World War 1
The assassination of this archduke in Sarajevo is known is one of the immediate causes of World War 1.
Who is Franz/Francis Ferdinand?
This Act was passed in 1917 authorizing the draft of men for military service.
What is the Selective Service Act?
The United States advocated for this organization and our President wanted to participate in it but Congress was tired of War and the affairs of other countries. They refused to ratify the treaty that would allow the US to Join.
What is the League of Nations?
This Supreme Court case overturned the bad decision made in Plessy vs. Ferguson. The justices ruled that 'separate but equal" was not acceptable.
What is Brown vs. the Board of Education?
During the first Red Scare these raids were carried out against suspected radicals and communists.
What were the Palmer Raids?
The loss of Alsace-Lorraine to Germany in 1871 from this allied power was noted as one of the causes of World War 1.
What is France?
This Act passed by Congress in 1917 enacted severe penalties for anyone engaged in treasonable or disloyal activities.
What is the Espionage Act?
This term was used to describe people who made or transported illegal liquor during prohibition.
What are Bootleggers?
The trial, subsequent murder conviction and execution of these two Italian Americans is still questioned because it was believed to be biased because they were immigrants.
Who are Sacco and Vanzetti?
This British passenger ship sunk by the Germans was another reason the US entered World War 1.
What is the Lusitania?
This act was passed during Prohibition to help with the enforcement of the Eighteenth Amendment.
What is the Volstead Act?
During this period in the 1920's African American poets, artists and novelists celebrated their culture.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
This Supreme Court case established that "separate but equal" was acceptable.
What is Plessy vs. Ferguson?
This telegram written by the German Foreign Minister proposed an alliance between Germany and Mexico against the US.
What is the Zimmerman Note?
This New Deal program provided young men with relief jobs on environmental conservation projects.
What was the Civilian Conservation Corps?
This 1925 trial of a Tennessee school teacher was billed as science vs the Bible...
What is the Scopes Trial?
This was the name for a person whose moral or religious beliefs forbid him or her from fighting in a war.
What is a conscientious objector?
This case was known for being one of the worst Supreme Court decisions of all time. It stated that Executive Order 9066 that ordered the internment of Japanese Americans and the suspension of Habeas Corpus was okay.
What is Korematsu vs the US?