Objective 8.03

Assess political, economic, social, and cultural effects of the war on the United

States and other nations.

Committee on Public Information

Led by George Creel, set up to provide propaganda in support of the US war effort

Food Administration

Led by Herbert Hoover, regulated food supply for citizens and troops

War Industries Board

Led by Bernard Baruch, determined what would be produced by American Industry

John L. Lewis

Leader of the United Mine Workers Union

Industrial Workers of the World

Union led by Eugene Debs, Against WWI

Eugene Debs

Leader of the Industrial Workers of the World, ran for President 5 times as a socialist party candidate

Espionage and Sedition Acts

Law set up to discourage spies and those that would criticize the government during WWI.

Schenck vs. US, 1919

Charles Schenck is arrested for violating the Espionage and Sedition Acts, he encourages people that are drafted to refuse to enlist, Supreme Court says that freedom of speech is not protected when the nation is at war

Palmer Raids

Led search for suspected Communist among immigrants and Union membership among other places

Sacco and Vanzetti

Two Italian born anarchist are accused of robbing a pay clerk, they are convicted on circumstantial evidence mainly because they are immigrants

Ku Klux Klan

Enjoyed a period of power following WWI, anti-immigrant, anti-Catholic, resisted Civil Rights for African Americans

Self-determination

Countries are allowed to decide for themselves what type of government they will have

Washington Naval Conference

Agreement between US, Great Britain, France, Japan to limit the size of their Navies in an attempt to insure that there would not be a WWII

Dawes Plan

US agrees to loan money to Germany to help with reparations