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US & WWI
Woodrow Wilson & The Treaty of Versailles
The Roaring 20s
More Roar! (Roaring 20s pt.2)
Potpourri
100
As WWI broke out in Europe, the United States claimed to be this when asked about what side they supported.
What is neutral
100
This was the name given to Woodrow Wilson's plan for peace after WWI.
What is his Fourteen Points
100
This term was used to describe the "new woman" of the 20s. She wore short dresses, bobbed her hair, and wore bright lipstick!
What is a flapper
100
This invention by Henry Ford allowed him to mass produce automobiles, allowing common Americans to be able to afford them.
What is the Assembly Line
100
If you were going to a place to drink in the 1920s during prohibition you would be going to a
What is speakeasy
200
This ship was attacked and sunk by Germany with Americans on board. It is referred to as one of the causes of US involvement in WWI.
What is the Lusitania
200
This organization was the brainchild of Woodrow Wilson, it was a group of countries that would come together to keep peace in the world and prevent another World War. Unfortunately, without the United States involvement, this organization was not successful.
What is the League of Nations
200
With the invention of this, people could listen to music and news at home!
What is the radio.
200
This trial highlighted the conflicts between religion and science during the 1920s when a Tennessee science teacher was arrested for teaching the theory of evolution in class.
What is the Scopes Monkey Trial.
200
During the 1920s, this term was used to describe someone that was transporting alcohol from place to place, not someone making illegal copies of movies
What is a bootlegger
300
This secret telegram was sent from Germany to Mexico. The Germans attempted to get Mexico involved in WWI by attacking the US, and in return, Germany would give Mexico their land lost to America in the Mexican-American War.
What is the Zimmerman Note or Zimmerman Telegram
300
One reason for Woodrow Wilson wanting to go to war was to keep the world safe for this?
What is democracy
300
This became very popular in the 1920s. It allowed people to purchase goods by borrowing money and repaying it back later.
What is "buy now, pay later" or "installment plan" or "Credit"
300
This was the term given to describe the fear of communism, socialism, and anarchy in the 1920s.
What is the Red Scare
300
This amendment was passed in 1933 and repealed the amendment banning alcohol in America
What is the 21st Amendment
400
The German decision to resume this became the last straw for the United States, and the immediate reason they joined WWI.
What is unrestricted submarine warfare
400
The United States Senate refused to ratify the Treaty of Versailles and entrance to the League of Nations for this reason.
What is to stay out of world affairs. (Also acceptable: Keep neutral, or something similar)
400
People such as Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes, and James Weldon Johnson became associated with this rebirth in African-American culture
What is the Harlem Renaissance
400
This is the term given to Americans who were anti-immigration.
What is nativism
400
The United States arrested thousands of people in response to the growing fear of Communism in America. Many were deported.
What is the Palmer Raids
500
Name 2 strategies used by the United States to get Americans to assist in the war at home.
What is.... Victory Gardens, buying war bonds, enlist in the military, propaganda posters. (must mention 2 for credit)
500
In the election of 1920, Republican Warren G. Harding won the election while using the slogan a return to this, representing Americans desires to return to isolationism.
What is normalcy.
500
Authors disillusioned by WWI and who felt society was corrupt and decrepit were known by this name
What is The Lost Generation
500
This amendment was passed in 1920 and banned the sale and distribution of alcohol
What is the 18th Amendment
500
These two plans were loans given to Germany in order to pay off their massive loan debt from WWI. Name 1 of the 2.
What is Dawes or Young Plans.