US history 19-21 – Flashcards
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Nationalism
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An intense devotion to the interests and culture of one's nation, known as__,was one of the long-term causes of WW1
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Archduke franz Ferdinand
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The assassination of__in Sarajevo by a Serbian nationalist was the spark that ignited the war
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Selective service act
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With the help of the__,which required men to register with the government for possible military service, the US was able to raise a large fighting force
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Propaganda
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Through the use of__, American officials were able to earn much public support for the war
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War-guilt clause
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The treaty ending WW1 contained a__, which forced Germany to admit sole responsibility for starting the conflict
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Militarism
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A build-up of armed forces
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No mans land
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Barren region between opposing trenches
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Zimmerman note
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German letter seeking help from mexico
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Convoy system
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Use of destroyers to protect merchant ships
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Conscientious objector
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One who opposes war on moral grounds
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Armistice
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A truce or end to the fighting
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Great migration
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Movement of southern african Americans to the north
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War industries board
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Body that regulated US wartime production
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Espionage and sedition acts
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Laws that imposed penalties for disloyalty
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Reparations
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Payment or compensation for war-related damages
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Fourteen points
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The principles making up president woodrow Wilson's plan for world peace following WW1
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League of Nations
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An association of nations established in 1920 to promote international cooperation and peace
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Treaty of Versailles
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The 1919 peace treaty at the end of WW1 which established new nations, borders, and war reparations
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Henry Cabot lodge
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Head of the conservative senators; objected the League of Nations
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Secret treaties among nations
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One of president Wilson's fourteen points was a call to end..
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League of Nations
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A cornerstone of president Wilson's fourteen points was the creation of a world peace organization known as the..
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France
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Georges Clemenceau was the premier of..
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Germany
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The treaty of Versailles contained a war-guilt clause, which laid the blame for the conflict on...
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Henry Cabot lodge
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A prominent US leader opposed to the treaty of Versailles was...
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Suffered a paralyzing stroke
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During a cross-country speaking tour to win support for the treaty of Versailles, president wilson..
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Rejected it
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When the treaty of Versailles came before the US senate, the senators..
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War to end all wars
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World war 1 came to be known as the..
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Installment plan
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Allowed people to buy goods over time
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Fordney-McCumber tariff
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Raised import taxes to highest level ever
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Isolationism
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A policy of retreating from foreign affairs
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Urban sprawl
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Spread of cities
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John l. Lewis
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Leader of united mine workers
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Nativism
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Prejudice against foreign-born people
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Calvin Coolidge
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A pro-business president
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Anarchists
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Opposed any form of government
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Charles Evans Hughes
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Secretary of State, urged that no more warships be built for 10 years
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Communism
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An economic and political system based on a single-party government rules by a dictatorship
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Sacco and Vanzetti
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An example of the hysteria caused by the red scare of the 1920s
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Ohio gang
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President hoardings poker-playing cronies in his cabinet who caused a great deal of embarrassment
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Teapot dome scandal
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Spectacular corruption of government where Albert fall sold oil reserves to oil companies
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Albert b. fall
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Part of the teapot dome scandal, first American to be convicted of a felony while holding a cabinet post
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Kellogg-Briand pact
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In 1928, fifteen nations signed the_, which renounced war as a national policy
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Dawes plan
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Under the_, American investors loaned Germany billions of dollars to pay its war reparations to Britain and France
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Business affairs; social reform
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As president warren g. Harding favored a limited role of government in__ and__
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Charles k. Forbes
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A member of the Hardings so-called Ohio gang, was caught illegally selling government and hospital supplies to private companies
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Andrew Mellon
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As harding's secretary of treasury,__set about cutting taxes and reducing the national debt
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Russia
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Wasn't invited to the US sponsored Washington naval conference in 1921 because of its communist government
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No means of enforcement
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Significant weakness in the Kellogg-Briand pact was
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Dawes plan
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Caused great resentment among the US, Britain, and france
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Calvin Coolidge
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The president who said," the chief business of the American people is business" was..
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Airplane
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The mode of transportation that began as a mail carrying service for the US post office was the...
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35%
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During the 1920s, americans average annual income rose by about
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California
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The famous Route 66 stretched from Chicago to..
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Charles a. Lindbergh
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The man known for making a historic transatlantic flight was..
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Farming industry
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One industry that did not prosper during the 1920s was the..
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Ernest Hemingway
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Well-known American expatriate author
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Fundamentalism
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Belief in literal interpretation of the bible
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Sinclair Lewis
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Winner of Nobel prize in literature
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Prohibition
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Banning of alcohol sale and consumption
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Marcus garvey
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Urged separate african American society
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Charles a. Lindbergh
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Made first nonstop flight across Atlantic
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Harlem renaissance
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Flowering of African American culture
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Speakeasies
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Underground saloons and nightclubs
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Scopes trial
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Was a fight over evolution and the role of science and religion in US public schools
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Georgia o'keefe
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A prominent 1920 painter who sought to capture the grandeur of New York
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George Gershwin
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Helped create a uniquely American sound by mixing jazz with more traditional elements
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Louis Armstrong
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A tower figure of the Harlem renaissance,_ is considered perhaps the most important musician in the history of jazz
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Bessie smith
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An outstanding blue singer,_ eventually became the highest paid black artist in the world
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Flapper
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An emancipated young woman who embraced the new fashions and urban attitudes of the day
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Double standard
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Set of principles granting greater sexual freedom to men than to women
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Teaching;nursing
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After WW1, many female college graduates entered "women's professions" such as__and__
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Managerial
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While some 10 million women were in the workforce by 1930, few had risen to__positions
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Birth control
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In 1916, Margaret Sanger opened the first__clinic in the country
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Smoking;drinking
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A number of women in the 1920s displayed their new sense of freedom by_and_ in public
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Household labor
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Women in the 1920s experienced greater freedom through the help of technological innovations that simplified__
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Traditionalists
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__in churches and schools protested women's more freewheeling social behavior
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Wrote the great gatsby
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Helen Willis
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Dominated women's tennis
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Ernest Hemingway
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Introduce simple, tough style of prose
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Babe Ruth
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Famous home-run slugger
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Charles a. Lindbergh
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Made first solo flight across Atlantic
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Great migration
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Between 1910 and 1920, million of blacks moved from the south to the north in search of jobs in what became known as the...
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Marcus Garvey
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In 1914__ founded the universal negro improvement association, whose goal was to help blacks advance economically and socially
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Anti-lynching
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During the early 1900s, the NAACP made__laws one of its main priorities
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Web Dubois
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__believed that African Americans should support the war effort
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Flu epidemic
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The United States and the rest of the world suffered a major__during the war years
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George creel
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Was the head of the propaganda agency, the committee on public information
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Nationalism, imperialism, and militarism
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3 political situations that led to the beginning of WW1
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Nationalism
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The banding together of ethnic groups in a search for greater independence and self-determination resulted from an increasing feeling of__
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Imperialism
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An effort by major European nations to gain more colonies
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Allies
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France, Great Britain, and russia
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Central powers
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Germany, Austria Hungary, and the ottoman empire
