World War 1 Weekend Session Notes

The stuff in bold has the details in the typed notes cause I couldn't get it down fast enough

• The Yankees are Coming
  • Selective Service Act: all men 21-30 years old had to register, and 2.8 million were drafted. Black soldiers were drafted, but mostly fought under French Commanders.
  • American Expeditionary Force led by John J. "Blackjack" Pershing. American forces were also found in Russia, even though the Russians had dropped out of the war, supposedly they were there to stop the Bolshevik Revolution.
• The Home Front
  • The war was financed with 2/3 of war bonds, and 1/3 income and special excise taxes.
  • Bernard M. Baruch was the dictator-like leader of the War Industries Board and took control and regulated almost all businesses and industries.
  • William H Taft created the National War Labor Board, which was meant to stop the workers from striking.
  • Herbert Hoover and the conservation of food: made the Food Administration to conserve food and help the troops. This was the final step for the 18th amendment (Prohibition).
  • The Plum Plan was to take complete control of the Railroads, and was meant to continue after the war, but failed.
  • George Creel became the head on the Committee of Public Communication, which painted the Germans as bad guys, and warned people against spies.
  • The Espionage and Sedition Act were passed, which were still really unconstitutional, but oh well.
  • Schneck vs. US created the "clear and present danger" doctrine
  • Abrams vs. US Abrams was handing out leaflets against US's involvement in Russia. The people were convicted and put in jail, against the "clear and present danger" doctrine.
• Wilson's 14 points: know these, especially the right of self determination, #5 and the League of Nations
• The War ended with the Armistice, even though Germany had never been invaded.
• The Treaties of Versailles and the League of Nations
• Problems with the Treaty of Versailles
• President Wilson vs. Senator Lodge on the Issue of the League of Nations
• The Solemn Referendum: the Election of 1920