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45 Cards in this Set
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Leader of the War Industries Board
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Bernard Baruch
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Leader of the National War Labor Board
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Taft
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Leader of the Food Administration
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Hoover
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Leader of the Committee on Public Information
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Creel
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Proposed alliance between Germany and Mexico
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Zimmerman Note
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When did Wilson declare war?
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after the Zimmerman Note and after 4 more unarmed merchant ships were sunk by Germany
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3 main causes of the war
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Zimmermann Note, Germany declares unrestricted submarine warfare, Bolshevik Revolution
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When did Wilson break diplomatic relations with Germany?
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when Germany announced it would resume unrestricted submarine warfare in the Atlantic
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What paves the way for the US to be allies with Russia?
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Russian Revolution - when the last czar of Russia is overthrown
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Encouraged people to spy on their neighbors
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volunteer liberty leagues
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What was Wilson's 14 points primarily?
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a peace program
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14th point
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League of Nations - an international organization that Wilson dreamed would provide a system of collective security
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Civil liberties denied under the...
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Espionage and Sedition Acts
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Upheld the constitutionality of the Espionage Act
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Schenck v US
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Concluded that the right of free speech could be limited when it presented a "clear and present danger"
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Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes
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Secretary of War
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Baker
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Declared that all men between the ages of 21 and 30 had to register for the draft (raised to 18 and 45)
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Selective Service Act
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The government took over the...
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Railroads
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Shipbuilding problem
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Started too late to make a real impact; 1/2 of the troops sent to Europe on foreign ships
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Created by Wilson to study problems of economic mobilization, increased the size of the army, and created a shipbuilding program.
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Civilian Council of National Defense
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Had the worst working conditions in the country
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the IWW (Industrial Workers of the World)
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Its membership almost doubled by the end of the war
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AF of L
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Greatest strike in American history was for the ____ industry
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Steel
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Led the National Woman's Party, which protested the war
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Alice Paul
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Women's group that supported the war
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National American Woman Suffrage Association
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19th Amendment - 1920
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Women's right to vote
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Provided federally financed instruction in maternal and infant health care
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Sheppard-Towner Maternity Act
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18th amendment - 1919
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Prohibition
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Reasons for Russia's withdrawal
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Shortage of supplies, Bolshevik Revolution, Czar Nicholas overthrown
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First American troops arrived in France.....
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1 year after Congress declared war
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Allied forces commander
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Foch
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1st significant engagement of American troops in the war
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Chateau-Thierry - 30,000 troops tried to prevent Germany from taking Paris
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Beginning of the German withdrawal
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2nd Battle of the Marne
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Meuse Argonne Offensive took on by...
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Pershing
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German emperor fled to...
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Holland
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Most important battle of WWI
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Meuse-Argonne Offensive
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Big Four
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Wilson - US
George - Britain Clemenceau - France Orlando - Italy |
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European powers wanted ___ for Germany
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Punishment
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How Europeans felt about Wilson's ideas
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They didn't embrace them - he might ruin their imperialistic plans
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Versailles Treaty placed blame on
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Germany
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Article X of the Versailles Treaty
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Called for the League of Nations
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14 Reservations
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Lodge
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Opposed the League of Nations
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Irreconcilables
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Irreconcilables led by
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Johnson and Borah
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Election of 1920
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R: Harding, VP Coolidge
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