Chapter 30 - The War to End Wars

Wartime inflation

________ reduced the wage gains which led to thousands of strikes across the country.

Public Information

Committee on ________ was created to get support for war.

Wilson

________ increased the size of the army and created a shipbuilding program.

Bolshevik Revolution

Consisted of the tsar regime being overthrown in 1917

Sedition Act of 1918

Made it illegal to speak out against the government

Wilson

Created a Civilian Council of National Defense to study problems of economic mobilization, prior to the war

Food Administration

Hoover led the ________ with him initiating wheatless Wednesdays and meatless Tuesdays.

Britain

________ and America agreed to the Security Treaty in which America and ________ would defend France if Germany invaded again.

Congress

Passed the draft act in 1917 with it requiring the registration of all males between the ages of 18 and 45 with it not allowing for a man to purchase his exemption the draft

National Womans Party

________ was led by Alice Paul, protesting the war.

Sheppard-Towner Maternity Act of 1921

Gave federally financed instruction in maternal and infant health care.

Espionage Act of 1917

Sought to stop the support of U.S.s enemies during wartime

Germany

________ surrendered on November 11, 1918 after Germanys Kaiser fled to Holland.

Wilson

________ delivered his Fourteen Points Address to Congress on January 8, 1918.

Wilson

________ persuaded American public to support war by declaring that the U.S. would be fighting "for a war to end war "and "to make the world safe for democracy.

Wilson

________ appointed Bernard Baruch to control the War Industries Board to create order over the economic confusion.

Wilson

Delivered his Fourteen Points Address to Congress on January 8, 1918

Committee on Public Information

Was created to get support for war with it being led by George Creel

National War Labor Board

Tried to fix labor disputes before they hurt the war effort

The American Federation of Labor

Supported the war and because of this, membership had doubled by the end of the work

League of Nations

An international organization that Wilson dreamed of, with it providing a system of collective security