VI. The World Wars and the Interwar Period, 1914–1945 > D. North America, 1915–1945 > 1. The United States > 1918
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1918
 
Average real wages for manual labor rose by about 20 percent in industries like steel, textiles, shipbuilding, and munitions between 1914 and 1918.  1
National War Labor Board created to mediate labor-management disputes. AFL membership rose from 2.7 million to 4 million between 1916 and 1919.  2
 
Jan. 8
 
Fourteen Points set forth by President Wilson in an address to Congress defining war aims of the U.S. (See 1919, Jan. 18).  3
 
April
 
When an anti-German mob wrapped a German American in an American flag and lynched him near St. Louis, Missouri, a local judge called the lynching a “patriotic murder.” The phrase “100 percent American” became a watchword for squashing dissent.  4
 
April 5
 
War Finance Commission created with fund of $500 million for financing essential industries.  5
 
April 10
 
Webb-Pomerene Act exempting export associations from the restraints of the antitrust laws, with a view to encouraging export trade.  6
 
June 13
 
First division embarked for France.  7
 
July 18–Nov. 11
 
American troops participated in six prolonged assaults upon German positions. Two of these were conducted wholly by American forces: the Battle of St. Mihiel (Sept. 12–16) and that of the Meuse-Argonne (Sept. 26–Nov. 11), in which 1.2 million men were engaged (See Sept. 12–13).  8
 
Nov. 11
 
Armistice signed (See Nov. 11).  9
 
Dec. 13
 
Arrival of President Wilson in France for the peace conference.  10
 
 
 
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