The postwar period was difficult for farmers because of this.
What is falling food prices / reduction of consumers?
100
Payment for war damages
What is reparations?
200
Republican Senator who opposed ratification of the Treaty of Versailles.
Who is Henry Cabot Lodge?
200
He was the head of the War Industries Board
Who is Bernard Baruch?
200
The buildup of the U.S. military in 1916 was an example of this.
What is preparedness?
200
This law established a military draft in 1917.
What is the Selective Service Act?
200
Soldiers killed, wounded, and missing
What is casualties?
300
A series of raids, arrests, and deportations of suspected radicals, most of whom never received a trial.
What is the Palmer Raids?
300
Elected president in 1920 by promising Americans a “return to normalcy”.
Who is Warren G. Harding?
300
This international event led to the Red Scare.
What is the revolution in Russia?
300
This organization existed to promote support for the war among the American people.
What is the Committee on Public Information?
(CPI)
300
A country that owes less money than
it is owed
What is a creditor nation?
400
Movement of African Americans in the twentieth century from the rural South to the industrial North.
What is the Great Migration?
400
These "anarchists" were charged with the shooting of two men and convicted of murder, despite the fact that there was little hard evidence against them.
Who is Sacco & Vanzetti?
400
This phrase describes President Wilson's belief that the terms of peace should NOT punish the defeated nations.
What is "Peace Without Victory"?
400
This Act passed in 1917 enacted severe penalties for anyone engaged in disloyal or treasonable activities.
What is the Espionage Act?
400
Person whose moral or religious views forbid participation in war.
What is a conscientious objector?
500
Wilson’s plan for lasting peace through international openness and cooperation.
What is Wilson's Fourteen Points?
500
These people believed the strongest country would win any international competition
What is Social Darwinists?
500
The League of Nations can best be described as this.
What is a mutual defense agreement?
500
The person responsible for the agricultural policies of the United States during World War I
Who is Herbert Hoover?
500
The right of people to choose their own form of government.