World War I/Jazz Age

People of Jazz Age

100

Great baseball player; helped make professional sports popular; set many baseball records

Babe Ruth

200

Pilot who became first person to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean

Charles Lindbergh

300

Started mass production of cars using the assembly line; made cars affordable for all

Henry Ford

400

African American poet and author who was a part of the Harlem Renaissance

Langston Hughes

500

Jazz musician who helped make the 1920s known as the Jazz Age

Louis Armstrong

World War I

100

Name of the ocean liner sank by a German U-boat; a reason the U.S. entered World War I

Lusitania

200

President of the U.S. during WWI; he believed the United States should stay out of WWI

Woodrow Wilson

300

The two alliances during World War I

Central Powers and Allied Powers

400

Name one way the Treaty of Versailles punished Germany

1. Forced Germany to pay large amounts of money

2. Forced Germany to give up weapons and decrease size of military

500

Name 2 reasons the U.S. decided to enter World War I

1. Sinking of Lusitania

2. Zimmerann Telegram

Vocabulary

100

An agreement between nations to support and defend each other

Alliance

200

People who risk everything to start a business

Entrepreneurs

300

The belief to stay out of world events

Isolationism

400

An agreement to stop fighting

Armistice

500

Posters and advertisements trying to get people to feel a certain way

Propaganda

Little Bit of Everything

100

The purpose of the 19th Amendment

Women were given the right to vote

200

Sucessfully built and flew first airplane

The Wright Brothers

300

How did specialization improve the lives of Americans in the 1920s?

Henry Ford specialized his workers using the assembly line which made cars more affordable.

400

The movement where African Americans began to be recognized for excellence in art, music, writing, and sports

Harlem Renaissance

500

Which was NOT a way Henry Ford affected American life?

a. made the assembly line so cars could be produced more quickly

b. helped cars become cheaper so more people could afford them

c. paid his workers more than other companies

d. invented air bags and car horns

d. invented air bags and car horns