American Pagent Chapter 30 Terms Flashcards

3908578491	"peace without victory"	Wilson's appeal to all the belligerents in January 1917, just before the Germans resumed submarine warfare.	0
3908585471	Zimmerman vote	Message that contained a German proposal to Mexico for an anti-American alliance.	1
3908592483	Fourteen Points	Wilson's idealistic statement of America war aims in January 1918 that inspired the Allies and demoralized their enemies.	2
3908607083	Committee of Public Information (CPI)	American government propaganda agency that aroused zeal for Wilson's ideals and whipped up hatred for the kaiser.	3
3908617062	Industrial Workers of the World (IWWs)	Radical antiwar labor union whose members were prosecuted under the Espionage and Sedition Act.	4
3908625633	War Industries Board	Weak federal agency designed to organize and coordinate U.S. industrial production for the war effort.	5
3908638442	Nineteenth Amendment	Constitutional provision endorsed by Wilson as a war measure whose ratification achieved a long-sought goal for American women.	6
3908651025	Liberty Loans	Treasury Department bond-selling drives that raised about $21 billion to finance the American war effort.	7
3908658610	Big Four	The nations that dominated the Paris Peace Conference--namely, Britain, France, Italy, and the United States.	8
3908665134	League of Nations	Wilson's proposed international body that constituted the key provision of the Versailles treaty.	9
3908674445	Treaty of Versailles	Controversial peace agreement that compromised many of Wilson's Fourteen Points but retained his League.	10
3908693166	Foreign Relations Committee	Senatorial committee whose chairman used delaying tactics and hostile testimony to develop opposition to Wilson's treaty and League of Nations	11
3908709002	Irreconciables	A hard core of isolationist senators who bitterly opposed any sort of league; also called the "Battalion of Death".	12
3908719753	Lodge reservations	Amendments to the proposed Treaty of Versailles, sponsored by Wilson's hated senatorial opponent, that attempted to guarantee America's sovereign rights in relation to the League of Nations.	13
3908742322	"Solemn Referendum"	Wilson's belief that the presidential election of 1920 should constitute a direct popular vote on the League of Nations	14
3908748546	George Creel	Head of the American propaganda agency that mobilized public opinion for World War I.	15
3908755225	Eugene V. Debs	Socialist leader who won nearly a million votes as a presidential candidate while in federal prison for antiwar activities.	16
3908763357	Bernard Baruch	Head of the War Industrial Board, which attempted to impose some order on U.S. war production.	17
3908771545	Herbert Hoover	Head of the Food Administration who pioneered successful voluntary mobilization methods.	18
3908779406	John J. Pershing	Commander of the overseas American Expeditionary Force in World War I.	19
3908785535	Alice Paul	Leader of the pacifist National Women's Party who opposed U.S. involvement in World War I.	20
3908792084	Meuse-Argonne	Climactic final battle of World War I.	21
3908797281	Kaiser Wilhelm II	Hated leader of America's enemy in World War I.	22
3908801985	Woodrow Wilson	Inspirational leader of the Western world in wartime who later stumbled as a peacemaker.	23
3908806961	Henry Cabot Lodge	Wilson's great senatorial antagonist who fought to keep America out of the League of Nations.	24
3908816203	Georges Clemenceau	The "tiger" of France, whose drive for security forced Wilson to compromise at Versailles.	25
3908860720	William Borah	Senatorial leader of the isolationist "irreconcilables" who absolutely opposed all American involvement in Europe.	26
3908869334	James Cox	Defeated Democratic presidential candidate in the election of 1920.	27
3908880441	Calvin Coolidge	Massachusetts governor and Warren G. Harding's vice presidential running mate in the election of 1920.	28
3908890916	Warren G. Harding	Folksy OHIO senator whose 1920 presidential victory ended the last hopes for the U.S. participation in the League of Nations.	29