US11 America in WWI Review

19. African Americans moving north in large numbers started during the war came to be called....

1. The U.S. only participated in WWI for about _______________months.

6. One of the most famous of the torpedoed ships was the __________________, sunk by a Germany U-boat in 1915.

15. The Sedition Act basically criminalized any criticism of...

4. Ironically, Wilson won re-election with the slogan, “_________,” then in his second term, got Congress to _________.

5. Germans torpedoing passenger liners caused U.S. Secretary of State _______ to warn Americans about sea travel.

14. Wilson wanted to make the world “safe for ___________,” but the war led to severe limits on...

16. The Schenk case say that speech could be deemed illegal if it presents a "________________" to society.

20. At the Versailles peace conference, Wilson created a ______, but the U.S. never joined it, preferring _____ instead.

7. In the Zimmerman Telegram, Germany asked the nation of _______________________________ to go to war against the U.S.

13. George Creel headed up a government ____________ committee designed to convince Americans to support the war effort.

2. Known at the time as the _______________, WWI lasted about four years and led to the deaths of about ________.

12. Federal agencies, like the War Labor Board, began to control and regulate the _________ to help the US win the war.

18. The 18th Amendment granted women the right to vote.

17. Pro-American rhetoric included renaming the Fourth of July...

8. Wilson wrote a peace plan called the...

9. Although America sent over a million troops to Europe, the main things the U.S. contributed to the war effort were...

10. _______ was a “Lost Generation” writer who saw the war close up through his work as an ambulance driver.

3. Even though the U.S. was neutral at the start of the war, Americans tended to favor the ________ side.

11. The _____________ Act authorized a military draft increased the amount of US troops to _____________.