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| 606477257 | Woodrow Wilson wanted | U.S. to stay out of war | |
| 606477258 | German announced they would | erase the Sussex pledge, and release unrestricted submarine warfare onto anyone. | |
| 606477259 | Zimmerman Note | "last straw": secret telegram from Germany to Mexico intercepted by British spies. Germany encouraged Mexico to wage war on us. | |
| 606477260 | Why did Germany encourage war? | A victory meant regaining TX, New Mexico, and Arizona | |
| 606477261 | Wilson asks Congress to go to war | after 4 ships are sunk, and Vladimir Lenin's communists revolution overthrows Russia | |
| 606477262 | April 6 1917 | war is declared | |
| 606477263 | Wilson's slogan | "make the world safe for democracy" | |
| 606477264 | Goal was to | not fight for war/$ but to free others under a tyrant | |
| 606477265 | 14 pts address | laid out Wilson's goals, main points 1. Abolishing secret treaties 2. freedom of the seas 3. removal of economic barriers between nations 4. reduction of arms 5. changing colonial claims to help colonies and natives 6. "self determination" group choose gov. 7. League of Nations settle international disputes peacefully most important | |
| 606477266 | 1 | Abolishing secret treaties | |
| 606477267 | 2 | freedom of the seas | |
| 606477268 | 3 | removal of economic barriers between nations | |
| 606477269 | 4 | reduction of arms | |
| 606477270 | 5 | changing colonial claims to help colonies and natives | |
| 606477271 | 6 | "self determination" group choose gov. | |
| 606477272 | 7 | League of Nations settle international disputes peacefully most important | |
| 606477273 | Committee of Public Info | est. to keep war enthusiasm up | |
| 606477274 | George Creel | head of the committee | |
| 606477275 | Tactics | sent out 75,000 "4min men" to give speeches posters pamphlets or leaflets of goals of war movies as propaganda songs | |
| 606477276 | Propaganda films | "The Kraiser" "To hell with Kraiser" "Beast of berlin" | |
| 606477277 | Reality | no glory, dirt war, high death rate | |
| 606477278 | German-Americans | 8% of population but mainly loyal to U.S. | |
| 606477279 | Suspicion | spies loyal to germany were tarred-and-feathered or beaten | |
| 606477280 | Espionage Act 1917 | to prosecute spies, led to 1,900 prosecutions | |
| 606477281 | Congress begins | passing anti-foreign laws | |
| 606477282 | Eugene V. Debs | led Socialists sentenced to 10 yrs | |
| 606477283 | Industrial Workers of the World | goal was to est. international labor union | |
| 606477284 | Will D. Haywood | convicted under espionage act, leader of the industrial workers of the world | |
| 606477285 | Sedition Act 1918 | prosecute anyone during seditious activity | |
| 606477286 | Way U.S. was unprepared | mobilizing industry | |
| 606477287 | Ways U.S. was prepared | Wilson 1. formed Council of National Defense 2. increasing shipping 3. increasing army size | |
| 606477288 | Council of National Defense | to study economic mobilization | |
| 606477289 | Bernard Baruch | leader of the War Industry Board orchestrate war industry support in war effort | |
| 606477290 | "Work or Fight Policy" | gov. told ppl to work or fight | |
| 606477291 | National War Labor Board | settled work disputes | |
| 606477292 | Sam Gompers | headed American Federation of Labor, supported the war | |
| 606477293 | smaller unions ex. I.W.W. | didn't support the war | |
| 606517496 | Remaining issues | Inflation,strikes, | |
| 606517497 | America's largest strike | 1919, 250,000 steel workers struck no bargain occured, 30,000 blacks took jobs many killed strike failed | |
| 606517498 | Blacks move north | seeking jobs | |
| 606517499 | National Women's Party | against war, led by Quaker Alice Paul organized strikes against Germany | |
| 606517500 | National American Woman Suffrage Association | backed Wilson, supported war | |
| 606517501 | Right to Vote granted | in some states (ny, michigan, oklahoma, south dakota) | |
| 606517502 | 19th amendment | nationwide women right to vote | |
| 606517503 | Women's Bureau | goal to protect womens rights at work after the war | |
| 606517504 | Sheppard-Towner Maternity Act 1921 | Congress supported women as home-makers, gave maternal and infant healthcare | |
| 606517505 | Herbert Hoover | head Food Administration, led volunteer food drive for Belgium | |
| 606517506 | ''Victory gardens" | used to support war | |
| 606517507 | 18th amendment | prohibition 1919 | |
| 606517508 | U.S. had to feed | citizens, soldiers, allies in Europe | |
