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Great War
American Destiny Chapter 23
Question | Answer |
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What was the military alliance during WWI that mainly consisted of Britain, France, and Russia, and Italy known as? | Allied Powers |
What was the military alliance during WWI that mainly consisted of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey known as? | Central Powers |
What was the law passed in WWI making the obstruction of the nation's effort to win illegal? | Espionage Act |
Amendment passed and later ratified by Congress prohibiting states from depriving citizens of the due processes or the equal protection of the laws | Fourteen Points |
The United States refused to join this worldwide assembly of nations that was included in the Treaty of Versailles | League of Nations |
What was public hysteria over Bolshevik influence in the US after WWI leading to the mass arrests and deportations of radicals, labor activists, and ethnic leaders called? | "Red Scare" |
This law placed limitations on freedom of speech during wartime, in effect during WWI | Sedition Act |
What was the federal agency established during WWI that reorganized industry for maximum efficiency and productivity | War Industries Board (WIB) |
What is the information, that is often biased, used to promote a particular point of view known as? | Propaganda |
The telegram sent to Mexico from Germany proposing a secret alliance during WWI is called the | Zimmerman Telegram |
Who was responsible for distributing propaganda during WWI? | Committee on Public Information (CPI) |
Who was the former candidate for president that was later sentenced to 10 years in prison for giving an anti-war speech? | Eugene V. Debs |
What two amendments, one outlawing alcohol and the other granting women's suffrage, were adopted during this time period? | 18th & 19th |
During the Paris Peace Conference, Wilson, David Lloyd George, Georges Clemenceau, and Vittorio Orlando controlled the meeting. What were they known as? | The Big Four |
Which treaty came out of the Paris Peace Conference, placed the blame of causing WWI on Germany, and created the League of Nations? | Treaty of Versailles |