23+The+Great+War

World War One
 * Total war || a conflict of unlimited scope in which one nation engages in a mobilization of all available resources at their disposal, whether human, industrial, agricultural, military, natural, technological, or otherwise, in order to entirely destroy or render beyond use their rival's capacity to continue resistance ||
 * Triple Entente || name given to the loose alignment of the United Kingdom, France, and Russia after the signing of the Anglo-Russian Entente in 1907. Constituted a powerful counterweight to the Triple Alliance of Imperial Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy[|.] ||
 * Triple Alliance || a military alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy that lasted from 1882 until the start of World War I in 1914 . Each member promised mutual support in the event of an attack by any two other great powers, or for Germany and Italy, an attack by France alone. ||
 * Neutrality ||  ||
 * Lusitania || The ship that was sunk by German U boats off the coast of Ireland, that killed 1,198 people. It sparked much controversy as Wilson still would not declare war against Germany. ||
 * Pacifists || were people who were opposed to going to war on a variety of grounds. ||
 * Interventionists || were those who wanted to go to war. ||
 * Election of 1916 || Wilson beats Charles Evan Hughes to secure a second term as president. Used slogan "We didn't go to war." Wilson's policies won support from female voters in the western states. ||
 * Unrestricted submarine warfare || is a type of warfare where submarines would sink merchant and civilian ships without warning. ||
 * Zimmerman Telegram || was a German telegram to the German ambassador in America that was eventually decoded which offered aid to Mexico if it attempted to repossess its formerly lost territory in the American southwest. This sparked mass outrage and was one of the factors contributing to America's entry into the war. ||
 * Russian Revolution ||  ||
 * American Expeditionary Force || 2 million soldiers that went to France in 1917-1918 under General John J. Pershing. Helped France to defend the Western Front along the Aisne River and later the Marne. ||
 * Selective Service Act || This act required that all young men between the ages of 21 and 30 (later extended to 18 and 45) to register for military services. ||
 * African‑American soldiers || Served in segregated labor units except when under French command. ||
 * General John J. Pershing || A graduate of West Point and commander of the 1916 Mexican expedition against Pancho Villa. ||
 * Trench warfare ||  ||
 * Armistice || Proposed by German high command in early October based on the Fourteen Points. On November 11, 1918 Marshal Foch and his German counterparts signed the armistice. ||
 * Chemical weapons || Mustard Gas ||
 * Liberty Bonds || Secretary McAdoo created a series of drives that financed about $35.5 billion that WWI cost. 5 Liberty Loan campaigns raised $21 billion or about 2/3 of the nations war costs. ||
 * War Boards || Agriculture wheat cotton ||
 * War Industries Board (WIB) || was an American government agency established in World War I to coordinate the purchase of war supplies. The board organized production quotas and allocated raw materials to increase efficiency and is generally regarded as highly successful. The industrial production of American increased by 20%, and after the war, in 1919, the board was decommissioned and broken up, but still holds a great legacy. ||
 * Ludlow Massacre || was when the Colorado National Guard killed 20 people who were striking coal miners. Half of these were children The response was retaliation by the miners, who attacked dozens of mines and destroyed property. This was considered the bloodiest climax to the Colorado Coal Strike. ||
 * Great Migration || African Americans' mass movement to wards northern cities in an attempt to escape poverty and racism in the south. ||
 * Women's Bureau || progressive information gathering organization ||
 * Committee on Public Information (CPI) || George Creel controlled American Propaganda. "4 minutemen" ||
 * Espionage Act of 1917 || was a law passed by Congress before entering the first world war, which made it a crime to interfere with American military operations or help with the enemy through espionage. ||
 * Sabotage Act of 1918 || created in response to German sabotage prior to America's entry into world war I ||
 * Sedition Act of 1918 || was an amendment to the Espionage Act which forbade Americans to use bad or scurrilous language regarding the American government and flag. ||
 * Socialist Party ||  ||
 * Industrial Workers of the World(IWW) || was a major labor union in the 1910s, also nicknamed the Wobblies, who were Socialists syndicalists and opposed the AFL. ||
 * Eugene Debs || sentenced to 10 years in a federal penitentiary for noninflammatory speech discussing the economic causes of war. ||
 * Billy Sunday || was a famous Christian evangelist in the 1900-1920, who previously was also a famous baseball player in the 1880s. ||