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Zimmermann note |
German Foreign Secretary Dr Zimmerman had secretly proposed a German Mexican alliance against the United States. when the note was intercepted and published in March 1917 it cause an uproar that made some Americans more willing to enter the war. |
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Versailles Treaty of 1919 |
World War one included with this vengeful document which securities but imposed sharp turns on Germany and created a territorial mandate system to manage formal colonies of the world powers to Woodrow Wilson chagrin, it incorporated very few of this original 14 points, although it did include the League of Nations that Wilson had long sought isolationist in the United States deeply opposed to the League led the opposition of the Treaty which was never ratified by the Senate. |
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Irreconcilable |
Led by senator william Borah of Idaho and Hiram Johnson if California, this was a hard core group of militant isolationists who opposed the Wilsonian dream of international cooperation in the League of Nations after World War one .their efforts play an important part in preventing American participation in the international organization |
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League of Nations |
World Organization of national government proposed by President Woodrow Wilson and established by the Treaty of Versailles in 1919 it work to facilitate peaceful international corporation despite emotional appeals about Wilson isolation is subjected to the legal creation the major obstacle to American signing of the Treaty of Versailles |
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Meuse-Argonne offensive (1918) |
General John j. "Black Jack" Pershing let American troops in this effort to cut the German railroad lines supply in the Western Front. it was one of the few major battles that AMERICAN participated in during the entire Ward and was still underway when the war ended |
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Chateau-Thierry battle of(1918) |
The first significant engagement of American troops in World War one and indeed in any European war to wear a French soldier the American doughboy where an image of fresh and gleamy youth |
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Sheppard-Towner maternity act(1921) |
Designed to appeal to new women voters this app provided federal finance instruction in maternal and fetal health care and extended the role of government and Family Welfare |
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19th amendment (1920) |
This constitutional amendment finally passed by Congress in 1919 and ratified in 1920 gave women the right to vote over 70 years after the first organized called for women's suffrage and Seneca Falls New York |
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Industrial Workers of the world(1905) |
The IWW, also known as the "Wobbles," was a radical organization that sought to build "one bug union" and advocated industrial sabotage in defense of that goal. At its peak in 1923, it could claim 100,000 members and could gain the support 300,000. The IWW particularly appealed to migratory workers in algriculture and lumbering and to miners, all of whom suffered from horrific working conditions. |
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National war labor board(nwlb) |
(1918) this what time H&C was chaired by former presidents have a name to prevent labor dispute by encouraging high wages and an eight hour day while granny song position to labour is stopped short for supporting labors most important demand a government guarantee of the right to organize into unions |
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War Industries Board (1917) |
Headed by Bernard Baruch,this federal agency coordinated industrial production during World War I, setting production quotas, allocating raw materials, and pushing companies to increase efficiency and eliminate waste. Under the economic mobilization of the War Industries Board, industriap production in the u.s increased 20 percent during the war. |
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Schenck v. United States |
US Supreme Court decision to uphill the Espionage and Sedition Acts reasoning that freedom of speech could be crowchild when it pose of "clear to present danger" to the nation |
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Espionage act |
A law prohibiting interference with the draft and other acts of National Disability together with the Sedition Act of 1918 which added penalties for abusing the government and ride it created a climate that wasn't really into civil liberties |
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Committee on public information(1917) |
A government office during world war 1 non popularly at the crib Committee for is chairman George creel it was dedicated to Winnie everyday Americans support for the war efforts. it regular this contribute to World propaganda and sent up an army of 4 Minute Man two rally crowds and deliver "patriotic pep". |
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Fourteen point(1918) |
Woodrow Wilson proposal to ensure peace after World War one calling for an end to secret treaties ,widespread army reduction ,national self determination, and a new League of Nations |
