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Unit 6
US History -Standard 15-16
| World War I | aka The Great War. War that broke out on the European continent that spread across the world at the beginning of the 21st century |
| Neutrality | refusal to choose sides on a conflict; stance US took at the outbreak of World War I in Europe |
| Woodrow Wilson | 28th US President; Democrat; president during World War I & peace negotiations after; centralized American economy & increased government's wartime powers |
| Allies (WWI) | alliance between France, Russia, Great Britain, & eventually US in WWI |
| Unrestricted Submarine Warfare | form of fighting practiced by Germany; expanded submarine attacks from strictly Allied warships to also include any commercial ships belonging to belligerent (fighting) and neutral (not fighting) nations. |
| Lusitania | British cruise liner with 128 Americans aboard sunken by a German u-boat |
| Zimmerman Telegram | telegram sent from Germany to Mexico encouraging Mexico to attack US & regain territory lost in Mexican-American War; intercepted; one of the reasons for US entry into World War I |
| Liberty Bonds | loans to the government from American people used to finance World War I; accounted for 2/3 of war funds |
| Espionage Act | Made it a crime to communicate any information that would interfere with U.S. military operations or aid its enemies. |
| Eugene Debs | Socialist Presidential candidate that was arrested on June 30, 1918 for making a series of speeches against the war urging American men not to fight |
| Great Migration | more than 1 million African Americans moved from the South to Northern cities, where they could find jobs in manufacturing |
| Fourteen Points | Wilson’s design to create lasting peace in the world; guiding point for negotiations for the Treaty of Versailles |
| League of Nations | An international peacekeeping organization proposed by Wilson and established after World War I; the US never joined |
| Treat of Versailles | ended World War I; never approved by the US |
| Isolationism | The practice of keeping your nation separate from international relationships (alliances, etc.); reason US didn't join League of Nations |
| Communism | A type of government in which workers share the means of production and distribution (no private ownership; led by dictator) |
| Socialism | An economic system where means of production are controlled by the people as a whole |
| Red Scare | Fear of the spread of communism in the United States after WWI |
| 18th Amendment | prohibited "the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquours" = NO ALCOHOL |
| 19th Amendment | universal suffrage; women get to vote |
| Henry Ford | Developed first mass produced automobile by improving the assembly line. creator of the Model-T |
| mass production | Allowed for making many identical products very quickly-caused overproduction |
| advertising | common culture; the act of promoting ones goods or services by word of mouth, on paper, or on radio or movies. |
| mass media | a big movement where radio and movies become a huge part of American culture; first media stars are born |
| radio | Created common cultural experience; used for marketing of consumer goods |
| movies | Began silent; movies with sound available in the late 1920s; facilitated common culture |
| Jazz | First true “American” music; combines different styles of music & uses improvisation |
| Harlem Renaissance | An artistic movement celebrating African-American culture |
| Langston Hughes | Harlem Renaissance poet |
| Louis Armstrong | Famous jazz musician; played trumpet |
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