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3908578491"peace without victory"Wilson's appeal to all the belligerents in January 1917, just before the Germans resumed submarine warfare.0
3908585471Zimmerman voteMessage that contained a German proposal to Mexico for an anti-American alliance.1
3908592483Fourteen PointsWilson's idealistic statement of America war aims in January 1918 that inspired the Allies and demoralized their enemies.2
3908607083Committee of Public Information (CPI)American government propaganda agency that aroused zeal for Wilson's ideals and whipped up hatred for the kaiser.3
3908617062Industrial Workers of the World (IWWs)Radical antiwar labor union whose members were prosecuted under the Espionage and Sedition Act.4
3908625633War Industries BoardWeak federal agency designed to organize and coordinate U.S. industrial production for the war effort.5
3908638442Nineteenth AmendmentConstitutional provision endorsed by Wilson as a war measure whose ratification achieved a long-sought goal for American women.6
3908651025Liberty LoansTreasury Department bond-selling drives that raised about $21 billion to finance the American war effort.7
3908658610Big FourThe nations that dominated the Paris Peace Conference--namely, Britain, France, Italy, and the United States.8
3908665134League of NationsWilson's proposed international body that constituted the key provision of the Versailles treaty.9
3908674445Treaty of VersaillesControversial peace agreement that compromised many of Wilson's Fourteen Points but retained his League.10
3908693166Foreign Relations CommitteeSenatorial committee whose chairman used delaying tactics and hostile testimony to develop opposition to Wilson's treaty and League of Nations11
3908709002IrreconciablesA hard core of isolationist senators who bitterly opposed any sort of league; also called the "Battalion of Death".12
3908719753Lodge reservationsAmendments to the proposed Treaty of Versailles, sponsored by Wilson's hated senatorial opponent, that attempted to guarantee America's sovereign rights in relation to the League of Nations.13
3908742322"Solemn Referendum"Wilson's belief that the presidential election of 1920 should constitute a direct popular vote on the League of Nations14
3908748546George CreelHead of the American propaganda agency that mobilized public opinion for World War I.15
3908755225Eugene V. DebsSocialist leader who won nearly a million votes as a presidential candidate while in federal prison for antiwar activities.16
3908763357Bernard BaruchHead of the War Industrial Board, which attempted to impose some order on U.S. war production.17
3908771545Herbert HooverHead of the Food Administration who pioneered successful voluntary mobilization methods.18
3908779406John J. PershingCommander of the overseas American Expeditionary Force in World War I.19
3908785535Alice PaulLeader of the pacifist National Women's Party who opposed U.S. involvement in World War I.20
3908792084Meuse-ArgonneClimactic final battle of World War I.21
3908797281Kaiser Wilhelm IIHated leader of America's enemy in World War I.22
3908801985Woodrow WilsonInspirational leader of the Western world in wartime who later stumbled as a peacemaker.23
3908806961Henry Cabot LodgeWilson's great senatorial antagonist who fought to keep America out of the League of Nations.24
3908816203Georges ClemenceauThe "tiger" of France, whose drive for security forced Wilson to compromise at Versailles.25
3908860720William BorahSenatorial leader of the isolationist "irreconcilables" who absolutely opposed all American involvement in Europe.26
3908869334James CoxDefeated Democratic presidential candidate in the election of 1920.27
3908880441Calvin CoolidgeMassachusetts governor and Warren G. Harding's vice presidential running mate in the election of 1920.28
3908890916Warren G. HardingFolksy OHIO senator whose 1920 presidential victory ended the last hopes for the U.S. participation in the League of Nations.29

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