History ch 30 Flashcards
Why did the Germans announce that they would take up unrestricted U-Boat warfare?
After three ghastly years in the trenches, Germany’s leaders decided the dictation between combatants and noncombatants was a luxury they could no longer afford.
Why did Wilson have to “sell” the war? What was his strongest “selling point?” What were the “spiritual” ideals that Wilson used to promote support for WWI among the American people?
He had to talk to the Americans because many Americans wanted to remain neutral but Willson was going to go into WWI. The strongest selling point was the Fourteen Points Address. The spiritual deals that he used to promote was self determination and the freeing of other nations.
What was the general nature of Wilson’s Fourteen Points? Which of the fourteen was the most important to Wilson?
The general nature was to convince the American people that getting into WWI was not going to be that bad and pretty much sugarcoating what it was going to be like. The fourteenth point was the most important to Wilson.
What was the significance of Schenck v. US?
That the First Amendment was going to be violated. The case argued that freedom of speech could be revoked when such speech posed a clear and present danger to the nation.
How well prepared was the US to fight the war?
The US was not prepared to fight in WWI.
What results came from black migration to Northern cities?
Blacks were brought to the US to keep factories running. It brought interracial violence, riots, and death.
How did WWI contribute to the adoption of the 19th Amendment?
What was Hoover’s approach to providing needed goods for the troops?
How did America pay for the war?
People argued that women should have to take part in the war effort to earn a role in shaping the peace. Wilson endorsed women’s suffrage as a vitality necessary war measure. So if women have to fight in war for the country, they should be able to decide who runs the country. So the Nineteenth Amendment gives women the right to vote.
What was Hoover’s approach to providing needed goods for the troops?
Hoover had a preference for relying on voluntary compliance rather than compulsory edicts. So to save food Hoover proclaimed wheatless Wednesdays and meatless Tuesdays.
How did America pay for the war?
America raised taxes to help pay for the war.
What did the text mean by the subtitle “The Fourteen Points Disarm Germany?”
What were America’s main contributions to the Allied victory? Was the US an “arsenal of democracy?”
Why was the Republican-dominated Senate opposed to Wilson’s role in creating the treaty ending the war? Why did they later oppose the treaty?
Some contend that Wilson was the biggest reason that the Senate rejected the League of Nations and the treaty. Why would they make that argument?
How had the selling of WWI made Wilson’s proposed settlement of the war unpopular?
How did the settlement damage Wilson’s reputation?
How did the settlement of WWI set the stage for WWII?
Unrestricted submarine warfare:
sinking all ships including America’s in the war zone
Zimmerman Note (telegram):
German foreign secretary Arthur Zimmerman had secretly proposed a German-Mexican alliance against the US.
The Kaiser:
was Wilhelm II
George Creel; Committee on Public Information:
leader of the Committee on Public Information. A government office during WWI known popularly as the Creel Committee for its chairman Creel, it was dedicated to winning everyday Americans’ support for the war effort.
Espionage and Sedition Acts:
reflected current fears about Germans and antiwar Americans.
Eugene V. Debs:
was tried under the Espionage Act in 1918 reflecting current Germans and antiwar Americans.
Bernard Baruch; War Industries Board:
headed the War Industries Board. Coordinated industrial production during WWI, setting production quotas, allocating raw materials, and pushing companies to increase efficiency and eliminate waste.
Industrial Workers of the World; Bill Haywood:
Also known as the Wobblies, was a radical organization that sought to build one big union and advocated industrial sabotage in defense of that goal. Leader of Industrial Workers of the World.
