APUSH - Unit 20 Vocab (Part 2)

Zimmerman telegram

An intercepted dispatch where the German foreign secretary urged Mexico to join the Central Powers against the US

War Industries Board (WIB)

A federal board established to direct military productions, like distribution of resources, conversion of factories to war production, and setting of prices

National War Labor Board (NWLB)

A federal agency that established an eight-hour day for war workers, endorsed equal pay for women, and supported workers’ right to organize

Sedition Act of 1918

law that prohibited any words or behavior that might promote resistance to the United States or help in the cause of its enemies

Great Migration

The migration of over 400,000 African Americans from the rural South to the industrial cities of the North during and after World War I

National Woman’s Party (NWP)

A political party that fought for an Equal Rights Amendment in the U.S. Constitution

Fourteen Points

a statement of peace principles proposed by U.S. President Woodrow Wilson as a basis for peace negotiations at Versailles

League of Nations

The organization bringing together world governments to prevent future hostilities in the aftermath of World War I

Treaty of Versailles

The treaty that ended World War I, blaming Germany for the entire war