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AP US History Vocab 8
Ap US History Vocabulary 8
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the American army sent to Europe to aid Britain and France after the United States entered WW1;
General John J Pershing
American Expeditionary Force
WW1 battle lasting from June 6 to July 1, 1918 in which US Marines helped stop a German offensive
Belleau Wood
an alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria
Central Powers
in 1918, American troops at Chateau-Thierry stopped Germans from crossing the Marne and
advancing into Paris
Battle of Chateau-Thierry
created by Woodrow Wilson during WW1 to mobilize public opinion for the war
Committee on Public Information
convoys were used to protect American ships carrying materials to Great Britain and France in
WW1 and Great Britain in WW2
Convoy System
WW1-era law passed in 1917 made it illegal to obstruct the draft process in any way
Espionage Act
large numbers of Southern blacks moved to Midwestern and Eastern industrial cities
beginning with WW1 and counting into the 1920s
Great Migration
Woodrow Wilson's view of a post-WW1 world that he hoped the other Allied powers would endorse
Fourteen Points
term used in allied propaganda to depict the German soldier
Hun
after WW1, this group of US senators was opposed to a continued American presence in Europe in
any form
Irreconcilables
American commission that went to the Middle East after WW1 to discover what political future
its residents desired
King-Crane Commission
international body of nations that was proposed by Woodrow Wilson and was adopted at the
Versailles Peace Treaty ending WW1
League of Nations
August 1917 measure that gave President Wilson the power to regulate the production and
consumption of food fuels during wartime
Lever Food and Fuel Control Act
sold to US civilians during WW1
Liberty Bonds
British liner sunk off the coast of Ireland by a German U-boat on May 7, 1915
Lusitania
American forces played a decisive role in this September to November 1918 Allied offensive
Meuse-Argonne Offensive
founded in 1914 and preached patriotism and preparation for war
National Security League
Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa raided Columbus, New Mexico on March 9, 1916, because of
American support for Mex govt
Punitive Expedition
group in the US Senate led by Henry Cabot Lodge that was opposed to sections of the Versailles
Treaty
Reservationists
1918 act which stated that it was illegal to criticize government, Constitution, US Army, or
Navy
Sedition Act
after a German U-boat sank the French liner Sussex in March 1916, injuring six Americans,
Wilson demanded Germany stop attacking passengers
Sussex Pledge
in early 1917, Germany announced that U-boats would attack all ships attempting to land at
British or French ports
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
authorized in 1917, the board was to mobilize American industries for the war effort
War Industries Board
as president, he helped pass the last major Progressive legislation
Woodrow Wilson
in January 1917, the German foreign minister sent a telegram to Mexico suggesting they ally
with Germany against the US
Zimmerman Telegram