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| Big Four | The leaders of the Allied Powers that were at the Versailles Peace Conference. U.S. - Woodrow Wilson; Great Britain - David Lloyd George; France - Georges Clemenceau; Italy - Vitorio Orlando |
| Armistice | Temporary stop to fighting between opponents. Signed by Germany in on November 11, 1918. |
| League of Nations | The only one of Wilson’s Fourteen Points actually used. An international body of representatives that were meant to keep peace in the world. |
| 14 Points | Wilson’s peace plan based on justice for all people. only one of the points was adopted. |
| Draft | Requiring men to register for military service |
| Blockade | To close off something. Great Britain and Germany used this tactic to keep supplies from reaching their enemies. They closed the seas around each nation. |
| War Industries Board | Used by the US to control business to aid the war effort. Helped government control the economy and produce war materials. |
| Espionage and Sedition Act | laws passed in the US to prevent spying and resistance to the war. Very controversial law which silenced most war opposition. |
| Fuel Administration | Made the government in charge of coal and oil production and encouraged people to conserve them for the war effort. |
| Demobilization | Reducing the military forces and lifting government economic control after the war. |
| War Labor Board | Government board which worked to prevent labor disputes to keep production going for the war effort |
| Propaganda | Information, not always true, designed to help or hurt a cause. Used by all countries during W.W.I to promote their cause. |
| Food Administration | Encouraged the conservation of food among the public. They supported victory gardens and serving “just enough” food. |
| Red Scare | Fear of communism in the US as a result of the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia. Many people suspected immigrants and labor unions. |
| Selective Service Act | The law that required men between the ages of 21 and 30 to sign up for the draft in the US. in 1917. |
| Victory Gardens | Gardens for raising one’s own vegetables, especially during wartime. |
| Palmer Raids | Led by A. Mitchell Palmer during the Red Scare. They rounded up 6,000 immigrants suspected of being communist and deported many of them. |
