Unit I ReviewWorld War I

1920s

Name the three powers who were part of the Triple Entente.

Russia, France, Great Britain

This man was elected president in 1916.

Woodrow Wilson

The Zimmerman Telegram proposed an alliance between what two countries?

Germany and Mexico

Active fighting began in the war when

Germany invaded this neutral nation (through the

Schlieffen Plan)…Belgium

Prior to WWI, the country that the

United States traded with most was…

Great Britain

Name for night clubs during prohibition

era.

Speakeasies

What are two reasons prohibition failed?

Too difficult to enforce (Not enough police,

too little funding. Crime bosses were too

powerful.)

People wanted to celebrate after war time.

Wording of 18th Amendment did not make

it illegal to buy or drink alcohol.

What term describes the discrimination

against immigrants of the 1920s?

Nativism

During the Red Scare, many Americans

specifically feared this idea of

government…Communism

What organization conducted the Palmer

Raids?

Bureau of Investigations or

known today as the FBI

Who was the famous defendant in the 1925

trial in Tennessee brought about for

teaching the Theory of Evolution?John Scopes

This man was the mastermind of the

Teapot Dome scandal.

Albert Fall

What act made it illegal to speak out

against the draft and was considered

unconstitutional?Sedition Act - 1918

This man, from Jamaica, led the Back to Africa movement during the Harlem

Renaissance.

Marcus Garvey

The sinking of this British ocean liner angered both the

British and the Americans.

Lusitania

The name for the agreement in 1928 that renounced war as an instrument of

national policy.

Kellogg Briand Pact

Name the MAIIN causes for WWI breaking out.Militarism

Alliance System

Industrialization

Imperialism

Nationalism

What were the names of the Big Four nations

(Think about the image of the four men

standing at the Treaty of Versailles)?

Great Britain

France

Italy

United States

Name three countries that were part of the

Central Powers.

Germany

Austria-Hungary

Ottoman Empire

What was the name for Germany’s plan that would prevent

Germany from fighting a two front

war?Schlieffen Plan

When did the US enter WWI? (month,

year)

April 1917

American ships were not susceptible to German

US boats when they used the ______ system.(Be able to describe it!)

Convoy

Who was the commander of the American Armed

forces on the Western Front?

General John J. Pershing

What was the committee called that controlled war time propaganda in the

United States led by George Creel?

The Committee on Public

Information

Where did the assassination of Archduke Franz

Ferdinand occur?

Bosnia (Sarajevo)

This American tariff limited imports from France and Britain in

the early 1920s.

Fordney McCumber Tariff

Describe what happened to

immigration during the 1920s.

It decreased due to the Quota Act

which limited the amount of

immigrants allowed into the

country each year.

What is the name of the mass exodus of African American

from the south to the north?

The Great Migration

Who were the targets for the KKK during

the 1920s?African American

Jews

Catholics

Immigrants

What was the name given to the new

emancipated women of the 1920s?

Flappers

Name three Harlem Renaissance artists (could be an artist, singer, musician, writer, performer

etc.)• Paul Robeson, Bessie Smith, Langston

Hughes, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington,

Aaron Douglas, Jacob Lawrence, Zora

Neale Hurston, Claude McKay

Name two ways the Treaty of Versailles

set up WWII.Germany felt humiliated

Italy left bitter

Japan and many other nations

involved felt neglected

When did armistice occur?

11.11.1918

Money paid for damages are called…

Reparations

What action directly caused the US to enter the war?

Zimmerman Note

What did the National War Labor Board do?

Settle disputes between labor and

management during war time

This man is considered the

biggest national hero of the 1920s.

Charles Lindbergh

This man had his house bombed by anarchists during the Red Scare. He was also the man

who appointed J. Edgar Hoover to lead the raids

named in his honor.A. Mitchell Palmer

Germany and Russia signed a separate

peace treaty in 1918 called the…

Treaty of Brest Litovsk

Name the two Italian anarchists were

executed in 1927 in part because of the

Red Scare?

Nicola Sacco and Bart Vanzetti

Name a weapon used as part of the

introduction of mechanized warfare.

Planes, Tanks, etc…

What is the term used to describe the

flowering of African American culture in the

1920s?

Harlem Renaissance

This organization tried to use peaceful means

to help improve the lives of African

American within American society.NAACP

(National Association for the

Advancement of Colored People)

The Scopes trial dealt with the conflict

between…

Religion (Fundamentalism) and

Science (Evolution)

Who said, “The world must be made safe

for democracy.”

Woodrow Wilson

The 18th Amendment outlawed what? (Be very specific)

Manufacturing, Transportation, and

Sale of alcohol.

NOT buying or drinking.

This amendment in this year ended

prohibition.

21st Amendment, 1933

Name the two famous lawyers from the

Scopes trial.

Clarence Darrow (Defense) and William

Jennings Bryan (Prosecution)

What was the area between the trenches

called?

“No man’s land”