| 606517509 | Fuel Administration | encouraged "heatless Mondays" "lightless nights" and "gasless Sundays" "Day lights saving time" conserve | |
| 606517510 | Food production increased by | 25% | |
| 606517511 | "War Bonds" | sold during the war pay little now gain interest in some odd years | |
| 606517512 | European Allies 1917 | out of men and supplies | |
| 606517513 | Selective Service Act | draft for soldiers - all men 18-45 - exemption for $ wasn't allowed - 4 mill men | |
| 607592924 | Military firsts | blacks and woman served in the army, men were meant to get 6 months of training but usually didn't before going into the war | |
| 607592925 | Bolsheviks | Russia communist invade France in 1917 so they pulled out of the war | |
| 607592926 | Marshal Foch | French commander motto "to make war is to attack" but really just held on until US arrived | |
| 607592927 | America's main role in the war | stop German assault on Paris, and provide morale and supplies | |
| 607592928 | Chateau-Thierry | US helped stop Germany 40 miles from Paris | |
| 607592929 | 2nd Battle of the Marne | started German withdrawl | |
| 607592930 | St. Mihiel | stopped Germany @ southern flank | |
| 607592931 | Belleau Wood | US Marines fight fiercely Germans call them devil dogs | |
| 607592932 | Gen. John J. Pershing | didn't want to help, wanted US to fight on their own too | |
| 607592933 | Meuse-Argonne | offensive largest military fight of this time, resulted in many casualities | |
| 607592934 | Sgt. Alvin C. York | hero for killing 20 Germans and capturing 132 men alone | |
| 607592935 | Armistice Day | Veterans day when Germany stopped fighting, cease fire | |
| 607592936 | Henry Cabot Lodge | Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations committee hated Wilson, disagreed with the Security Treaty | |
| 607592937 | Paris Peace Conference | 1919 "big 4" meet and settle terms of peace | |
| 607592938 | the "big 4" | Vittorio Orlando (Italy) Georges Clemenceau (France) David Lloyd George (Britain) and Woodrow Wilson (US) | |
| 607592939 | Britain and France | wanted to punish Germany | |
| 607592940 | Italy | wanted money or land | |
| 607592941 | U.S. | wanted peace through Wilson's League of Nations | |
| 607592942 | Bargain | Britain and France agree to League of Nations and U.S. agrees to punish Germany | |
| 607592943 | War Guilt Clause | Germany is held responsible and must pay war debt of $33 billion | |
| 607592944 | Questioning the Treaty of Versailles | Treaty ended war w. Germany and the Allied Powers. 2/3 Senate needed to approve it. Germany is forced to sign it. | |
| 607592945 | Hiram Johnson and Will Borah | led a group of isolationists saying the League of Nations is a bad idea, stopped at places Wilson went on his tour and talked down on him | |
| 607592946 | Wilson's Agreement | to give France the region for 15 yrs then let the people vote for Germany or France (they voted Germany) | |
| 607592947 | Security Treaty | said US and England would aid France | |
| 607592948 | Reluctance of the treaty | Isolationists: not entangling alliances Hun-haters: treaty to easy Liberals: treaty to hard Hyphenated Am's: Treaty hurt home country Irish Am's: Britain was given to much world power | |
| 607592949 | Tradegy | Wilson collapsed in Colorado and a stroke paralyzes half of his body | |
| 607592950 | Henry Cabot Lodge's modifications | made the 14 reservations to the Treaty of Versailles approved in the Senate, he wanted to protect the Monroe Doctrine - Congress has the right to help a nation not - Wilson and Lodge never agreed and the treaty nor the League of Nations was passed due to stubborn-ness | |
| 607592951 | Solemn Referendum | Wilson's belief that the next election/pres. would determine the Treaty of Versaille | |
| 607592952 | Warren G. Harding | Rep. candidate wins by a large majority | |
| 607592953 | Calvin Coolidge | Rep. v.p. candidate "Am wanted a break from wilsonian high mindedness and just return to normalcy" | |
| 607592954 | James M. Cox | Ohio governer, Demo. Candidate | |
| 607592955 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | v.p. candidate | |
| 607592956 | Eugene V. Debs | Socialist candidate got nearly 1mill votes, scared ppl of communism growth in the US | |
| 607592957 | Irony | WW1 named the war to end all wars, but led to WW2 biggest war ever, Am went to isolationism | |
| 607592958 | France | built up their military | |
| 607592959 | Germany's punishment | let Hitler spread his ideas and re-arm Germany |
