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APUSH Chp 30-31
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Selective Service Act | Required men, ages 21-30, to register for the draft. |
| George Creel | Head of the United States Committee on Public Information. |
| Jeanette Rankin | First congresswoman. She was from Montana. |
| The Great Migration | African Americans went north to escape oppression and get higher-paying jobs. |
| Zimmerman Note of 1917 | Secretly proposed a German-Mexican alliance that promised Mexico Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona should they win the war. |
| Carrie Chapman Catt | Raised women's support for the war effort. |
| *Espionage Act of 1917 | Gave postal officials the ability to ban certain newspapers and magazine. Draft obstructers were fined. |
| *Sedition Act of 1918 | Made it a federal offense to speak against America and its war efforts. |
| Eugene V. Debs | Socialist leader sentenced to 10 years in prison. He ran for president from jail and actually won many votes. |
| Emma Goldman | Anarchist arrested for denouncing the draft. |
| 1917 | With the Bolshevik Revolution, Russia withdraws from the war. |
| Treaty of Versailles (1919) | Created four new countries. Made Germany limit their military, pay war reparations, and claim responsibility for the war. This laid the groundwork for WWII. |
| Schlenck v. United States (1919) | Supreme Court case that affirmed the legality of the government limiting the freedom of speech during times of war. Claimed that disrupters posed a threat to United States security. |
| Council of National Defense | Studied problems of economic mobilization. Had a focus on shipbuilding. |
| Steel Strike of 1919 | Strikers wanted recognition of their union and rights. When the strike was broken, it crippled the labor movement. |
| Sheppard-Towner Maternity Act of 1921 | Provided federally financed instruction in maternal and infant health care. Supported women's traditional role as mothers. |
| Overman Act (1918) | Gave President Wilson the right to control the actions of government organization to help with the war. |
| International Workers of the World | Labor union that was against war. |
| American Federation of Labor | Lead by Samuel Gompers. His support of the war won the Federation many members. |
| Doughboy | An American fighter in Europe. |
| Frohwerk v. United States (1919) | Newspaper publisher Jacob Frohwerk printed articles opposing America's entrance into WWI. He was tried and convicted for violating the Espionage Act. |
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