Ww1 causes
Question:
What was the name of the alliance including Great Britain, France, and Russia?
Allied Powers
What is the term for the racial violence and riots that occurred in 1919
Red summer
What is the term for warfare in which opposing armies fight each other from trenches dug in the battlefield?
Trench Warfare
What is the name for the cultural, social, and artistic explosion that took place in Harlem between the end of World War I and the middle of the 1930s?
Harlem Renaissance
100 Points:Question: How did WWI create factory job opportunities in the North that attracted African Americans?
the war created a demand for industrial production
What was the event that immediately sparked WWI?
assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
What is the system of farming in which landowners give farm workers a portion of their crops as payment?
Sharecropping
What was the area between opposing trenches called?
No mans land
Who was a famous poet of the Harlem Renaissance?
Langston Hughes
How did WWI affect the availability of European immigrants for factory jobs?
The war reduced European immigration
What was the name of the telegram in which Germany tried to ally with Mexico against the United States?
Zimmerman Telegram
What were the discriminatory laws in the South that enforced racial segregation?
Jimcrow laws
What is a common condition caused by prolonged exposure to wet and unsanitary trench conditions?
Trench foot
What type of music became very popular during the Harlem Renaissance?
Jazz
What is the term for the government's effort to influence public opinion to support the war effort?
Propaganda
What is the term for the policy of glorifying military power and keeping an army prepared for war?
militarism
What is the general term for reasons that compel someone to leave a place?
push factors
What new weapon led to stalemate and high casualties in trench warfare?
machine gun?
What was the name of the literary and artistic journal that showcased African American talent during the Harlem Renaissance?
The crisis
How did African Americans contribute to the war effort during WWI?
serving in the military and working in war industries?
What was the name of the British passenger ship sunk by a German U-boat, killing 128 Americans?
Lusitania
What was the primary form of racial discrimination and violence that pushed African Americans to leave the South?
lynching
What is the term for a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible?
stalemate?
Who was a prominent writer and anthropologist during the Harlem Renaissance, known for her novel "Their Eyes Were Watching God
Zora Neale Hurston
What is the connection between the Red Summer and the return of Black veterans after WWI?
increased racial tension and violence due to Black veterans demanding equal rights?