Vocabulary
People
World War I
Expansionist America
The 1920's
100
associate; person who works in the same field.
What is a colleague?
100
He was 27th President of the United States of America. He helped shape the Fourteen Points to help create the League of Nations.
Who was Woodrow Wilson?
100
These are some of the ways that American women supported the war effort.
What are volunteering for the Army, Navy and Nursing Corps, as well as taking jobs that were traditionally held by men?
100
Teddy Roosevelt used this policy to expand America's influence throughout the Western Hemisphere using America's Navy as leverage.
What is gunboat diplomacy?
100
This group of people believed that all government involvement in people's lives was a negative thing. (Sacco and Vanzetti)
What were anarchists?
200
to place a burden on something or someone
What is impose?
200
He was one of the first American celebrities. He was famous for being the first aviator to fly across the Atlantic.
Who was Charles Lindburgh?
200
The use of this helped stir support for the war effort.
What is propaganda?
200
Secretary of State Seward bought this territory from Russia which later became a state.
What is Alaska?
200
This foreign policy was typical of Americans before and after World War I. They did not want to get involved in the affairs of Europe.
What is isolationism?
300
to confine
What is restrict?
300
These young women brought change to the social landscape of the 1920's. Often seen doing "the Charleston."
Who were flappers?
300
The Treaty of Versailles punished Germany by making it pay these.
What are reparations?
300
This event was the immediate cause of the Spanish-American War.
What is the sinking of the Maine?
300
This is how the stock market is described when it is doing well.
What is a bull market?
400
to set apart; to separate
What is isolate?
400
Inventor of the new and improved method for assembling complex machines, the assebly line.
Who was Henry Ford?
400
The sinking of this ship made many Americans angry and led to increased support for entering the war.
What is the Lusitania?
400
This project let Americans ship goods quickly between the Atlantic and Pacific.
What is the Panama Canal?
400
This is how the stock market is described when it is losing money.
What is a bear market?
500
someone who makes judgements on the value of objects or actions
What is a critic?
500
One of the most influential artists of the Jazz Age. He pioneered new techniques of big band music and specifically the trumpet. Not an astronaut.
Who was Louis Armstrong?
500
This type of warfare is when opposing armies shoot at each other from across a barren patch called no man's land.
What is trench warfare?
500
This brief rebellion in China showed that not everyone wanted America or other Western powers to interfere in their countries.
What is the Boxer Rebellion?
500
These are the minority groups that made gains in the 1920's.
What are women, African Americans, Asian Americans and Mexican Americans?
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