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WW1
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Undergraduate 1
10/31/2012

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Committee on Public Information
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Propoganda department, President Wilson, to convince people to support WW1
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Triple Alliance or Central Powers
Definition
Germany, Austro-Hungary, Italy
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Triple Entente
Definition
Great Britain, France & Russia
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Dollar Diplomacy
Definition
Invest in less developed countries
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Open Door to Asia
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Keep trade routes open to Asia, especially China
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Great White Fleet
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Ships sent to Japan over Manchuria, China problem
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Roosevelt Corollary
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addition to Monroe Doctrine where U.S. can intervene in latin america and south america if there is a threat
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Zimmerman Telegram
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Telegram from Germany to Mexico asking them to join Germany against U.S. to gain Mexico's land back
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Selective Service Act
Definition
3 million men drafted (forced) to join Army
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Rosie the riveter
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women working in male jobs during war
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Dollar a Year Men
Definition
business men who took leave from their companies to work for gov't for little money
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War Industries Board
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Board to plan military supplies from factories to transporting
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National War Labor Board
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Increased labor rights so they wouldn't strike during the war
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Espionage Act
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Anyone giving information to enemy is criminal
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Sedition & Sabotage Act
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Cannot write or say anything against President, gov't or war
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Treaty of Versailles
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Ended WW1. Made Central Powers responsible for war and they had to pay for it. League of Nations formed
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Great Migration
Definition
Blacks moved up north to help work in factories during WW1
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Red Scare
Definition
countries scared of Soviet Union aim to spread communism in world
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Harlem Renaissance
Definition
books and poems about injustice against blacks
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Eugene Debs
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Head of socialist party who told men to avoid the draft. Received jail sentence
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United Railway Association
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All railroads controled by this government agency so that fuel, coal and supplies could get places faster during War
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War Finance Corporation
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Gave financial support to industries essential for war
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George Creel
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Head of CPI
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand
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head of Austro-Hungarian empire who was murdered in Sarajevo, Bosnia.
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Selective Service Act
Definition
U.S. drafted 3 million soldiers for WW1
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Schneck versus U.S.
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Supreme Court Case asking to not draft men for war
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ComIntern
Definition
Communist international - want to spread communism to rest of world
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