Crash Course
How long was the United States involved in World War I?
19 months.
Who founded The Crisis magazine?
W.E.B. Du Bois; the NAACP
What is meant by the term "Lost Generation?" (definition)
The generation that came of age during World War I and felt disoriented, aimless, and disillusioned after the war.
What message did Germany send to Mexico that encouraged U.S. entry into the war? (name of that message)
The Zimmerman Telegram
What organization was The Crisis the official magazine of?
The NAACP
What does the word expatriate mean?
A person who lives outside their native country.
What law required 24 million American men to register for the draft in 1917?
The Selective Service Act
What was the magazine’s main purpose?
To expose racial prejudice and promote human rights for Black people (and all people).
quote from Dubois: to pursue "the world-old dream of human brotherhood" by bearing witness to "the danger of race prejudice" and reporting on "the great problem of inter-racial relations."
What city became the center for many Lost Generation writers and artists in the 1920s?
Paris
What organization created propaganda to convince Americans to support the war?
The Committee of Public Information
What was The Brownies’ Book, and who was it for?
A magazine for Black children by Black writers, celebrating Black beauty and life
Who is credited with coining the term Lost Generation?
Gertrude Stein (really, the French mechanic she heard the term from).
Name two positive social changes that occurred in the U.S. after WWI.
The Great Migration and the 19th Amendment (Women’s Suffrage)
What made The Brownies’ Book especially powerful?
It showed images of ordinary, joyful Black childhood and representation (normalized Black people's lives; subverted stereotypes of the time).
This ambulance driver popularized the phrase “You are all a lost generation” in his 1926 novel The Sun Also Rises?
Ernest Hemingway