Causes of U.S. Involvement
This policy was President Wilson's initial stance for the U.S. in 1914
What is Neutrality?
The U.S. president who led the nation into World War I
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
The 1917 law that made it illegal to aid the enemy or obstruct the military draft
What is the Espionage Act?
The war effort was a factor leading to the passage of this amendment, granting women's suffrage
What is the 19th Amendment?
President Wilson's plan for peace and the post-war world
What are the Fourteen Points?
The name of the British passenger ship sunk by a U-boat in 1915
The powerful Republican Senator who led the opposition to the treaty in the U.S. Senate
Who is Henry Cabot Lodge?
The mass movement of African Americans out of the South to industrial cities during the war
What is the Great Migration?
The government board that managed industrial production and set prices for war materials
What is the War Industries Board?
The most important point to Wilson, designed to prevent future wars
What is the League of Nations?
The secret message intercepted in 1917 proposing an alliance between Germany and Mexico
What is the Zimmermann Telegram?
The commander of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) in Europe
Who is General John J. Pershing?
The 1918 law that made it a crime to speak or write against the government or war effort
What is the Sedition Act?
The type of defensive warfare that characterized fighting on the Western Front
What is trench warfare?
The treaty that formally ended World War I
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
Wilson declared the U.S. was fighting to make the world "safe" for this
What is democracy?
The influential socialist who was imprisoned under the Espionage Act for criticizing the war
Who is Eugene V. Debs?
The name of the 1919 Supreme Court case that upheld the constitutionality of the Espionage Act
What is Schenck v. United States?
The first significant engagement of American troops in World War I (and in any European war).
What is the Battle of Château-Thierry?
The large payments Germany was required to make to the Allies for war damages
What are reparations?
The most immediate cause of U.S. entry into the war
What is unrestricted submarine warfare?
The head of the Committee on Public Information who was responsible for war propaganda
Who is George Creel?
The name for the bonds sold to citizens to help finance the war
What are Liberty Bonds (or War Bonds)?
The final major offensive involving American troops in late 1918
What is the Meuse-Argonne Offensive?
A group of senators who opposed the Treaty of Versailles
Who are the irreconcilables?