Chapter 22 World War I Flashcards
What was the critical cause of the Great War?
a complex and vulnerable system of secret Alliances between European nations
What was the immediate cause for America’s direct involvement in the war?
Germany’s resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare
The American war effort reflected the concepts of what reform group?
progressives
What did the eighteenth Amendment do?
gave Congress the authority to enact prohibition
In 1917, the Bolshevik Revolution brought who to power in Russia?
radical Marxist
Warren G. Harding’s idea of a “return to normalcy” repudiated whose ideas?
Woodrow Wilson
What was the treaty signed by the US and Panama that established the Panama Canal Zone?
HayBunau-Varilla Treaty
Who did the Gentlemen’s Agreement help integrate in schools?
Japanese students
What is the name for the use of economic control in order to maintain foreign policy?
dollar diplomacy
What conference helped end the Russo-Japan war?
Portsmouth Conference
Who are the ABC powers who negotiated a deal for peace with Mexico?
Argentina, Brazil, and Chili
What nations were originally in the Triple Alliance?
Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire
What nations were originally in the Triple Entente?
Britain, France, and Russia
Who were “Hyphenated” Americans?
Americans who were of foreign birth or origin and displayed an allegiance to a foreign country
What was the name of the promise made to the U.S. from Germany instituting the policy of unrestricted submarine warfare?
Sussex Pledge
What was the name of the telegram to Mexico from Germany?
Zimmermann note
What government agency used propaganda to convince American people to accept the war?
Committee of Public Information
What key suffragist campaigned for the Nineteenth Amendment?
Carrie Chapman Catt
What did the espionage act do?(3)
it prohibited interference withmilitary operationsorrecruitment, prevented insubordination in the military, and prevented the support of U.S. enemies during wartime
What did the Sedition Act do?
extend the espionage act to remove negative opinion against the government or bonds
What Supreme Court Case involved the Espionage Act?
Schenck v. U.S.
What was the main fear behind the red scare?
communism was going to take over the US
What is the name of the American force that originally fights in Europe?
AEF, American Expeditionary Force
What U.S. Infantry consisted of some of the most decorated African American fighters?
369th U.S. infantry
What U.S. general led the AEF?
John J. Pershing
What was the finalAlliedoffensive ofWorld War Ithat stretched along the entire Western Front
Meusse-Argonne Offensive
Who were the irreconcilables?
the group of U.S. senators that refused to accept the treaty and the league of Nations
