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WWI - America Flashcards

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Irreconcilables

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Members of the senate unwilling to pass the League of Nations or the Treaty of Versailles no matter what

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Lodge Reservationists

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Would have passed the LON or the TOV if Wilson had been willing to compromise, feared that passing the LON would have entangled the US in Europe

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19th Amendment

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Gives women the right to vote, a result of women’s involvement in war

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Selective Service Act

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Registered men for the draft

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League of Nations

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Aiming to unite countries and avoid war, acting as a mediator

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Espionage and Sedition Acts

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Acts that take away civil liberties, against groups with radical political ideology and hyphenated Americans

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Schneck v. United States

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States “clear and present danger,” can’t say things that threaten the safety of the United States as a whole, despite free speech

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Kellogg-Briand Pact

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attempted to outlaw war, therefore it is unenforceable

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David Lloyd George

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Prime Minister of Britain during the war

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Woodrow Wilson

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President of the United States during the war

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Henry Cabot Lodge

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Main opposition of Wilson in the Senate

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Georges Clemenceau

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Prime Minister of France during the war

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William Jennings Bryan

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Pacifist SOS, resigned and replaced with Robert Lansing

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Robert Lansing

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Replaced Bryan as SOS, encouraged Wilson to go to war

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Vladimir Lenin

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Leader of the Bolshevik Revolution, made Russia back out of the war

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John J. Pershing

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Punitive Expedition

17
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List three countries in the Allied Powers

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France, Britain, Russia

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List three countries in the Central Powers

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Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey/Ottoman Empire

19
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Describe public opinion throughout most of the war

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Americans truly wanted to stay out of the war up until the Zimmerman note was written

20
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How did the war affect the economy of the US?

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Industrial and agricultural production were at their highest, due to trade with Europe

21
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Why was the Sussex pledge created and what did Germany promise in the pledge?

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Pledge was Germany’s way of appeasing the US, said that they would not sink Allied ships without giving people the chance to get in life boats.

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What was the main reason for Wilson breaking diplomatic relations with Germany?

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Unrestricted submarine warfare

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What did Wilson mean by “make the world safe for democracy”?

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He wanted to make sure that all nations in the world were able to be a democracy

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Which groups suffered most from a violation of civil liberties?

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Hyphenated Americans, and radical groups/social outcasts

25
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Like Canada, where did most of the money to finance the war come from?

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bonds and liberty loans

26
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What was Wilson’s ultimate goal at the Paris Peace Conference?

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League of Nations

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What does CPI stand for? What role did it play throughout the war?

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Committee of Public Information, established propaganda

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Why does Wilson want to remain neutral?

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he worries that people of different ethnic backgrounds will take sides and cause fights within the US

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How were the lives of American women changing?

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During the war, lives for American women were changing because they made up the majority of the workforce on the homefront

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How were the lives of African Americans changing?

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Great Migration, African Americans leaving the South and heading North for industrial jobs, better jobs, pay, and no Jim Crow laws, effect of that is race riots in the North

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How did the midterm elections of 1918 affect the outcome of the war?

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Saw a republican stronghold within the Senate, leading to opposition to and failure to pass the LON and the TOV

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