World War I Flashcards
(30 cards)
This is the nickname given to fighters of the American expeditionary forces
Dough boys
This is the name for the act that resulted in the first national draft in the United States
Selective service act
This is a common wartime disease that was caused by what unsanitary trenches
Trench foot
This is the name of the group of African-American fighters in France
369 regiment or hell fighters
This is the general who headed the US AEF in France
John Pershing
This is the term for posters and campaigns convincing the US to join the war
Propaganda
The term for loans the people made to the US government
Liberty bonds
The group of workers that was exempt from the draft
Ship workers
The term for the organization I created propaganda and sponsored 4Minutemen
Committee on public information
The organization I was headed by Herbert Hoover and sponsor victory Gardens
Food administration
The law that banned any interference with the war movement
Espionage act
The law that banned any profane language for the army
Sedition act
The name of the movement of African-Americans to northern cities
The great migration
The name of the pacifist group that also supported the fight for women’s rights
Women’s peace party
The term used to determine that Schenck was guilty for handing out anti-draft pamphlets
Clear and present danger
Members of the big four
League of Nations
The country that was left out of negotiations
Germany
The term for payments own from damages in war (loser pays this)
Reperations
The name of the section of the treaty that blamed Germany for the war
War guilt clause
The size of the army that Germany was reduced to after the treaty
100,000
The organization Wilson wanted to create to regulate/solve international conflict
France
Italy
Great Britain
US
The term for the group that supported the treaty
Internationalists
The term for the group that supported the treaty with changes
Reservationists
The group that was opposed to the treaty altogether
Irreconcilables
