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”