Domestic
Gave women the right to vote.
19th Amendment.
Note from Germany to Mexico asking Mexico to attack the U.S. in exchange for the Germans helping Mexico to get the South West back.
Zimmerman Note
Wilson's plan for lasting peace.
Wilson's 14 points
Agency established during WWI to increase efficiency & discourage waste in war-related industries.
War Industries Board
Organization that produced propaganda for WW1.
Committee on Public Information.
Radical Marxist political party, took over Russia.
Bolsheviks.
Non- governmental organization for all countries to meet and maintain peace.
League of Nations.
Who commanded the American forces at the Meuse-Argonne offensive? This person previously fought Poncho Villa.
John J. Pershing
Law which punished people for aiding the enemy, speaking out against the war, or refusing military duty during World War 1.
Espionage Act of 1917
Type of battle/warfare in WWI.
Trench Warfare.
Peace Agreement that ended the war.
Treaty of Versailles.
What was George Creel’s committee in charge of?
Public Information/ war propaganda
Led the opposition to the U.S. joining the League of Nations.
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge
American troops fought with the French to turn back a determined German offensive. Shortly after this battle, the Allies ended the German advance and were ready to start their own offensive.
Battle of Chateau-Thierry
Promised return to normality after WW1 used efforts of make no enemies during his presidency.
Warren Harding.
What was the nickname of the 369th Colored Infantry Regiment?
Harlem Hell-fighters
Supreme Court Case 1919, Limited free speech if the U.S. is in "clear and present danger"; one's civil liberties could be curtailed if it posed a danger to others. The defendant was convicted for mailing pamphlets telling men to resist the draft.
Schenck v. United States
John J Pershing was in charge of this battle, cut German railroad lines and took a large amount of casualties, Allies win; a part of the final Allied offensive of World War I that stretched along the entire western front, forces Germany forces surrender.
Meuse-Argonne offensive
What is the legacy of WWI? (name two things)
A. US became world's economic and political leader
B. Russian Revolution ultimately instituted communism
C. Borders in Europe Redrawn
D. Germany devastated by Versailles Treaty
-- Led to the eventual rise of Hitler and WWII
Impact of WWI on American Society (name two things)
A. Women played an increased role in the economy and volunteerism for the war effort, and they gained suffrage.
B. Prohibition of alcohol.
C. Massive migration of African Americans to the North which led to large-scale race riots.
D. Increased nativism.