history chapter 21
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 archduke ferdinand | heir to the Austro-hungry throne. He was shot by a serb and his death resulted in WWI |
| Wilheim | made antagonistic statements to make the US think of Germany as a militaristic man. He invaded neutral Belgium calling the neutrality treaty as nothing but a piece of paper. |
| U-boats | german submarines |
| Lusitania | British luxury liner that was torpedoed without warning off the coast of Ireland by a German U-boat. Some American died. It appeared to be neutral, but was actually carrying ammunition |
| Arabic pledge | made by germany, promising not to sink unarmed liners |
| sussex pledge | made by germany, promising to abide by the rules of visit and search |
| hughes | chosen by the republicans in the election of 1916. |
| 14 points | a noble list that applied to the 1900s ideals of the nations foundrs. Secret treaties would be abolished and "open covenants openly arrived at." Freedom of the seas would be restored, National boards adjusted to give people freedome, and a League of Nations would be formed to preserve peace and justic. |
| Pershing | an American general, led hald a million soldiers against the Germans on the Southern front |
| AEP | they were sent out into the action. They fought bravely at Belleau Wood and Vaux near Chateau-Thierry |
| armistance | the war ended with this on november 11, 1918 |
| Selective service act | a law required all men between the ages of 21 and 31 to register for military services |
| Liberty loans | the government used these and victory loans to pay the huge expenses of the war |
| war industries board | their job was to decide what goods should be produced. It could also set prices for governement purchases of supplies |
| baruch | for 2 years was the economic dictator of the country. Under his direction, the WIB doon gained control of the industry war efforts |
| hoover | headed the council of defense. he was in charge of the food administration |
| national war labor board | a board created to arbitrate labor disputes |
| committee on public information | created by president wilson to try and get people to join the war and buy war bonds by using propaganda |
| creel | a journalist appointed chairman, assigned to sell the war to america |
| espionage act | gave the president power of censorship. It enacted heavy penalties against anyone who handed out information about any place connected with the national defense |
| trading with the enemy act | obliged any newspaper printed here in a foreign language to furnish the postmaster general with english translations of everything it published about the war |
| sedition act | imposed penalties on anyone who used "disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive" language about the US government, flag, or uniform |
| David lloyd george | prime minister of great britian, big 4 |
| clemenceau | premier of france, big 4 |
| orlando | premier of italy, big 4 |
| reparations | payments the allies demanded from the germans to "repair" all the war damages |
| borah | idaho senator who wanted to stay independent and then support whatever measures seemed best. He believed the US should be independent of other countries and oppossed the Leauge of Nations |
| lodge | he was chairman of the senate committee on foreign relationships during ww1. He distrusted Wilson and the League |
| harding | a weak, likable republican candidate in the election of 1920. He oppossd the League but wanted some sort of "association of nations." He was chosen |
| c | the spark that began wwI was ignited in a. the northern atlantic b. northeastern europe c. southeastern europe d. vienna |
| d | all the following explain the outbreak of wwi in europe EXCEPT a.nationalsim b. imperialism c. militarism d. industrialism |
| c | of the following, all are main reasons why the us entered wwi EXCEPT a. unrestructed sub warfare by germany b. financioal ties between america and the allies c. american fears that germany would help mexico d. wilsons belief that the world must be made safe for democracy |
| c | paris was defended and saved from the germans by a. american peacekeeping force b. league of nations army c. aef d. american/british military corps |
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