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WWI & 1920s
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Fourteen Points | a set of 14 principles proposed by President Wilson as a basis for ending WWI and for keeping the peace. |
| American Expeditionary Force | troops sent to Europe by the U.S. Army during WWI (fought with France and Great Britain against Germany) |
| Armistice | a formal agreement between groups fighting a war to stop fighting, sometimes temporarily. |
| Sedition Act of 1918 | an act passed during WWI that made it a crime to speak badly against the government |
| flappers | slang term for a young woman in the 1920's who showed their freedom from conventions of dress and behavior |
| blue laws | laws that prohibit certain activities at certain times, which are usually based on religion |
| Big Apple | African-American dance hall in Columbia, SC |
| Southern Literary Renaissance | a revitalization of American southern literature that began in the 1920's and 1930's |
| Harlem Renaissance | period of great African American artistic accomplishment beginning in the 1920's in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City |