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President of the United States (1913-1921) and the leading figure at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919. He was unable to persuade the U.S. Congress to ratify the Treaty of Versailles or join the League of Nations.

Woodrow Wilson attempted to find a diplomatic solution to the war, and to keep the US neutral. The US did trade with allied forces, until unrestricted submarine warfare

A policy that the Germans announced on January 1917 which stated that their submarines would sink any ship in the British waters

A British passenger ship that was sunk by a German U-Boat on May 7, 1915. 128 Americans died. The sinking greatly turned American opinion against the Germans, helping the move towards entering the war.

This was sent by Germans to encourage a Mexican attack against the United States. Intercepted by the US in 1917.

A strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one's country

A policy of glorifying military power and keeping a standing army always prepared for war

a type of combat in which opposing troops fight from trenches facing each other.

Territory between rival Trenches, very dangerous

This law, passed after the United States entered WWI, imposed sentences of up to twenty years on anyone found guilty of aiding the enemy, obstructing recruitment of soldiers, or encouraging disloyalty. It allowed the postmaster general to remove from the mail any materials that incited treason or insurrection.

Prominent socialist, four-time candidate for Presidency, and union leader. Convicted under Espionage and sentenced to 10 years in prison.

movement of over 300,000 African American from the rural south into Northern cities between 1914 and 1920

called for smaller military forces, and end to secret treaties, freedom of the seas, and free trade

an international organization formed in 1920 to promote cooperation and peace among nations; United States did not join

the treaty imposed on Germany by the Allied powers in 1920 after the end of World War I which demanded exorbitant reparations from the Germans