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| John Pershing | Leader of the American Expeditiary Forces in WWI |
| Alvin York | Hero of the American Forces in WWI that was originally a conscientious objector. |
| Woodrow Wilson | Democratic President of the U.S. that led the U.S. into WWI. |
| Fabrication | production technique utilized in American factories to help ready the U.S. military for war. |
| Gavrilo Princip. | Member of the "Black Hand" that assassinated Franz Ferdinand. |
| Franz Ferdinand | Heir to the Austrian throne whose assassination led to WWI starting. |
| Allies | France, Italy, England and the U.S |
| central powers | Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Otooman Empire. |
| u-boat | German submarines used to sink mercahnt vessels going to England. |
| convoy system | System the U.S. Navy used to accompany merchant vessels to Europe while protecting them from u-boat attack. |
| Lusitania | English passenger vessel sunk by German U-Boats. Had Americans on it. |
| Zimmerman Note | Telegrapoh sent to Mexico stating Germany wanted help in invading the U.S. and they would repay in U.S. territory. |
| selective service act | required men over 18 to register for the military draft. |
| concientious objector | Someone who refused to fight in WWI becuase they felt that killing of any sort was wrong. |
| trench foot | Disease that soldiers got while in trenches in WWI. Cause many to lose their foot or leg. |
| War Industries Board (WIB) | Organized the industrial output of US factories to make sure that we had enough supplies and goods to support our war effort. |
| Bernard Baruch | leader of the WIB |
| Herbert Hoover | Asked people to go heatless, meatless, and Wheatless to conserve food for war effort. |
| 14 points | Woodrow Wilson's plan for peace after WWI |
| League of Nations | Wilson's proposal for an international peace keeping agency that would prevent another WW from occuring. |
| Reparations. | Payments to make up for the damages in WWI |
| Treaty of Versailles | officially ended WWI. |
| Great migration | Movement of millions of African American workers from the south seeking better life. |
| espionage & sedition acts | designed to keep people from interfering in the war effort inthe U.S. Made it illegal to protest, complain or do anything negative about the US war effort. |
