This is a compilation of every word on the Vocab List for Chapter 30 of the American Pageant. Enjoy! :D
**IMPORTANT**: If using this for studying (ie. with "Learn" or "Space Race"), make sure to check the options to ignore parentheses and punctuation and to put only last names of notable figures. If you must include first names, use parentheses as-in-> (William Howard) Taft.
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| 1102380224 | Zimmermann Note (1917) | Secret German message to Mexico (intercepted by the US) which offered to return to Mexico the lands it lost in the Mexican-American War. | |
| 1102380225 | Fourteen Points (1918) | A list of foreign policy goals which Woodrow Wilson hoped to achieve in the aftermath of World War I | |
| 1102380226 | Committee on Public Info | Established by Woodrow Wilson and headed by George Creel, this was the Federal group that worked on producing and distributing pro-war propaganda to the US people. | |
| 1102380227 | George Creel | Head of the Committee on Public Info, this man used many techniques to persuade the public to support the war. | |
| 1102380228 | Espionage Act (1917) | Law which punished people for aiding the enemy or refusing military duty during World War 1 | |
| 1102380229 | Sedition Act (1918) | Added to Espionage Act, this act deemed "disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language" about the American form of government, the Constitution, the flag, or the armed forces as criminal and worthy of prosecution-- the reason why Eugene V. Debs was imprisoned. | |
| 1102380230 | Schenck v. United States (1919) | A legal case in which it was ruled that government can limit free speech if the speech provokes a "clear and present danger" of substantive evils. | |
| 1102380231 | War Industries Board | Agency established during WWI to increase efficiency & discourage waste in war-related industries. | |
| 1102380232 | Chicago Race Riot (1919) | Major racial conflict that began in Chicago, Illinois on July 27, 1919 and ended on August 3. Resulted in some white deaths and many black deaths. | |
| 1102380233 | Food Administration | This government agency was headed by Herbert Hoover and was established to increase the production of food and to ration food for the military. | |
| 1102380234 | (Herbert) Hoover | Later elected president of the United States, this Quaker-humanitarian was the head of the Food Administration and attained an amazingly positive reputation all over the world for his help in feeding the hungry. | |
| 1102380235 | Big Four | Name given to the four most important leaders in the post-World-War-I world: Woodrow Wilson (US president), Georges Clemenceau (French premier), David Lloyd George (British prime minister), Vittorio Orlando (Italian prime minister) | |
| 1102380236 | Paris Peace Conference | Conference in which negotiations over the fate of Central Powers took place | |
| 1102380237 | League of Nations | The precursor to the United Nations, this was a proposed union of the world powers after World War I; the brainchild of Wilson, who fought tooth-and-nail for its passage. | |
| 1102380238 | Treaty of Versailles (1919) | Treaty that ended World War I; it was much harder on Germany than Wilson wanted but not as punitive as France and England desired. It was harsh enough, however, to set stage for Hitler's rise of power in Germany in 1930s. | |
| 1102380239 | Election of 1920 | Election; dominated by the aftermath of WWI and the hostile reaction to Wilson; Democrats tried to make it into a referendum of League of Nations, but were foiled by Harding's ambiguous rhetoric. Warren G. Harding (Repub.) won against Cox (Dem.). |
