The US And WWI Flashcards
War Industries Board
Regulated American industries during WWI
Attempted to stimulate war production by allocating raw materials to factories tat aided the war effort
Headed by Bernard Baruch
Est. “fuelless Mondays” and “gassless Sundays”
American Expeditionary Force
A,Erica’s force that landed in France in 1917 under Gen. Pershing
Both women and blacks served in the army but there was still segregation
Over 1mil sent to Meuse-Argonne Offensive to cut off German supply lines
MVP heroes: Rickenbacker and York
Committee of Public Info.
Agency est. during WWI whose mission was to spread pro-Allied propaganda through the press
Aided war effort
Portrayed beast-like Huns
Targeted foreigners in America
14 Points
Plan for the postwar world that Woodrow Wilson brought to the Paris Peace Conference
Proposed open peace treaties, freedom of the seas,arms reductions, and a League of Nations
Britain and France only supported the League of Nations that was overwhelmingly opposed by the US Congress and public
Called for the break up of the ottoman empires
League of Nations
World body proposed in Wilson’s 14th point
Est. but didn’t include Germany, USSR, or the US (because the senate never agreed to it)
Relatively ineffective
Opposed by American irreconcilables bad reservationists (led by Henry Cabot Lodge)
Allied powers
France, USSR, Britain, and then the US after German u-boats sunk one too many american ships (Lusitania)
Central Powers
Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy
National Security League
Psychologically prepared Americans for war through patriotism
Headed by George Creel
Insisted on literacy test for all immigrants
Banned on German related traditions and trademarks
Sussex Pledge
German promise not o sink any more neutral american ships (after the Lusitania)
When broken US entered the more with a large amount of accumulated public support
Zimmerman Telegram
German note to Mexico intercepted by American Arthur Zimmerman asking for aid
Promised Mexico Texas, NM, & AZ
Increased American support for war
Battle of Chateau-Thierry
MVP American battle that prevented Germans from crossing the Marne and advancing to Paris
Liberty Bonds
Supported the war effort
Promo.ed by Charlie Chaplin
Great migration
Movement of blacks from the south to the north to work in factories during WWI
King-Crane Commision
Authorized by the Paris Peace Commission
Organized potential land in the Middle East for imperial powers after WWI
Treaty of Versailles
Brutal reconstruction for Germany
Possibly responsible for WWII
Rejected Wilson’s points for peace
