Deciding on War
Did Wilson's policies make Americans feel good or bad about Germany?
Bad
Why did Congress finally decide to support the 19th Amendment?
Women joining the workforce
Which era lowered the amount of distrust in unions?
Progressive Era
What are the four main reasons of the start of WWI?
Militarism, Alliance Systems, Imperialism, and Nationalism
What does AEF stand for?
American Expeditionary Force
What popular Republican advocated for America to join the war?
Theodore Roosevelt
What was the age range of men that would be required tp join the military?
21-30
What are three things that Americans had trouble adjusting to, postwar?
Social stress, economic stress, and coming down from the war
President Wilson declared war against which country?
Germany
How much money did the government raise for war, in the span of two years?
$33 billion
What two countries had close ties with America's economy?
Britain and France
The need for workers opened opportunities for which two minority groups?
African Americans and Mexicans
Did Republicans or Democrats have objections to the League of Nations?
Republicans
What was the split in the Republican party?
Taft Conservatives and Roosevelt Progressives
How many tons of shipping was lost in a month because of Germany have no restriction on submarine warfare?
900,000 tons
Name three groups that were opposed to joining the war.
Populists, Progressives, and Socialist
About how many African Americans fought in WWI?
400,000
Wilson insisted that the U.S. would have a....?
Peace without victory
What event occurred on May 7th, 1915, that challenged the neutrality of the U.S?
Germany sinking a British ship, Lusitania
Who intercepted the Zimmermann Note?
The British
President Woodrow Wilson objected against what nation seizing ships because blocked the U.S. access to the sea?
Britain
Imprisonment could go up to how many years, if they disregarded The Espionage Act?
20 years
Where was the conference that took place after peace was declared?
The Palace of Versailles, outside of Paris
The name of George Creel's propaganda agency.
Committee on Public Information
What event removed America's hesitance to participate in an alliance with Russia?
Russia becoming a Republic