WWI Vocab
This policy prevented European nations from colonizing territories in the Americas
What is the Monroe Doctrine
This event is commonly referred to as the moment that started WWI.
What was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
The explosion of this ocean liner shifted American opinions of potentially joining WWI
What was the U.S.S. Lusitania?
This was the 18th amendment, that made the transportation, production, and trading of alcohol illegal in the United States
What was Prohibition
This was the widespread fear of Communism in America.
What is the Red Scare
This waterway opened in 1914 that connected the Pacific and Atlantic Ocean through central America
What is the Panama Canal?
This officially concluded World War 1
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
This event directly triggered U.S. entry into World War I
What is the Zimmermann Telegram?
This is the amendment that gave women the right to vote.
What was the 19th Amendment?
This was African Americans moving out of the South and towards the North and West to escape racial persecution.
What was the Great Migration?
This is keeping a strong military in place to defend a country or to attack other countries.
What is militarism?
This country was blamed for starting World War 1 and given harsh repercussions
What is Germany?
America entered WWI by declaring war on this country
What is Germany?
These were women from the 1920s that challenged gender roles by wearing shorter skirts, smoking in public and keeping their hair short.
What were flappers?
This was a time of great artistic creation from African American that start in a predominantly African American neighborhood in New York.
What was the Harlem Renaissance?
This is identifying with one’s country, oftentimes believing it is superior to others
What is Nationalism?
After World War 1, The United States prioritized focusing on issues within the country and wanted to avoid foreign wars.
What is isolationism?
Before entering the war, this is the group the United States was supporting through loans
What was the Allied Powers/Triple Entente?
This was the Act that set a limit on a specific number of immigrants let into the country. This act targeted Asian immigrants.
What was the Quota Act?
Industrialization in the 1920's led to the creation of this machine, that speed up production within factories
What were assembly lines?
This is the desire to expand and take control of other territories or countries, usually to gain resources.
What is Imperialism?
This country backed the Serbia at the start of WWI
What is Russia?
These are the 3 states that Germany promised to give to Mexico in the Zimmerman Telegram
What is Arizona, New Mexico & Texas?
This was when an excessive consumption of goods had a positive effect of the economy.
What was Consumerism?
This was the name of the neighborhood/town in Tulsa that was given the name "Black Wall Street."
What WAS Greenwood?