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| Alfred Zimmerman | German foreign secretary who urged an alliance between Germany and Mexico and promised Mexico Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico |
| Zimmerman note | this along with Germany's announcement that it would sink all ships enemy and neutral, sparked US entry into WWI on April 6, 1917 |
| April 6, 1917 | day America declared war on Germany |
| Jeannette Rankin | first congresswoman from Montana, voted against the war resolution |
| Fourteen Points Adress | Wilson's speech to congress in 1918 that was later the basis for peace terms at the end of WWI, advocated abolishing secret treaties, freedom of the seas, reduction of armament burdens, and proposed a League of Nations |
| Committee on Public Information | this was created for the purpose of convincing Americans of why they should support WWI and convincing the world of Wilson's policies |
| George Creel | young journalist who headed the Committee on Public Information |
| "four-minute men" | sent out by Creel to give patriotic speeches convincing citizens to support WWI |
| "Over There" by George M. Cohan | most memorable and popular war song of WWI |
| Espionage Act of 1917 | $10,000 fine and 20 yrs. imprisonment for interfering with the draft or attempting to inspire disloyalty during WWI, also penalized those refusing military duty and the postmaster gen. could ban treasonous mail |
| Sedition Act of 1918 | punished those who interfered with sale of Liberty Bonds, for writing/speaking against gov., or impending recruitment efforts |
| sauerkraut | this was dubbed "liberty cabbage" |
| hamburger | this was dubbed "liberty steak" |
| Eugene V. Debs | Socialist convicted under the Espionage Act and condemned to prison |
| William "Big Bill" Haywood | leader of the IWW (Industrial Workers of the World) a radical union, who was sent to jail in WWI |
| "work or fight" rule of 1918 | this threatened any unemployed male with being drafted immediately into the army |
| National War Labor Board | led by ex-pres. Taft, this organization was supposed to calm down labor disputes that might interfere with war efforts |
| Wobblies | another name for members of the IWW |
| Samuel Gompers and the AF of L | this large labor union supported the war efforts and more than doubled in size after WWI |
| Pittsburgh Steel Strike of 1919 | the greatest strike in American history that ultimately failed and crippled the union movement for more than a decade |
| Herbert Hoover | head of the Food Administration which was a complete success in encouraging Americans to save food for exporting overseas |
| Eighteenth Amendment | this prohibited all alcoholic drinks |
| draft dodger | nickname for someone who tried to avoid conscription |
| doughboys | nickname for army recruits |
| Bolsheviks | the communist Russians |
| Marshal Foch | Allied nations united for the first time under one supreme leader |
| Gen. Pershing | American commander of troops in WWI |
| Meuse Argonne offensive | Pershing's offensive |
