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APUSH Chapter 31
APUSH 2014/2015
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| George Creel | leader of the Committee of Public Information; his job was to sell Americans on the notion of WWI |
| Eugene V. Debs | socialist who was convicted by the Espionage Act of 1917 |
| Bernard Baruch | appointed by Wilson to head the War Industries Board in order to impose order on economic confusion |
| Herbert Hoover | led the Food Administration during WWI; established Meatless Tuesdays and Wheatless Wednesdays |
| Alice Paul | leader of the National Woman's Party, which opposed the war |
| Henry Cabot Lodge | leader in the fight against the League of Nations; opposed the Treaty of Versailles |
| self-determination | belief that people in a certain territory should have the ability to choose their own government |
| collective security | agreement by a group of nations to defend one another in the case of an attack on a member |
| conscription | compulsory military service |
| Zimmermann Note | Arthur Zimmermann proposed a German alliance with Mexico, who was unstable at the time; infuriated Americans |
| Fourteen Points | Wilson's peace program to end WWI; intended to reach liberal leaders of the Central Powers in an appeal for peace; gave Wilson a position of leadership amongst the allies |
| League of Nations | Wilson's ultimate goal of peace negotiations; an international organization led by Wilson to provide a system of collective security |
| Espionage and Sedition Acts | 1917 and 1918; imposed harsh penalties on anyone interfering with or speaking against US involvement in WWI |
| Schneck v. United States | 1919; argued that freedom of speech could be revoked when such speech posed a danger to the nation |
| Industrial Workers of the World | union made up of the victims of bad working conditions |
| War Industries Board | led by Bernard Baruchto; created in order to impose order on economic confusion; never had much power |
| 19th Amendment | passed in 1920; gave all women the right to vote |
| 18th Amendment | passed in 1919; prohibited the sale, production, and consumption of alcohol |
| doughboys | a nickname for inexperienced and young American soldiers during WWI |
| Big Four | lead negotiators of the Treaty of Versailles; Wilson of America,Vittorio Orlando of Italy, David Lloyd George of Britain, and Georges Clemenceau of France |
| irreconcilables | senators who voted against the League of Nations |
| Treaty of Versailles | treaty imposed on Germany by the Allies at the end of WWI; demanded reparations from the Germans |