VFL - WWI (Part 2)

Armistice

The truce that ended ww1, signed by Germany on nov 11 1918

War Industries Board WIB

Lead by Bernard M Baruch, agency established during ww1 to discourage waste and increase efficiency in war-related industries

Propaganda

A kind of biased communication designed to influence peoples thoughts and actions, used to popularize the war

George Creel

Former muckraker, head of the Committee on Public Information (propaganda agency), encouraged art and advertisements that promoted the war

Espionage/ Sedition Acts

Two laws enacted in 1917 and 1918 that imposed harsh penalties on anyone interfering or speaking against U.S. participation in ww1, violating the 1st amendment

Great Migration

The large scale movement of African Americans from the south to the north for more job opportunities and less discrimination

14 Points

“14 points of world peace”, the principles making up president Wilson’s plan for world peace following ww1: guidelines for preventing war, boundary changes, and created League of Nations

League of Nations

An association of nations established in 1920 to promote international cooperation and peace

George Clemenceau

French premier, lived through 2 German invasions of France, wanted to prevent future invasions

David Lloyd George

British prime minister who won re-election on term “Make Germany pay”

Treaty of Versailles

1919 peace treaty at the end of ww1 which established new nations, new borders, and war reparations

Reparations

Compensation paid by a defeated nation for the damage or injury it inflicted during a war

War-Guilt Clause

A provision in the Treaty of Versailles by which Germany acknowledged that it alone was responsible for ww1, humiliating Germany

Henry Cabot Lodge

Head of conservative senators, said the League of Nations was bad for foreign policy, introduced multiple amendments that stated the terms in which the U.S. would enter the League of Nations