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Sedition Act of 1918
Fourteen Points
Written by Woodrow Wilson, self-determination, League of Nations, lower tariffs, no secret treaties
League of Nations
Different nations joining together to keep world peace after WWI, US didn't join
Treaty of Versailles
Peace treaty to end WWI, 1918, required Germany reparations of money, land, weapons - League of Nations - freedom of nations, new nations
Big Four
Britain David Lloyd Georges - US Woodrow Wilson - French Georges Clemenceau - Italian Vittorio Orlando - dominated peace conference
Flappers
Young women, bobbed hair, boyish, challenged traditional behavior
Red Scare
Public fear of immigrants, communists (reds)
Palmer Raids
A. Mitchell Palmer - raids against "radical" organizations
Great Migration
African Americans moved from south to north - for jobs, less Jim Crow laws
Prohibition
Outlaw of alcohol
Bootlegging
Smuggling of alcohol illegally
Speakeasies
Secret clubs, usually with alcohol
Al Capone
Scarface, bootlegger
Scopes "Monkey" Trial
1920's Immigration Laws
Limited the number of immigrants in America, Emergency Quota Act, National Origins Act
Henry Ford
Founder of Ford car company, created assembly line, hired Black and disabled people
Assembly Line
Chains, slides, and conveyor belts used to move products from one group of workers to the next in production line
Cars Impact on America
Created more jobs (car making, repair, gas, insurance, etc.), creation of assembly line
Credit/Installment Plans
Small down payment then monthly payments with interest to buy goods
Radio/Advertising
Commercials for new products, radio shows
Charles Lindbergh
Pilot that flew across the Atlantic Ocean solo
Harlem Renaissance
Cultural movement of African American artistic growth
Lost Generation
Group of writers who came of age in WWI, criticized postwar society
Second Industrial Revolution
Rapid growth of manufacturing, US was the industrial leader
Transcontinental Railroad
Railroad to connect east to west, 1863-1869, Pacific Railways Act