US History Chapter 19 Flashcards
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What was the immediate cause of World War I?
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assassination of Franz Ferdinand
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the period of time after WWI that Americans feared a Communist takeover
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Red Scare
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agency in charge of producing war materials during the war
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War Industry Board
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man who head the war industries board
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Bernard Baruch
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which industry experienced the largest strike after world war I
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steel industry
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The laws created to cut down on criticism of the war effort
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Sedition and Espionage Act
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this act instituted the draft
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Selective Service Act
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these two publications lost their mailing privileges during the war
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New York Times and Saturday Evening Post
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4 underlying causes of World War I
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nationalism, system of alliances, militarism, and imperialism
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this region in Europe was referred to as the powder-keg
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Balkans
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this agency dealt with disputes between management and labor during the war
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national war labor board
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6 of the battles American troops participated in
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meuse-argonne forest, cantingny, belleau woods, chateau thierry, 2nd battle of the marne, Saint Mihiel
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this agency was in charge of selling war to the American people
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Committee of Public Information
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man in charge of the Committee of Public Information
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George Creel
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the date US declared war on Germany
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April 6, 1917
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African American regiment that saw continuous fighting on the western front
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369th infantry regiment
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2 ways US paid for the war
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liberty or victory bonds and taxes
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commanded all the allied forces during the war
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Marshal Ferdinand Foch
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Which allied power pulled out of the war in 1918?
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Russia
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court case that established that speech could be regulated if it presented a clear and present danger
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Schenck v. US
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allowing a country to choose its own form of government
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self-determination
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the woman was arrested and jailed for encouraging men not to sign up for the draft
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Emma Goldman
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British passenger ship that was torpedoed by Germans
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Lusitania
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commander of the American forces during WWI
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John J. Pershing
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nickname for American soldiers
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doughboys
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pledge in which Germany promised to end unrestricted submarine warfare
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Sussex Pledge
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President Wilson's plan for peace
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14 points plan
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The African American leader who believed that Africa Americans should support war efforts
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W.E.B. DuBois
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the attorney general who conducted a series of raids hoping to rid the country of the communist element
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A. Mitchel Palmer
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land between trenches
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no man's land
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America's flying ace during WWI
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Eddy Rickenbacker
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new weapon that the British introduced
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tanks
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movie star who encouraged americas to supports the war
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Mary Pickford
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senator who would have accepted the treaty of Versailles if certain conditions were made
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Henry Cabot Lodge
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Ruler of Russia who was forced to abdicate during the war
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Czar Nicholas II
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organization created to prevent future wars; US did not join
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League of Nations
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two groups created during the war to spy on other Americans
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American Protective League and Boy Spies of America
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The Central Powers of World War I (Triple Alliance0
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Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy, Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria
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Allied Powers of World War I (Triple Entente)
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Great Britain, France, Russia, US (1917), Italy (1915), Serbia
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Bosnian revolutionary and member of the black and that assassinated Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo
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Gavrilo Princip
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Germany didn't specify or limit the amount or type of help Austria could expect which has been called a....
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blank check
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The first revolution in Russia in 1917, led by a Duma and Alexander Kerenskii established this
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representative democracy
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who led the second revolution is revolution in Russia?
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Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheviks
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the second revolution in Russia established this and brings what to Russia
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Union of Soviet Socialists Republic and communism
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the treaty that Russia signed with Germany to formally withdraw from the war
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Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
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controlled the railroads in the USA in during the war
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railroad administration
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agency monitored nations coal supplies, rationed gasoline and heating oik, created daylight savings time
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fuel administration
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headed by Herbert Hoover, helped preserve food, establish meatless and wheat-less days and encouraged Americans to grow victory gardens
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food administration
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this man was sentenced and jailed for attending anti-war meeting and giving 25 cents to the war effort
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Walter Mathey
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sentenced and jailed for 15 years for telling a Bible class that Christians shouldn't participate in wars
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Reverend Clarence Waldren
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this man was denied his congressional seat because of his anti-war views
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Victor Berger
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Head of International Workers of the World; sentenced to 30 years for supposedly sabotaging the war effort by urging workers to strike for better pay and conditions
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Big Bill Haywood
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African American who said African Americans shouldn't support the war because the American government was racist
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William Trotter
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The African Americans in the war were nicknamed
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Harlem Hell Fighters
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black American war heroes
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Henry Johnson and Needham Roberts
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American hero, armed only with a rifle and a revolver killed 25 Germans and captured 132 prisoners
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Alvin York
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Mexican dictator who fled when the revolution erupted
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Porfirio Diaz
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replaced Diaz as ruler of Mexico and supported democracy but he was an unskilled ruler
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Francisco Madero
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seized power in Mexico and most likely ordered the murder of Madero
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Victoriano Huerta
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led a group of guerrillas that burned down Columbus, NM and killed Americans
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Pancho Villa
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first woman to be elected in Congress, held true to her pacifist beliefs
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Jeanette Rankin
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Wilson's Secretary of State, only cabinet member to favor neutrality
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William Jennings Bryan
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Wilson's Secretary of Treasury; pro British, limited loans to Germany
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William McAdoo
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German official who sent a telegram to the German ambassador in Mexico instructing him to make an offer of alliance with Mexico
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Arthur Zimmerman
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this man was head of the Fuel Administration
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Harry Garfield
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two men in charge of the national war labor board
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William Howard Taft and Frank Walsh
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British Prime minister during WWI
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David Lloyd George
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French premier during WWI
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Georges Clemenceau
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Italian Prime minister in WWI
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Vittorio Orlando
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Head of the General Intelligence Division
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J. Edgar Hoover
