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U.S. Neutrality

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US wanted to remian neutral in WW I becasue we were making money off war supplies and the economy was doing good. Also most Americans didn't feel obligated to join a conflict so far away.

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Unrestricted Submarine Warfare

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A policy that the Germans announced on January 1917 which stated that their submarines would sink any ship in the British waters

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Great Migration

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movement of over 300,000 African American from the rural south into Northern cities between 1914 and 1920

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Espionage Act

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This law, passed after the United States entered WWI, imposed sentences of up to twenty years on anyone found guilty of aiding the enemy, obstructing recruitment of soldiers, or encouraging disloyalty. It allowed the postmaster general to remove from the mail any materials that incited treason or insurrection.

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Eugene V. Debs

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an American labor and political leader, one of the founders of the International Labor Union and the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), as well as five-time Socialist Party of America candidate for President of the United States. [1]

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Eighteenth Amendment

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prohibition

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Nineteenth Amendment

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The constitutional amendment adopted in 1920 that guarantees women the right to vote.

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Fourteen Points

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It was Wilson's peace plan. Each of the points were designed to prevent future wars. He compromised each point at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919. The only point which remained was the 14th (League of Nations). Each one was appealing to a specific group in the war and each one held a specific purpose.

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League of Nations

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an international organization formed in 1920 to promote cooperation and peace among nations, A world organization proposed by Woodrow Wilson. Some of the countries did not support it. It was formed to try to prevent any future wars. Wilson believes that it will change the old world way of doing things. Congress of U.S. rejected the it. Wilson also wants to bring democratic self-government to the world community.

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Communism

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a political system characterized by a centrally planned economy with all economic and political power resting in the hands of the central government

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Socialism

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An economic system in which government owns some factors of production and participates in answering economic questions. It offers some security and benefits to those who are less fortunate, homeless, or under-employed.

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Red Scare

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Most instense outbreak of national alarm, began in 1919. Success of communists in Russia, American radicals embracing communism followed by a series of mail bombings frightened Americans. Attorney General A. MItchell Palmer led effort to deport aliens without due processs, with widespread support. Did not last long as some Americans came to their senses. Sacco/Vanzetti trial demonstrated anti-foreign feeling in 20's. Accused of armed robbery & murder, had alibis. "Those anarchists bastards". Sentenced to death and executed.

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Immigration Restrictions

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Chinese Exclusion act of 1882, Literacy Tests in native language for 16 and older (if they were illiterate they may not have been able to read and write in native language), 1921 emergency quota act, gentlemen's agreement of 1907, national origins act of 1924

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Radio

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new form of entertainment of the 1920s; shows, music, and news became family activities

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Movies

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industry grew from 1920 on--First talking movie in 1927

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Jazz

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musical form that developed in the United States in the early 1900s, blending African rhythms and European harmonies

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Harlem Renaissance

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a flowering of African American culture in the 1920s; instilled interest in African American culture and pride in being an African American

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Langston Hughes

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African American poet who described the rich culture of african American life using rhythms influenced by jazz music. He wrote of African American hope and defiance, as well as the culture of Harlem and also had a major impact on the Harlem Renaissance.

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Louis Armstrong

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Leading African American jazz musician during the Harlem Renaissance; he was a talented trumpeter whose style influenced many later musicians.

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Tin Pan Alley

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is the name given to the collection of New York City-centered music publishers and songwriters who dominated the popular music of the United States in the late 1800's and early 1900's.

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Irving Berlin

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A twentieth-century American writer of popular songs (words and music). His songs include "God Bless America," "White Christmas," and "There's no Business like Show Business."

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Mass Production

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The manufacture of many identical products by the division of labor into many small repetitive tasks. This method was introduced into the manufacture of pottery by Josiah Wedgwood and into the spinning of cotton thread by Richard Arkwright. (602)

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Henry Ford

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a factory owner famous for his Model T. He developed the assembly line, which quickened production in factories, as well as the Model T.

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Stock Market Crash

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The Stock Market Crash was when, flooded with investments (particularly those buying "on margin, or paying a fraction of the total price or a transaction and the broker lending the trader the rest), the Stock Market crashed after those who bought on margin were forced to either put up more money or sell their stock, choosing to sell. Thousands of people sold their stocks at once, and a financial panic ensued.

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Great Depression

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the economic crisis and period of low business activity in the U.S. and other countries, roughly beginning with the stock-market crash in October, 1929, and continuing through most of the 1930s.

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Dust Bowl

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Region of the Great Plains that experienced a drought in 1930 lasting for a decade, leaving many farmers without work or substantial wages.

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Hoovervilles

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camps built outside of major cities by people who had lost their homes during the great depression called hoovervilles because the people blamed pre. hoover foe their situition

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Scopes Trial

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1925 court case in which Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan debated the issue of teaching evolution in public schools

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Cause of the Great Depression

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Overproduction, Unemployment, Stock Market Crash, Bank Closings

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Cause of WWI

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Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian empire, was assassinated in Serbia by anarchists. Empires bonded together to promote imperialism.

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US involvement in WWI

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sinking of Lusitania, broken Sussex pledge, Zimmerman note

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