WWI Alliances
The four M.A.I.N. causes of WWI
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism
Germany promised not to sink merchant vessels without warning.
Sussex Pledge
Group of people who saw the most social change during the Roaring Twenties.
Women
First pilot to make a solo, nonstop transatlantic flight.
Charles A. Lindbergh
This invention created a shared culture among Americans of all types. For example, people heard the same ads and bought the same products.
The radio.
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire.
The Central Powers
About 1,200 passengers were killed, including 128 Americans when Germany torpedoed this British passenger liner.
The Lusitania
People who snuck alcohol were called:
Bootleggers
First female pilot to make a solo, nonstop transatlantic flight.
Amelia Earhart
The number of products a worker or machine can produce.
Productivity.
Britain, France, Serbia, Russia, Belgium, Italy, Japan, United States.
The Allied Powers
How did WWI affect the U.S. economy?
The United States became the world’s leading economic power.
Illegal bars used during Prohibition.
Speakeasies
Harlem Renaissance writer who wrote about defiance, black pride, and hope? You read his poem “I, Too” in class.
Langston Hughes
Businesses that made the materials and parts for the cars, such as glass, steel, and rubber. Also automobile repair shops, gas stations, and motels and restaurants.
Spinoff industries
Cause of WWI that has to do with nations competing for colonies.
Imperialism
The Treaty of Versailles ended World War I. It affected Germany in these three ways.
It forced Germany to assume full blame for the war, shrank their military, and imposed huge reparations (payments for war damage) that their war-battered economy could not afford.
Outlawed the manufacture, transport, and sale of alcohol in 1919.
Eighteenth Amendment
Famous actress, singer, and dancer. She moved to France and had a successful career performing in Europe, where audiences tended to be more accepting of black performers than white Americans.
Josephine Baker
Henry Ford pioneered this industry method that transformed manufacturing by increasing productivity and making cars for affordable. The car would pass through many workstations on a conveyor belt as workers at each station performed specific yet simple tasks.
Assembly line
Reasons the U.S. joined WWI
Open diplomacy, freedom of the seas, reduction of arms, self-determination for nations, and establishment of a League of Nations.
President Wilson's Fourteen Points
Define flapper.
Young women who defied traditional ideas of appropriate dress and behavior. They cut their hair, raised their hemlines, wore makeup, smoked cigarettes, drank alcohol, danced in nightclubs, and promoted a lifestyle of independence and freedom.
First African American woman to hold a pilot license.
Bessie Coleman
Giving workers extra benefits like retirement pensions and recreation programs to promote worker satisfaction and loyalty. They wanted to keep workers out of unions and avoid higher pay demands.
Welfare capitalism