War Causes
On the Home Front
Hear Me Roar
Prohibition
Post-War Trouble
Map of Europe
100
This event on June 28, 1914 is considered the start of World War I
What is the shooting of Archduke Ferdinand?
100
Thousands of African-Americans left the South to take factory jobs in the North during the war, which became known as this
What is the Great Migration?
100
The popular style of music
What is Jazz?
100
Secret underground clubs
What are Speakeasies?
100
The Bolsheviks won the Russian Civil War, overthrowing Tsar Nicholas with this army that would forever become the color associated with Marxism
What is red?
100
Russia, the United Kingdom, and France made up this fighting group
Who are the Allied Powers?
200
Submarines illegally firing on merchant and civilian ships without warning is considered this
What is "unrestricted submarine warfare"?
200
Today all males from 18 to 25 are required to register with this agency, originating with the draft in World War I
What is the Selective Service System?
200
Party girls who became a symbol of female social liberation
Who were Flappers?
200
The most notorious gangster in the 1920s and 1930s who ended up in prison for tax evasion
Who is Al Capone?
200
The Great War came to an end on this month, day, and hour
What is 11, 11, 11?
200
Germany, Austria Hungary, and Turkey made up this fighting group
Who are the Central Powers?
300
German foreign minister Zimmerman sent a note or telegram to this nation asking them to join the war and fight against the United States
What is Mexico?
300
This landmark Supreme Court case limited speech if it was clearly and presently dangerous
What is Schenck v United States?
300
Disillusioned young people, particularly in literary circles became known as this generation
What is the Lost Generation?
300
The amendment outlawing alcohol
What is the 18th Amendment?
300
The Versailles Treaty ending the war forced this nation to accept guilt and pay damages of $56 billion for the Great War
What is Germany?
300
This neutral nation was incorrectly named as the starting point for the global influenza outbreak
What is Spain?
400
This New Jersey weapons depot was blown up by German spies, damaging the Statue of Liberty in 1916
What is Black Tom Island?
400
During the war, this political party was targeted for its anti-war stance
What was the Socialist Party?
400
F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote a fictional story criticizing the materialism and partying lifestyle that dominated the era with the tragic main character going by this name
Who is Gatsby?
400
The federal statute (law) enforcing Prohibition
What is the Volstead Act?
400
Following a mail bomb conspiracy connected to foreign born radicals, these raids were conducted by the Attorney General rounding up immigrants and deporting them in the early 1920s
What are the Palmer Raids?
400
Russia, a Slavic nation, came to the aid of this Slavic nation attacked by Germany and Austria Hungary
What is Serbia?
500
The Germans pledged to end use of submarines against civilians after three Americans were killed while on board this French vessel
What is The Sussex?
500
This government agency was established with the goal of influencing U.S. support for the war through poster advertisements
What is the Committee on Public Information?
500
The first movie in history to have talking that went along with the acting on screen, debuting in 1927 and starring Al Jolson as the main character
What is The Jazz Singer?
500
Federal agents enforcing prohibition were also known by this term
What are G-Men?
500
This president promised a "Return to Normalcy" and won the 1920 election in a landslide and probably celebrated with one of his mistresses
Who is (Warren G.) Harding?
500
Germany invaded France by way of this neutral nation
What is Belgium?