US @ War Vocab

Question 1

Selective Service Act

Answer 1

brought back the draft

Question 2

Espionage and Sedition Acts

Answer 2

made anti-President and anti-war speech illegal

Question 3

Shneck vs US

Answer 3

Court case for Charles Shneck who was charged under the Espionage Act after criticizing the draft. This case stated that the government can outlaw free speech if it’s a danger to the public

Question 4

Eugene Debs

Answer 4

a strong advocate of legislative restrictions on child labor, socialist, and went to jail under the Espionage and Sedition Acts. He ran for president in jail

Question 5

What is the WIS?

Answer 5

Women in Service, a government organization that encouraged women to work during the war

Question 6

What is the WIB?

Answer 6

War Industry Board, an organization lead by Herbert Hoover that helped ration food for USA citizens.

Question 7

What was the National War Labor Board?

Answer 7

An organization to help settle labor disputes during the war

Question 8

Who was Samuel Gompers?

Answer 8

Leader of the National War Labor Board and American Federation of Labor, one of the first Unions

Question 9

What was the name of the party who seized Russia in the October Revolution of 1917 and was renamed to the Communist Party.

Answer 9

Bolsheviks

Question 10

What treaty was signed between Russia and the Central Powers after Lenin took to power that kicked them out of the war?

Answer 10

Treaty of Brent-Litovsk

Question 11

What were the name of bonds that paid for the war?

Answer 11

Victory bonds

Question 12

Who were the leaders at Versailles?

Answer 12

Orlando, Clemenceau, Lloyd-George, and Wilson

Question 13

What was Wilson’s peace plan?

Answer 13

14 points

Question 14

What was France’s opinion of Wilson’s peace plan?

Answer 14

They didn’t like it, and they gave it to Germany, which angered France more

Question 15

What is Self-Determination?

Answer 15

the idea that people should live in a country that represents them

Question 16

What is the League of Nations?

Answer 16

an international organization committed to keeping world peace

Question 17

Who is Henry Cabot Lodge and what did he do?

Answer 17

Lodge is Republican senator who offered Wilson “Lodge Reservations” to pass Versailles, which Wilson refused

Question 18

What were the Lodge Reservations?

Answer 18

Two statements meant to benefit the Senate in Wilson’s plan: the US Senate would still be in charge of foreign diplomacy and the US wouldn’t bound to League decisions

Question 19

What was the Spanish Flu?

Answer 19

a 1918 strain of the flu that affected everyone but was ignored by every country as the war was going on except for Spain

Question 20

What was the generation who went through the war and Spanish Flu called?

Answer 20

The Lost Generation

Question 21

What was Wilson’s campaign slogan in 1916?

Answer 21

“He kept us out of war”

Question 22

What was the reasons for the United States entering the war?

Answer 22

Zimmerman Note, new immigrants, Germany breaking the Sussex Pledge, and American banks loaning to the British

Question 23

What reason was given for the United States entering the war in the declaration?

Answer 23

“Make the world safe or democracy”

Question 24

Which group of people were suddenly looked at as heroes?

Answer 24

Farmers

Question 25

How did WWI help get the 19th Amendment passed?

Answer 25

Women took over many jobs during WWI

Question 26

How many men did the USA contribute to the war?

Answer 26

Almost one million