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#3 World War I (key names/terms/dates)

These activities are for your use to review the some of the key names, terms, and dates from World War I.

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James FlaggPoster Illustrator
Jeannette RankinFirst US Congresswoman
Herbert HooverHead of Food Adminstration
Woodrow WilsonUS President
Eugene DebsSocialist Leader
David Lloyd GeorgePrime Minister of Great Britain
Arthur ZimmermanGerman Foreign Minister
Vittorio OrlandoItialian Premier
George ClemenceauFrench Premier
U-BoatGerman Submarine
LusitaniaBritish passenger ship
William Jennings BryanUS Secretary of State
Zimmerman TelegramMessage sent from Germany to Mexico
Pancho VillaLead raids of American towns
Archduke Franz FerdinandLeader of Austria-Hungary that was murdered
Allies (start of WWI)Great Britain, France, Russia
Central Powers (start of WWI)Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy
John J. PershingAmerican General that lead the "doughboys"
Selective Service ActRequired men to age 21-30 to register fo the draft
Bolsheviksgroup that overthrew the Russian gov't in 1917
Doughboysname given to American troops
April 6, 1917date that the US declared war on Germany
November 11, 1918date that Germany agreed to armistice (cease-fire)
Committee on Public Information (Creel Committee)group in charge of raising American awareness about the war
George M. Cohanwrote patriotic songs including, "Over There"
Uncle SamFigure used to depict the American Government
Espionage and Sedition Acts of 1917forbade US citizens from criticizing the gov't war policy or hindering wartime directives
Schenck vs. United StatesSupreme Court ruled that should an individual's free speech present "clear and present danger" to others, the gov't could impose penalties
War Industries Boardestablished to coordinate productions of supplies and munitions needed for the war
Victory Gardens, Meatless Mondays, Wheatless Wednesdays, Daylight Savings Timeways that Americans could participate at home in aiding the war effort
$110 billiontotal cost of WWI to the American public
Income Tax16th Amendment to the Constitution which helped fund WWI
Fourteen PointsWilson's plan for world peace following WWI
Onenumber of Wilson's Fourteen Points that were accepted by the Big 4
Big 4Wilson(US), George(Great Britain), Orlando(Italy), Clemenceau(France)
Parislocation of the meeting of the Big 4 to determine the terms of peace
Alsace and LorraineFrench territories returned by Germany after WWI
League of NationsWilson's 14th Point that was accepted by the Big 4 but rejected by US Congress
Henry Cabot LodgeRepublican leader of the Senate that strongly opposed the League of Nations
Treaty of Versaillesdocument that was NOT ratified by the United States


Holton High School
Holton, KS

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