World War One

World War One

Global conflict from 1914 to 1918

1918

Year when World War One ended

United States

Country that stayed neutral in World War One until the end

Woodrow Wilson

President who campaigned on keeping the US out of war

Germany

Country that began unrestricted submarine warfare, leading to tensions

April 2nd, 1917

Date when the US asked for a declaration of war against the central powers

Zimmerman Note

Message from the German Prime Minister to Mexico, proposing an alliance against the US

Revolution

Event in March 1917 when a revolution broke out against the Russian monarchy

Bolsheviks

Group led by Vladamier Liden that murdered the Russian royal family

Communism

Political ideology based on the teachings of Karl Marx

Soviet Union

Name for the expanded communist Russia after the Russian empire broke apart

Selective Service Act

Law passed in May 1917 for the military draft

American Expeditionary Force

Name for the 15,000 US troops sent to France to show support

John Pershing

Leader of the American Expeditionary Force

Draft

Process of selecting young men for military service

Women

Group that served in administrative positions in the navy, the Marine Corps, the Red Cross, and as war nurses

Home Front

Role played by thousands of women in working, farming, and running businesses during the war

Colored Americans

Group that faced resentment for taking jobs in war industries, leading to fights and riots

Economy

Entire system mobilized for the war effort

Council of National Defense

Organization created by Congress to coordinate war efforts

Food Administration

Agency responsible for increasing production and decreasing use of food for the war

Herbert Hoover

Leader of the Food Administration, later became president during the Great Depression

Espionage and Sedition Act

Law passed due to fear of spying, making it illegal to criticize government leaders or war policies

Ferdinand Foch

Commander of the Allied powers during World War One

Ceasefire

Request made by Germany in October 1918, associated with the term armistice

Armistice Day

Holiday established after World War One, now known as Veterans Day

Wilson's Peace Plan

Plan composed of fourteen points, including open diplomacy and reduction in weapons

Treaty of Versailles

Treaty that ended World War One

11/11 at 11 o'clock 1918

Date and time when World War One officially ended

French Peace Conference

Meeting held in the Hall of Mirrors to discuss the Treaty of Versailles

League of Nations

International association proposed by Wilson to prevent future wars

Isolationism

Policy of the United States to withdraw from relationships after World War One

Germany

Country severely punished after World War One, forced to change government and lose colonies

Congress

Body that did not support the League of Nations

KKK

Organization that reappeared in the 1970s, representing white supremacist values

18th Amendment

Amendment that prohibited the sale, production, and transport of alcohol

Prohibition

Era when alcohol was illegal in the United States

Volstead Act

Law passed to enforce the 18th Amendment

Organized Crime

Rise of criminal organizations, such as the mob, during prohibition

Franklin Roosevelt

President who ended prohibition with the 21st Amendment

Spanish Flu

Epidemic in 1918 that killed millions of people

Red Scare

Fear of communism in the United States, leading to limits on immigration

Emergency Immigration Act

Act signed by Calvin Coolidge in 1924 to limit immigration

Anarchists

Nicco Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, who were arrested and executed for murder in 1927

Social Change

Concept that scared Americans and made them resistant to letting go of what they valued

KKK

Organization that reappeared in the 1970s, representing white supremacist values

Ku Klux Klan

Organization that reappeared in the 1970s, representing white supremacist values

Immigration

Process of people coming into a country

Calvin Coolidge

President who signed the Emergency Immigration Act in 1924

Mob

Criminal organizations that rose during prohibition

Franklin Roosevelt

President who ended prohibition with the 21st Amendment

Spanish Flu

Epidemic in 1918 that killed millions of people

Red Scare

Fear of communism in the United States, leading to limits on immigration

Emergency Immigration Act

Act signed by Calvin Coolidge in 1924 to limit immigration

Anarchists

Nicco Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, who were arrested and executed for murder in 1927

Social Change

Concept that scared Americans and made them resistant to letting go of what they valued

Prohibition

Era when alcohol was illegal in the United States

Volstead Act

Law passed to enforce the 18th Amendment

Organized Crime

Rise of criminal organizations, such as the mob, during prohibition

Franklin Roosevelt

President who ended prohibition with the 21st Amendment

Spanish Flu

Epidemic in 1918 that killed millions of people

Red Scare

Fear of communism in the United States, leading to limits on immigration

Emergency Immigration Act

Act signed by Calvin Coolidge in 1924 to limit immigration

Anarchists

Nicco Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, who were arrested and executed for murder in 1927

Social Change

Concept that scared Americans and made them resistant to letting go of what they valued

Prohibition

Era when alcohol was illegal in the United States

Volstead Act

Law passed to enforce the 18th Amendment

Organized Crime

Rise of criminal organizations, such as the mob, during prohibition

Franklin Roosevelt

President who ended prohibition with the 21st Amendment