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| The first woman in the U.S. Congress. She voted against the entry of the US into WWI. |
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| A United States federal law passed shortly after the U.S. entry into WWI. It prohibited any attempt to interfere with military operations, to support U.S. enemies during wartime, to promote insubordination in the military, or to interfere with military recruitment. |
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| A United States Supreme Court decision that upheld the Espionage Act of 1917 and concluded that a defendant did not have a First Amendment right to freedom of speech against the draft during World War I. |
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| A United States government agency established during World War I to coordinate the purchase of war supplies. |
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| A women's organization founded by Alice Paul in 1915 that fought for women's rights, particularly for the right to vote on the same terms as men. |
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| The founder of the National Woman's Party |
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| Sheppard-Towner Maternity Act |
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| An Act of Congress providing federal funding for maternity and child care. |
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| An amendent to the constitution that prohibits any US citizen to be denied the right to vote based on sex. It was ratified on August 18, 1920. |
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| The 31st President who believed in the Efficiency Movement which advocated that government inefficiency could be solved by experts. He was President during the Stock Market Crash and the Great Depression, which led to his loss of the next election. |
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| 369th Colored Infantry Regiment |
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| An army regiment nicknamed the Harlem Hellfighters and the Black Rattlers. It was the first African-American regiment to serve in WWI. |
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| A general officer in the US Army, he led the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I. |
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| A statesman from Massachusetts best known for his positions on foreign policy, especially his battle with President Woodrow Wilson in 1919 over the Treaty of Versailles |
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| Industrial Workers of the World |
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| An international union. At its peak in 1923, the organization claimed some 100,000 members and contended that all workers should be united as a class and that the wage system should be abolished. It was nicknamed the "Wobblies" and the "I Won't Works". |
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