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26 Cards in this Set
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American Expeditionary Force |
The American army sent to Europe to aid Britain and France after the United States entered World War 1 |
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Belleau Wood |
World War 1 battle, lasting from June 6 to July 1, 1918, in which U.S. Marines helped stop a German offensive |
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Central Powers |
An alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria |
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Battle of Chateau-Thierry |
One of the first major battles of World War 1 involving American troops |
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Committee on Public Information |
Created by Woodrow Wilson during World War 1 to mobilize public opinion for the war |
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Convoy System |
Merchant ships traveling together were protected by American warships that guarded them from German U-boats |
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Espionage Act |
World War 1-era law passed in 1917 made it illegal to obstruct the draft process in any way |
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Fourteen Points |
Woodrow Wilson's view of a post-World War 1 world that he hoped the other Allied powers would endorse |
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Great Migration |
Large numbers of Southern blacks moved to Midwestern and Eastern industrial cities beginning with World War 1 and continuing into the 1920s |
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"Hun" |
Term used in allied propaganda to depict the German soldier |
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"Irreconcilables" |
After World War 1, this group of U.S. senators was opposed to a continued American presence in Europe in any form |
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King-Crane Commission |
American commission that went to the Middle East after World War 1 to discover what political future it's residents desired |
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League of Nations |
International body of nations that was proposed by Woodrow Wilson and was adopted at the Versailles Peace Treaty ending World War 1 |
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Lever Food and Fuel Control Act |
August 1917 measure that gave President Wilson the power to regulate the production and consumption of food and fuels during wartime |
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Liberty Bonds |
Sold to United States civilians during World War 1 |
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Lusitania |
British liner sunk off the coast of Ireland by a German U-boat on May 7, 1915 |
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Meuse-Argonne Offensive |
Last major American offensive of World War 1 |
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National Security League |
Founded in 1914 and preached patriotism and preparation for war |
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Punitive Expedition |
Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa raided Columbus, New Mexico, on March 9, 1916, because of American support for the Mexican government |
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"Reservationists" |
Group in the United States Senate led by Henry Cabot Lodge that was opposed to sections of the Versailles Treaty |
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Sedition Act |
1918 act which stated that it was illegal to criticize the government, the Constitution, the U.S. Army, or the U.S. Navy |
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Sussex Pledge |
After a German U-boat sank the French liner Sussex in March 1916, injuring six Americans, President Wilson demanded that Germany refrain from attacking passenger ships |
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Unrestricted Submarine Warfare |
In early 1917. Germany announced that U-boats would attack all ships attempting to land at British or French ports |
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War Industries Board |
Authorized in 1917, this board was to mobilize American industries for the war effort |
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Woodrow Wilson |
Led the United States into World War 1 |
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Zimmermann Telegram |
In January 1917, the German foreign minister sent a telegram to Mexico suggesting that the Mexican army should join forces with Germany against the United States and reclaim the American Southwest |
