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Exam 2

chapter 22

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Flappers Young women of the 1920s whose rebellion against prewar standards of femininity included wearing shorter dresses, bobbing their hair, dancing to jazz music, driving cars, smoking cigarettes, and indulging in illegal drinking and gambling.
Jazz Age Term coined by writer F. Scott Fitzgerald to characterize the spirit of rebellion and spontaneity among young Americans in the 1920s, a spirit epitomized by the hugely popular jazz music of the era.
Consumer Culture A society in which mass production and consumption of nationally advertised products comes to dictate much of social life and status.
Treaty of Versailles Peace treaty that ended the Great War, forcing Germany to dismantle its military, pay immense war reparations, and give up its colonies around the world.
Lusitania A British passenger ship that was sunk by a German U-Boat on May 7, 1915. 128 Americans died. The sinking greatly turned American opinion against the Germans, helping the move towards entering the war.
Fourteen Points President Woodrow Wilson's proposed plan for the peace agreement after the Great War, which included the creation of a "league" of nations intended to keep the peace.
19th Amendment (1920) Gave women the right to vote
14th Amendment Declares that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens and are guaranteed equal protection of the laws
15th Amendment (1870) States cannot deny any person the right to vote because of race.
Western Front Contested frontier between the Central and Allied Powers that ran along northern France and across Belgium.
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