to keep strikes from disrupting the war effort.
National War Labor Board
Wilson's 14th Point called for an international group made up of multiple countries that would work together to insure world peace. The group was called?
The League of Nations
How many convictions were there of the Espionage and Sedition acts?
Over 1 thousand
Information designed to influence public opinion.
Propaganda
Where was the Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand assassinated?
Sarajevo, Bosnia
Over 2 million citizens of this country died 2015?
Russia
This act made it illegal to speak out against the war (or government) publicly.
Sedition Act
In an effort to reduce the civilian consumption of certain types of foods the President created Wheatless Mondays, Meatless Tuesdays, and Porkless Thursdays. The nickname for this was.....
Hooverizing
Name 3 of the 4 empires that were dismantled or greatly changed by the end of WW1?
Austro-Hungarian, German, Ottoman, and Russian
Act that made it illegal to speak out against the war (or government) publicly.
Sedition Act
Refusing to take sides in a conflict.
Neutrality
What was the nationality of the Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand and what was the nationality of his assassin?
Austria-Hungarian and Serbian
Term for the area where fighting happened on the French and German border?
Western Front
When a German official sends a message to the ambassador in Mexico stating that if Mexico sides with Germany in the war, they will get back Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona from the U.S.
The Zimmerman Note
This agency was created by Wilson to “Sell” the war to Americans.
Committee on Public Information (CPI)
This prominent country refused to join the League of Nations?
United States
This court ruling involved mailed pamphlets to draftees telling them the draft was wrong and urging them to write protest letters.
Schenck v. United States
National policy of avoiding political or economic entanglements with other countries.
Isolationism
What country promised to back Austria-Hungary in case of war?
Germany
Term for the area where fighting happened on the Russian and Austrian border
Eastern Front
This act made it illegal to aid the enemy, give false reports, or interfere with the war effort.
Espionage Act
American's were encouraged to produce their own food by creating....
Victory Gardens
When American soldiers returned to the U.S., how many now needed jobs?
2 million
The Supreme Court ruled that the government could restrict speech when the words constitute a...
“Clear and present danger”.