WWI Flashcards
Lusitania Crisis
128 Americans drowned from German submarine attack, Wilson said Germany would be held to “strict accountability” if continued
Zimmermann Telegram
Zimmermann of Germany said that if Mexico allied itself with Germany, Germany would help them recover lost territories
War Industries Board
set production priorities established control over raw materials and prices
Food Administration
encouraged American households to eat less meat and bread
Fuel Administration
directed efforts to save coal
National War Labor Board
helped disputes between workers and employers, wages rose
George Creel
Lead the Committee on Public Information
Committee on Public Information
pro-war propaganda
American protective league
attacked anything german
Espionage Act
imprisonment for inciting rebellion in the armed forces or obstructing draft operation
Sedition act
Prohibited anyone form making “disloyal” remarks about the US govt.
Schenck vs. The United States
man imprisoned under the Espionage act (after distributing pamphlets against the draft), right to free speech limited when “clear and present danger”
Selective Service Act
democratic method to ensure all groups in the population would be called into service
Newton D. Baker
Devised the Selective Service Act, Secretary of War
Fourteen points
Wilson’s idea, recognition of freedom of the seas, no more secret treaties, reduction of national armaments, self-determination for nationalities within the austro-hungarian empire, league of nations
