U.S. Entry World War I
What year did the United States enter World War I?
1917
What government agency used posters, pamphlets, and speeches to promote support for the war?
The Committee of Public Information (CPI)
What term describes people who refused to fight in the war for religious reasons?
Conscientious objectors
What was the name for the fear of communism in America after World War I?
The Red Scare
What treaty officially ended World War I for most countries?
The Treaty of Versailles
Name one major reason the United States entered World War I.
Unrestricted submarine
Who led the War Industries Board, which coordinated manufacturing during WWI?
Bernard Baruch
What was the name of the first woman elected to Congress, who voted against war?
Jeannette Rankin
Who was the U.S. Attorney General who led raids against suspected radicals?
Mitchell Palmer
What international organization did Wilson propose in his Fourteen Points to maintain peace?
The League of Nations
Name one major reason the United States entered World War I.
the Zimmerman Telegram
What was the primary method used to pay for the war, besides new taxes?
Liberty Bonds
What act made it a crime to use “disloyal” or “abusive language” about the government or flag?
The Sedition Act of 1918
What 1921 law limited immigration using quotas based on nationality?
The Emergency Quota Act
Why did the U.S. Senate refuse to ratify the Treaty of Versailles?
Concern over joining the League of Nations and entangling alliances
What was the name of the act that established the military draft in the U.S. during WWI?
The Selective Service Act
What government act censored mail and prosecuted those who interfered with the draft?
The Espionage Act of 1917
What movement saw thousands of African Americans move from the South to Northern cities during the war?
The Great Migration
What two Italian immigrant anarchists were controversially executed during the Red Scare?
Sacco and Vanzetti
What Amendment Granted Suffrage to Women?
The 19th Amendment
Name one major reason the United States entered World War I.
Propaganda
What Supreme Court case upheld limits on free speech during wartime?
Schenck v. United States (1919)
What amendment gave women the right to vote in 1920?
The Nineteenth Amendment
What 1924 law further restricted immigration and favored Northern Europeans?
The National Origins Act (or Immigration Act of 1924)
What effect did World War I have on America’s role in the world after the war?
The U.S. became the world’s leading economic power but returned to isolationism.