World War I, 1914-1918 Flashcards
What two nations did the US create economic links with?
Britain and France
How did economic links with Britain and France benefit the US?
It increased trade.
What were the causes for US entry intro World War I?
1) Unrestricted submarine warfare
2) Germany continued sinking US ships
3) Zimmerman Telegram
How did the US raise revenues for war?
1) Sale of bonds
2) Expansion of the money supply
3) Taxes under the 16th amendment
4) Taxes on cooperation
What did the National War Labor Board achieve?
1) 8 hour work day
2) Equal pay for women
3) Right of workers to unionize and bargain collectively
4) Overtime pay for workers
5) Union membership rose
What did the case of Schenck vs US involve?
Governments concern about criticism
What was a consequence of the Sedition Act?
Rights of free speech were taken away.
African Americans
- Most were drafters
- Returned from war to find discrimination/race riots
Why was prohibition desired?
1) Drinking beer was unpatriotic
2) Alcohol wasted grain
What did the Seneca Falls of 1848 achieve?
19th Amendment, women’s suffrage
Where did African Americans and Mexicans migrate to? Why?
Migrated North to work in factories, “The Great Migration”
What was the US’s lasting legacy?
US became a modern bureaucratic states
What did the Fourteen Points suggest?
A League of Nations (became center of debate in the senate)
Who rejected the Treaty of Versailles?
1) Irreconcilables (no US involvement in Europe)
2) Henry Cabot Lodge
What were some traits of the Red Scare?
1) Palmer Raids
2) Sacco-Vanzetti case
3) Jailing suspected anarchists without trial
4) Soviet ark
