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long, narrow ditches dug by soldiers to hide and cover them in war |
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people who are against all war |
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Define Victory Gardens
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a program to encourage people to raise food in their backyards to help with the war |
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Define Propaganda
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biased, one-sided information |
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Define Reparation
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payments made for damages suffered |
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women in the twenties who dressed and lived in a new bold style |
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Define "Speakeasies"
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where people went to drink alcohol illegally |
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buying a share to own part of a corporation and get a share of its future profits |
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Define Harlem Renaissance
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the flourishing of music and art that came from the black community of New York City |
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Define Bootleggers
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people who smuggled in alcohol illegally
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anti-immigrant supporters who wanted to U.S. to be made of only the first wave of immigrants |
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Define Fundamentalism
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a Protestant movement that rose in reaction to modernism and the belief that the bible is a literal historical record |
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Define Installment Plan
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to buy a product with a small initial amount and then paying the rest of the cost in small payments over a long time |
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Define Protectorate
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the relation of a strong state toward a weaker state or territory that it protects and partly controls |
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Define Fordney McCumber Tariff
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A 1920’s law that raised taxes on imports by up to 50% |
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a group of nations that have promised to defend each other if they are attacked |
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Define Militarism
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to believe in having a strong army, to glorify soldiers and warfare |
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Define Nationalism
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devotion to your country, its culture, language and arts; defining your identity strongly with your country and its interests |
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Define Isolationism
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policies in which countries choose to focus inward and do not get involved with other country’s conflicts, politics, or economies |
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Define Self-Determination
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the right of each ethnic group to decide who will govern it |
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What was the name of the law limiting speech during WWI?
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Espionage & Sedition Acts |
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I became a national hero after I successfully made the first solo transatlantic flight
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I was a famous singer with a gravelly voice and trumpet player who was one of the most popular jazz musicians of all time.
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I was a black leader who believed blacks should have pride in themselves and should support the growth of black neighborhoods and black businesses. I began the "Back to Africa" movement.
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I was a black poet who was part of the Harlem Renaissance. I tried to copy the mood and rhythm of blues and jazz in my poems.
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I was the heir to the throne of the Austria-Hungary empire. I was killed by a Serbian terrorist who wanted Serbia to gain independence.
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What law was a significant factor in the rise of organized crime in America?
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What is lynching?
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A violent form of murder toward minority groups to scare them |
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The 1924 Immigration Act and the Palmer Raids illustrated the fear of which group?
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What was the Scopes Monkey Trial about?
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A science teacher named Mr. Scopes was fired for teaching about evolution. Also he was criticized for saying that humans evolved from monkeys. |
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Name three groups the KKK threatened or attacked.
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African Americans, Catholics, Jews, foreigners, and labour unions |
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What are three things that was different about the flapper style clothing?
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Short hair, knees and arms exposed, no corset, straight narrow clothing, taped down chest, feather |
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Name three popular forms of entertainment during the 1920’s
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movies, sports, music on the radio, jazz, dancing |
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Describe three new technologies which became common in people’s households during the 1920s
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radio, car, vacuum, toaster, electricity, stove, washing machine |
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What famous club in Harlem was the center of the rise in popularity of jazz?
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Describe two ways that public education changed during this era
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more students staying through high school, school buses, less one room school houses, more teacher education and licensing requirements, factory model of teaching subjects |
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In the Spanish-American war, the U.S. helped support which nation’s independence movement?
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Name two reasons why was America involved in the Spanish-American war?
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The USS Main had been blown up, had businesses there, wanted to support Cuban independence |
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What was the name of the volunteer fighting force Theodore Roosevelt led?
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The largest causes of American deaths in Cuba was what?
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bad food, disease, and unsanitary conditions. |
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As soon as the U.S. declared war on Spain, Commodore George Dewey sailed to what country?
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Which came first: WWI or the Spanish-American War?
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Even before the sinking of the American battleship, the American public's indignation at Spain had been whipped into frenzy by what?
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William Randolph Hearst's sensational newspaper stories of Spanish atrocities in Cuba. |
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Extreme, emotional patriotism |
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List four regions the U.S. took over or had significant influence in after the Spanish American War
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Puerto Rico, Cuba, Guam, Philippines |
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Name three countries that were part of the Allied forces and three countries that were part of the Central Power
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Allies = Russia, Britain, U.S., France, Belgium
Central=Austra-Hungary, Turkey, Germany |
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Name two things that made the 20's Golden
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New Inventions, Business was prospering, money was available to finance, industrial growth, stock prices rose, many bought stock or margin, unemployment was down, govt. policy was conservative, pro-business, new industries |
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Name two things that made the 20's NOT so Golden
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Red Scare, U.S Isolationism, Opposition to Women's movement, growth of racism |
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Name two new weapons used World War I
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Machine gun, tank, Airplane, observation balloons, poison gases, antiaircraft |
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Name two famous writers during the 1920's
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F. Scott Fitzgerald. Langston Hughes, Sinclair Lewis |
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Name three of the four Presidents during the 1920’s
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Wilson, Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover |
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Name two factors that led to the rise of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920's?
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massive immigration, minor depression, rapidly changing morality
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What does U.N.I.A. stand for?
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United Negro Improvement Association |
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