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| 2373744095 | Zimmerman Note | A note intercepted by the US, originally sent from Germany to Mexico saying that if Mexico can keep the US out of the Great War then Germany would help Mexico regain its territories taken from the US like New Mexico, Texas and Arizona. | 0 | |
| 2373747429 | Fourteen Points | A series of proposals in which U.S. president Woodrow Wilson outlined a plan for achieving a lasting peace after World War I. | 1 | |
| 2373753379 | Committee on Public Information | A propaganda machine headed by George Creel that created numerous posters, short films, and pamphlets explaining the war to Americans and encouraging them to purchase war bonds to gain support for WWI. | 2 | |
| 2373760817 | Espionage Act | 1917 This law, passed after the United States entered WWI, imposed sentences of up to twenty years on anyone found guilty of aiding the enemy, obstructing recruitment of soldiers, or encouraging disloyalty. It allowed the postmaster general to remove from the mail any materials that incited treason or insurrection. | 3 | |
| 2373764481 | Schenck v United States | Supreme court decides that any actions taken that present a "clear and present danger" to the public or government isn't allowed, this can limit free speech | 4 | |
| 2373766476 | War Industries Board | Agency established during WWI to increase efficiency & discourage waste in war-related industries., Headed by Bernard Baruch, could order businesses to support war by building more plants, etc. | 5 | |
| 2373768918 | National War Labor Board | During WWII it mediated disputes between management and laborers to prevent strikes | 6 | |
| 2373770177 | Industrial Workers of the World | Founded in 1905, this radical union, also known as the Wobblies aimed to unite the American working class into one union to promote labor's interests. It worked to organize unskilled and foreign-born laborers, advocated social revolution, and led several major strikes. Stressed solidarity. | 7 | |
| 2373771759 | Nineteenth Amendment | The constitutional amendment adopted in 1920 that guarantees women the right to vote. | 8 | |
| 2373772883 | Sheppard-Towner Maternity Act | (1921) First federal health care legislation, aimed to lower high rates of infant mortality by funding medical clinics, prenatal educational programs, and visiting nurse projects. | 9 | |
| 2373775143 | Château-Thierry | first significant engagement of the American troops in a European war | 10 | |
| 2373778469 | Meuse-Argonne offensive | 47 day battle whose objective was to cut German rail lines | 11 | |
| 2373781360 | League of Nations | A world organization established in 1920 to promote international cooperation and peace. It was first proposed in 1918 by President Woodrow Wilson, although the United States never joined the League. Essentially powerless, it was officially dissolved in 1946. | 12 | |
| 2373782647 | Irreconciables | This faction in the U. S. Senate would not accept the League of Nations or the notion of collective security in any form. Led by Senators William Borah (Idaho) and Hiram Johnson (California). Also know as the "Battalion of Death" | 13 | |
| 2373784078 | Treaty of Versailles | the treaty imposed on Germany by the Allied powers in 1920 after the end of World War I which demanded exorbitant reparations from the Germans | 14 | |
| 2373785857 | George Creel | A journalists who was the head of the Committee of Public Information. He helped the anti-German movement as well as inspired patriotism in America during the war. | 15 | |
| 2373786329 | Eugene V. Debs | Leader of the American Railway Union, he voted to aid workers in the Pullman strike. He was jailed for six months for disobeying a court order after the strike was over. | 16 | |
| 2373787025 | William D. Haywood | Leader of the Industrial Workers of the World who promoted the concept of one all-inclusive union whose credo would be the promotion of socialism. | 17 | |
| 2373787681 | Bernard Baruch | A Wall Street broker before being chosen by President Wilson in 1918 to head the War Industries Board. He helped the U.S. Manage war production. | 18 | |
| 2373788604 | Herbert C. Hoover | Quaker humanitarian, head of the Food Administration, helped forged a war economy by "voluntary conservation" with patriotism, 1929-1933 | 19 | |
| 2373789255 | Henry Cabot Lodge | Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, he was a leader in the fight against participation in the League of Nations | 20 | |
| 2373789948 | David Lloyd George | Britain's prime minister at the end of World War I whose goal was to make the Germans pay for the other countries' staggering war losses | 21 | |
| 2373792266 | Factors Contributing to USA's entrance | The interception and publication of the Zimmerman Note, The resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare by Germany against all American vessels in the Atlantic War zone, President Wilson's moralistic and idealistic approach to America's role in shaping a democratic world order, and the revolutionary overthrow of the tsarist regime in Russia, which allowed America to fully champion democracy with its support of Allies | 22 | |
| 2373798629 | Some of Wilson's 14 points | Reduction of armaments, the principle of national self-determination of subject peoples, a new international organization to guarantee collective security, an abolition of secret treaties | 23 | |
| 2373805505 | Methods USA used to support the war | Placing significant public pressure on some people to buy war bonds, having heatless Mondays to conserve fuel, Instituting Daylight Savings Time to extend the work day | 24 | |
| 2373811176 | Things true of the USA armed forces during WW1 | An expansive conscription law passed in 1917 allowed the US army to grow to over 4 million men, For the first in US history women were admitted to and served with distinction in the armed forces of the US, African Americans served in strictly segregated units under mainly white officers, The urgent need for manpower meant that young American recruits received insufficient and inadequate training before being thrust into battle | 25 | |
| 2373824080 | Sussex Pledge | A promise Germany made to America, after Wilson threatened to sever ties, to stop sinking their ships without warning. | 26 | |
| 2373832556 | US was selling __ and __ to both sides | Wheat and Clothing | 27 | |
| 2373833704 | Allies | Britain, France, Russia, Italy (later USA) | 28 | |
| 2373836964 | Central Powers | Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottomon empire (present day Turkey) | 29 | |
| 2373839331 | The Schlieffen Plan | The plan that Germany would attack France quickly and then move towards Russia | 30 |
