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Chapter 21
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11th Grade
03/16/2012

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Liberty Loan
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Method by which the US raised funds to pay for the war
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Henry Ford
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American industrialist who sent a "peace ship" to Europe to end the war
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George Creel
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As head of the Committee of Public Information, he sold the war to America
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Pacifist
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person who opposed the war
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Henry Cabot Lodge
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He and William Borah headed Senate opposition to the US joining the LEague of NAtions
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Lusitania
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British liner sunk by Germany without warning
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William J. Bryan
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Wilson's Secretary of State who was strongly opposed to the war
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Fourteen Points
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Wilson's proposal for the peace treaty after WWI
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Zimmerman Note
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British intercepted this message from Germany proposing an alliance with Mexico
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As a Militaristic Nation
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Because of statements by Kaiser Wilhelm, many Americans came to see Germany as what?
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Developement of weapons, to that point
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World War I was the bloodiest war in history because of what?
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Gave the President power to censor
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The Espionage Act of 1917 gave the President the power to what?
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German submarines were sinking ships faster than they could be replaced
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"They will win, unless we can stop these losses - and stop them soon" referred to what?
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Blind-folded officials drew names out of a bowl
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Out of the new entries in the Selective Service, how was it decided that individuals had to serve?
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Sarajevo
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The spark that began World War I was ignited where?
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Francis Ferdinand
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World War I was precipitated by the assassination of whom?
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Patriotism
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After the war, women were asked to leave theri jobs for men as an act of what?
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Labor shortages existed and wages declined
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As a result of the war, what happened?
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Great Britain, France, Italy, and the United States
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The Big Four included whom?
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Made the decision to appeal directly to the people
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When the Senate refused to ratify the Treaty of Versailles, Wilson did what?
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Entered Selective Service, joined the nurse corp, took men's jobs
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In the mobilization effort, women did what three things?
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Fourteen Points
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Wilson's 1918 program for the future of the world came to be known as what?
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War Zone
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On February 4, 1915, the Germans declared the waters around the British Isles what?
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Meddling in European affairs
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The major reason for American opposition to the League of Nations was what?
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sense of isolation and exposure to poison gas
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Soldiers who fought in the trenches often suffred from what 2 things?
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based on Wilson's high-minded Fourteen Points
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When the Germans agreed to the armistice in November 1918, they believed that the peace woudl be generous because of what?
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Solemn National Referendum
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To Wilson, the election of 1920 was what?
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Speech, Press, and Religion
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What three freedoms were curtailed during the war?
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John J. Pershing
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On the Southern front, the American advacne against Germany was led by whom?
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Refuse to deliver mail to anyone who, in his opinion, was using the postal service in violation
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The Sedition Act of 1918 allowed the Postmaster General to do what?
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Meddling in European affairs
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What did American fear most in Wilson's peace plan
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War Industries
Definition
In mobilization effort, decisions about what goods should be produced were made by what board?
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Armistice on November 11, 1918
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The bloodiest war yet in histroy - A first World War ended with what?
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Amount of reparations Germany was assessed
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Which provision of the Treaty of Versailles created the most bitterness in Germany after World War I?
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Americans
Definition
Paris was defended and saved from the German's by whom?
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"He kept us out of war"
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Woodrow Wilson was able to win a second term with what slogan?
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Austria- Hungary war against Serbia
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The first declaration of war involved whom?
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required all men between 21-31 to registered for military service
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The Selective Service Act of 1917 provided for what?
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1. Immigrants from Germany
2. Irish loved to see anyone fight the British
3.
Definition
America tended to favor the Allies because of what 3 things?
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Nationalist
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person with strong loyalty to his country and advocates its independence
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