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| 154740351 | Lusitania | British passenger liner secretly carrying ammunition sunk by German u-boat, included American passengers | 0 | |
| 154740352 | Zimmerman Note | intercepted by Britain; Germany proposed alliance with Mexico, using bribe of return of TX, NM, and AZ; Japan included in alliance | 1 | |
| 154740353 | Unrestricted submarine warfare | Germany announced that it would sink all (including American) ships, attempt to involve U.S. in war | 2 | |
| 154740354 | Creel Committee | Committee on Public Information; aimed to sell America and the world on Wilson's war goals; propaganda, censorship, "four-minute men" speeches, "Liberty Leagues" (spy on community) | 3 | |
| 154740355 | War Industries Board | attempted to centralize production of war materials; ineffective due to American desire for laissez-faire government | 4 | |
| 154740356 | Conscription policies | Selective Service Act to require men to register with few exceptions; women and blacks drafted/enlisted, highly successful | 5 | |
| 154740357 | Herbert Hoover's Food Administration | relied on voluntary compliance (no formal laws), propaganda; high prices set on commodities to encourage production, Prohibition | 6 | |
| 154740358 | Wilson's 14 points | public treaties, free trade, free seas, reduced armament burdens, anti-imperialism, independence to minorities, international organization | 7 | |
| 154740359 | League of Nations | foreshadowed in 14 points, hoped to guarantee political independence and integrity of all countries, goal: to create lasting peace | 8 | |
| 154740360 | Great Migration | mass migration northward; mainly blacks migrating from the southern states into the north hoping for less discrimination | 9 | |
| 154740361 | Lodge Reservations | 14 formal amendments to the treaty for the League of Nations; preserved Monroe Doctrine, Congress desired to keep declaration of war to itself | 10 | |
| 154740362 | Isolationism | avoided league of Nations, opposed Latin American involvement | 11 | |
| 154740363 | Espionage Act and Sedition Act | fines and imprisonment for aiding the enemy or hindering U.S. military; forbade any form of criticism of the government and military | 12 | |
| 154740364 | Schenk v. U.S. | upheld constitutionality of Espionage Act; Congress right to limit free speech during times of war | 13 | |
| 154740365 | "Red Scare" (1919) | anti-communist crusades due to fear of radicalism spurred by Bolshevik rebellion | 14 | |
| 154740366 | Palmer Raids | Congressional support to raid houses of radicals believed to have connections to communism | 15 | |
| 154740367 | "Red Summer," race riots (1919) | spurred by Great Migration, large-scale riots, lynchings, &c. | 16 |
