Chapter 23
This telegram intercepted by the Americans asked Mexico to invade the United States
Zimmermann Telegram
This phrase described a movement growing out of the African-American community in New York
Harlem Renaissance
During the 1920s, investors participated in this
Speculation
combination of prolonged drought and poor farming practices that led to the overproduction of crops
Dust Bowl
This was a government propaganda operation in support of the war
Committee of Public Information
This was the first pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean
Charles Lindbergh
This president wanted to “return to normalcy”
Warren Harding
Government destruction of crops and livestock
Agricultural Adjustment Act
This unit served on the frontline in France for six months, longer than any other American unit
Harlem Hellfighters
nativist, anti-Catholic, anti-Semitic organization had more than six million members across the nation by 1924
Ku Klux Klan
This law favored immigrants from Northern and Western Europe
immigration quota laws passed in the 1920s
restored public confidence in the banking system
1933 Emergency Banking Act
This involved freedom of the seas, the creation of a “league” of nations, an end to secret treaties, removal of international trade barriers
Wilson’s 14 points
New and highly permissive social norms
New Morality
believed that the economy would quickly recover without additional government intervention.
Herbert Hoover
employed approximately 20 percent of the country’s workforce and built hospitals, schools, roads and more
Works Progress Administration