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U.S. History Chapter 7 Study Guide

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Lusitania
A British passenger ship that was sunk by a German U-Boat on May 7, 1915. 128 Americans died. The sinking greatly turned American opinion against the Germans, helping the move towards entering the war.
War Industries Board
Agency established during WWI to increase efficiency & discourage waste in war-related industries.
Contraband
smuggled goods, prohibited goods
Propaganda
Ideas spread to influence public opinion for or against a cause.
Espionage
the act of spying, especially a government spy obtaining secrets of another government
Vladimir Lenin
Russian founder of the Bolsheviks and leader of the Russian Revolution and first head of the USSR (1870-1924).
Liberty Bonds
Where people bought bonds so the government could get that money now for war. The bonds increased in interest over time.
4 minute men
Supporters of the war who urged audiences to support the war by giving 4 minute speeches
1-5: The War Industries Board worked closely with [...]
Production of war materials.
1-5: The Red Scare was a nationwide panic that arose from [...]
the fear that Communists might seize power in the united states.
1-5: In the aftermath of World War 1, unions in Seattle [...]
Organized a general strike (Seattle General Strike of 1919)
1-5: To help prevent strikes from disrupting the war effort, the government established [...]
The National War Labor Board in April 1918
1-5: The need for women to work in factories during World War 1 began a trend toward women working outside the home that [...] after the war.
declined
1-5: A new government agency, the committee on Public Information, had the task of [...]
selling the war to the American people.
1-5: To help fund the war effort, congress [...]
raised income tax rates.
1-5: After the war, people raced to buy goods that had been rationed, while businesses rapidly raised prices they had been forced to keep low during the war. This resulted in rapid [...]
inflation.
[...]'s sentiments of returning to normalcy struck a chord with voters, and he won the election of 1920 with a landslide margin.
Warren Harding
6: Who walked off the job in Boston in what was perhaps the most famous strike of 1919?
The police force.
7: What was used to defend soldiers against the use of mustard gas and chlorine bombs during World War 1?
Gas masks.
8: In addition to the soldiers returning from Europe who needed to find employment, many African Americans who had moved north were competing for jobs and housing, which resulted in [...]
race riots.
9: Americans often linked radicalism with [...]
immigrants.
10: In the case Scheck v. United States, the supreme court ruled that [...]
freedom of speech could be curbed in wartime.
11: The organization that eventually became the Federal Bureau of Investigations was originally formed to [...]
raid radical headquarters looking for evidence of a Communist conspiracy.
12: In November 1917, Vladimir Lenin's Bolshevik Party seized power in Russia and established a [...]
Communist government.
13: Great Migration
movement of over 300,000 African American from the rural south into Northern cities between 1914 and 1920 looking for economic opportunity.
14: During World War 1, women officially served in the armed forces for the first time in [...]
clerical and nursing positions.
15: The event that touched off the first declaration of war in World War 1 was [...]
the assassination of the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary
16: National War Labor Board
A board that negotiated labor disputes and gave workers what they wanted to prevent strikes that would disrupt the war
17: Realizing a draft was necessary, Congress created a new system of conscription called [...]
Selective Service
18: What two new forms of warfare were introduced during World War 1?
Aerial combat and gas attacks.
19: What position did women serve in the war?
Medical and clerical positions.
20: Perhaps the most successful government agency during this time was the Food Administration, which was run by [...]
Herbert Hoover.
21: One of the largest strikes in American History began when steel workers went on strike for recognition of their union, higher pay, and [...]
shorter hours.
22: What was the Selective Service Act?
Law passed by Congress in 1917 that required all men from ages 21 to 30 to register for the military draft
23: In World War 1, the Central Powers included [...]
Germany and Austria-Hungary
25: The Triple Entente included [...]
Britain, France, and Russia.
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