WWI Causes and Entry
This country's aggressive submarine attacks threatened American ships before WWI
Propaganda during World War I encouraged Americans to believe this about Germany.
What is that Germany was the enemy and should be feared or disliked?
Woodrow Wilson's plan for peace
What is "Wilson's Fourteen Points"?
This amendment banned the manufacture and sale of alcohol.
What is the 18th Amendment?
This person revolutionized mass production with the assembly line.
Who is Henry Ford?
In 1915, this British passenger ship was sunk by a German U-boat, killing 128 Americans and increasing calls for U.S. involvement in WWI.
What is the Lusitania?
This labor leader was jailed under the Espionage Act for speaking against U.S. involvement in WWI.
Who is Eugene Debs?
Organization proposed by Wilson but rejected by the Senate
What is the League of Nations?
This amendment gave women the right to vote in 1920.
What is the 19th Amendment?
Name two inventions that unified the nation and created a common culture.
What are movies and the radio?
This event revealed a German plot to ally with Mexico against the U.S..
This saw African Americans move north for factory jobs during WWI.
What is the Great Migration?
The Red Scare after World War I influenced U.S. immigration policy by
What is limiting the number of immigrants who could enter the country?
Major effect of Prohibition on American society
What is rise in organized crime and speakeasies?
Origin of jazz music
What is New Orleans?
Year the U.S. officially declared war in WWI
What is 1917?
Civil liberty limited by laws like the Espionage and Sedition Acts during World War I
What is freedom of speech?
Reason many senators oppose the Treaty of Versailles
What is they feared the U.S. would be dragged into foreign conflicts?
Cultural movement celebrated African American art, literature, and music in the 1920s
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
Name two musicians who were popular during the Harlem Renaissance.
Who were Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Cole Porter, Bessie Smith, etc.?
Before entering WWI, the U.S. followed this foreign policy approach to stay out of European conflicts.
Two reasons for African American migration during the Great Migration
What is escaping Jim Crows laws and looking for job opportunities?
The Treaty of Versailles punished this country most harshly.
What is Germany?
What are Roaring Twenties, Prohibition Era, Jazz Age, Flapper Era, Dry Decade?
This increased consumerism through nationwide campaigns that made people start to see themselves as "needing" instead of simply "wanting" certain items of convenience.
What is advertising?