National War Labor Board - Mediate labor disputes that might otherwise lead to strikes, Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand Assassination - "Spark" that started WWI, Allied Powers - Great Britian, France, Russia, USA (1917), Committee on Public Information - Designed to "sell" the war to the American people, Espionage Act of 1917 - Made illegal to aid enemy, give false reports or interfere in the war effort, Eastern Front - War of movement, open space, Vladimir Lenin - First leader of the Soviet Union, Causes of WWI - Militarism, Alliance System, Imperialism, Nationalism, Serbia - Austria Hungary convinced they were behind the assassination of their emperor, Schlieffen Plan - Germany attack France first then move collectively to deal with Russia, Central Powers - Germany, Austria Hungary, Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria, Zimmerman Telegram - Germany would help Mexico regain New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas, War Industries Board - Coordinated the production of war materials, Great Migration - Promise of high wages and plentiful work convinced thousands of African Americans to move north, Sedition Act of 1918 - Made illegal to speak against the war publicly, Trench Warfare - Major feature of the western front, made the war last longer, Russian Revolution - Coup led by the Bolsheviks that pulled Russia out of the war,

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