APUSH Chapter 33 – Flashcards

Head of the Committee on Public Information, Creel directed the flow of government propaganda on the war and faced, for the first time in the 20th century, the issues of censorship, news manipulation, and the public's "right to know," so important to the freedom of the press in a democratic society. His task was to convince a divided country of the wisdom of Wilson's decision to join the war against Germany.

He was the president and the organizer of the American Railway Union. He organized the Pullman Strike and helped organized the Social Democratic party (Socialist Party).

Henry Cabot Lodge was a Republican who disagreed with the Versailles Treaty, and who was the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He mostly disagreed with the section that called for the League to protect a member who was being threatened.

Attorney General who prosecutes many suspected Communists. He was head of the Witch hunt that was related to the red scare that occurred around the time of the Russian revolution. He jailed anyone who spoke of communism or anarchy. The people who were put in jail were treated terribly.

Leader in the women's suffrage movement in Montana and the first woman to serve in the United States House of Representatives (1880-1973).

Written by Arthur Zimmerman, a german foreign secretary. In this note he had secretly proposed a German- Mexican alliance. He tempted Mexico with the ideas of recovering Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico. The note was intercepted on March 1, 1917 by the U.S. government. This was a major factor that led the U.S into WWI.

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.

Pledges made by the German government after sinking the British passenger ship Arabic in 1915 and the French steamer Sussex in 1916. The pledges agreed to pay an indemnity and offered public assurances that German u-boats would not sink passenger ships; this later implied the virtual abandonment of submarine warfare which didn't happen.

Bonds sold by the Treasury Department largely through propaganda campaigns, used to raise two thirds of the cost of the war.

The war aims outlined by President Wilson in 1918, which he believed would promote lasting peace; called for self-determination, freedom of the seas, free trade, end to secret agreements, reduction of arms and a league of nations.

An international organization formed in 1920 to promote cooperation and peace among nations, although suggested by Woodrow Wilson, the United States never joined and it remained powerless; it was dissolved in 1946 after the United Nations was formed.

It was headed by George Creel. The purpose of this committee was to mobilize people's minds for war, both in America and abroad. Tried to get the entire U.S. public to support U.S. involvement in WWI. Creel's organization, employed some 150,000 workers at home and oversees. He proved that words were indeed weapons.

Two laws, enacted in 1917 and 1918, that imposed harsh penalties on anyone interfering with or speaking against US participation in World War I. This act was passed by Congress to control individuals and groups that obstructed the war effort in their speech, press, and actions.

Founded in 1905, this radical union, also known as the Wobblies aimed to unite the American working class into one union to promote labor's interests. It worked to organize unskilled and foreign-born laborers, advocated social revolution, and led several major strikes. Stressed solidarity. The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW or the Wobblies) is an international union. At its peak in 1923, the organization claimed some 100,000 members in good standing and could marshal the support of perhaps 300,000 workers. Its membership declined dramatically after a 1924 split brought on by internal conflict.

This government agency oversaw the production of all American factories. It determined priorities, allocated raw materials, and fixed prices; it told manufacturers what they could and could not produce.

Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (1920) extended the right to vote to women in federal or state elections.

Led by Vladimir Lenin it was the Russian communist party that took over the Russian government during WWI.

The major Allied leaders who made all of the important decisions at the Peace Conference at Versailles. Georges Clemensau (France), Woodrow Wilson (U.S.), Vittorio Orlando (Italy), David Lloyd George (Britain).

The treaty imposed on Germany by France, Great Britain, the United States, and other Allied Powers after World War I. It demanded that Germany dismantle its military and give up some lands to Poland. It was resented by many Germans. The treaty 1)stripped Germany of all Army, Navy, Airforce. 2) Germany had to rapair war damages(33 billion) 3) Germany had to acknowledge guilt for causing WWI 4) Germany could not manufacture any weapons.