WW1 Flashcards
Jannes Addams view of ww1
Speaks out against
W.e.b. Deboise
Supports war, tells the blacks of America it is their fight.
Gov. Takes control of three industries during ww1
1) Railroad
2) telegraph
3) telephone
1917 espionage act.
2 things
Gov. Won’t deliver mail that criticizes war
Illegal to interfere with draft
1918 sedition act
2 things
Illegal to interfere with the sale of a war bond
Outlaws disloyal language
Illegal to write or publish anything that criticizes gov.
First woman elected to congress
Jannet rankin
Gov. Takes over three industries during ww1
Railroad
Telephone
Telegraph
1917 Wilson
Espionage act
2 things
Gov. Will not deliver any mail that criticizes war
Illegal to interfere with draft
How long was Eugene debs sent to prison for his antique speech saying that the U.S. Is going to war to protect the interests of Rockefeller and JP Morgan
10 years
When does ww1 end
Nov. 11 1918
The 14 points were?
Wilsons ideas for world peace which he brought to Paris during the peace conference fallowing ww1
Four Important points from the 14 points
No secret agreements
Freedom of the seas
Smaller armies for all
League of Nations ( first UN)
Five main points from treaty of Versailles
1) Germany exepts all blame for the war
2) Germany will pay reparations to all victorious nations
3) German territory will be occupied
4) Germany will be disarmed
5) Germany will lose its colonies and be given to the winning countries
Wilson died when
1924
1919 causes of red scare
Pipe bombs sent through the mail to political and business leaders
How does is give respond to red scare
6000 people arrested, many arrested without charge
500 people deported
Most famous Emma Goldman
ACLU
American civil liberties union
Rodger Baldwin
Protect freedom of speech
John reed
Book?
John reed forms
American Communist Labour Party
Harvard educated well off - socialist
Ten days that shook the world
Which of Wilsons 14 points did he get
League of Nations
Who ran FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Who forms the American Communist Labor party
John Reed
The title of john reeds book about the Russian revolution
Ten days that shook the world
Sacco and Vanzetti
1920 in Mass. Payroll guards robbed and murdered 1921 the trail No confession No witness No evidence Both found guilty sentenced to death
Although people lied under oath
Police did not give all evidence
And someone else confessed to the crime
Sacco and Vanzetti are—–
Executed on August 23 1927
Thousands come to funeral
