A list of terms, acts, policies, and more from Chapter 30 of the American Pageant 13th Edition APUSH textbook.
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| 892540780 | Wilson's "Fourteen Points" Address | A set of idealistic goals for peace that included the following: No more secret treaties. Freedom of the seas was to be maintained. A removal of economic barriers among nations. Reduction of armament burdens. Adjustment of colonial claims in the interests of natives and colonizers. "Self-determination," or independence for oppressed minority groups who'd choose their government A League of Nations, an international organization that would keep the peace and settle world disputes. | 0 | |
| 892540781 | Committee on Public Information | Headed by George Creel, was created to "sell" the war to those people who were against it or to just gain support for it. | 1 | |
| 892540782 | Espionage Act of 1917 | Intended to prohibit interference with military operations or recruitment, to prevent insubordination in the military, and to prevent the support of U.S. enemies during wartime. | 2 | |
| 892540783 | Sedition Act of 1918 | Made it a crime to "willfully utter, print, write, or publish any disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language about the form of the Government of the United States" or to "willfully urge, incite, or advocate any curtailment of the production" of the things "necessary or essential to the prosecution of the war." | 3 | |
| 892540784 | National War Labor Board | Headed by former president William Taft, settled any possible labor difficulties that might hamper the war efforts. | 4 | |
| 892540785 | Sheppard-Towner Maternity Act of 1921 | Federally financed instruction in maternal and infant health care. | 5 | |
| 892540786 | Self-Sacrifice in Mobilization | Herbert Hoover spurned ration cards in favor of voluntary "Meatless Tuesdays" and "Wheatless Wednesdays." These led to voluntary events such as "heatless Mondays," "lightless nights," and "gasless Sundays" This encouraged people to sacrifice some of their own goods for the war. | 6 | |
| 892540787 | Doughboy | A US infantryman. Especially used in World War I. | 7 | |
| 892540788 | Second Battle of the Marne | The Allies pushed Germany back some more, marking a German withdrawal that was never again effectively reversed. | 8 | |
| 892540789 | General John J. Pershing | Led the American front during World War I. | 9 | |
| 892540790 | Sgt. Alvin C. York | Became a hero during the Meuse-Argonne attack when he single-handedly killed 20 Germans and captured 132 more. | 10 | |
| 892540791 | Armistice Day (Veteran's Day) | At the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, the Germans laid down their arms in armistice after overthrowing their Kaiser in hopes that they could get a peace based on the Fourteen Points. | 11 | |
| 892540792 | Paris Conference of 1919 | The Big Four—Vittorio Orlando (Italy), Georges Clemenceau (France), David Lloyd George (Britain), and Wilson (U.S.)—basically dictated the terms of the treaty (of Versailles). Britain and France wanted to punish Germany, Italy wanted money, the U.S. wanted to heal wounds through Wilson's League of Nations. Britain and France agreed to go along with the League, while Wilson reluctantly agreed to go along with punishment. | 12 | |
| 892540793 | War Guilt Clause | It formally placed blame on Germany, and also charged Germany for the costs of war, $33 billion. | 13 | |
| 892540794 | Treaty of Versailles | Forced upon Germany under the threat that if it didn't sign the treaty, war would resume. The Germans were incensed at the fact that Wilson compromised to get his League of Nations, and cried betrayal. Wilson knew this treaty was inadequate, and was not at all happy about it. The treaty was defeated on November 19, 1919. | 14 | |
| 892540795 | 14 Reservations of the Treaty of Versailles | Sought to safeguard American sovereignty. Congress was especially concerned with Article X, which morally bound the U.S. to aid any member of the League of Nations that was victimized by aggression, for Congress wanted to preserve its war-declaring power. | 15 | |
| 892540796 | The "Solemn Referendum" of 1920 | The Republican Party devised a clever platform that would appeal to pro-League and anti-League factions of the party, and they chose Warren G. Harding as their candidate with Calvin Coolidge as the vice presidential candidate. The Democrats chose James M. Cox and Franklin D. Roosevelt as VP, and they also supported a League of Nations, but not necessarily the League of Nations. | 16 | |
| 892540797 | U.S. Isolationism | Doomed the Treaty of Versailles and indirectly led to World War II. | 17 |
