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Prohibition.KKK.WWI
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who organized the KKK? | ex-confederates |
| What year was the KKK organized? | 1866 |
| What was the symbol used to identify a KKK act? | Burning Cross |
| Who introduced the idea of the burning cross | William Simmons |
| Year the second KKK was organized | 1915 |
| The KKK was against which groups | anti-black, anti-immigrant, anti-catholic, antisemtic |
| At the KKK's peak its membership reached... | 4-5 million members |
| Who revived the KKK in the 1990s? | David Duke |
| Who was the ex-Baseball player turned preacher against the drinking of alcohol? | Billy Sunday |
| Which ammendment made alcohol illegal? | 16th |
| When did Prohibition begin? | January 16,1919 |
| In what year was prohibition abolished? | 1933 |
| What percentage of crime involved alcohol during the prohibition era? | 50% |
| Who was the Rum Running Queen | Mrs. Willie Carter Sharpe |
| Who was the most famous gangster from Chicago, in-charge of the illegal liquor trade? | Al Capone |
| What is the name of the bloody massacre committed by Al Capone's men? | St. Valentine's Day Massacre |
| What % of the cops were "on the take" during prohibition? | 50% |
| Which countries made up the Triple Alliance? | Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy |
| Which country left the Triple Alliance to join the Triple Entente? | Italy |
| Which three countries made up the Triple Entente? | Great Britian, France and Russia |
| Which group did Turkey later join? | Triple Alliance |
| Whose armies doubled between 1870 and 1914 | France and Germany |
| What was Von Schlieffen's plan | to attack France by going through Belgium if Russia attacked Germany. |
| Nationalism | being a strong supporter of the rights and interests of one's country. |
| Alliance | an agreement made between two or more countries to give each other help if it is needed. |
| Imperialism | when a country takes over new lands or countries and make them subject to their rule. |
| Militarism | when army and military forces are given a high profile by the government. |
| What advantage did the bolt-action rifle give a soldier in WWI? | It added speed, accuracy and distance |
| The Machine Gun had the fire-power of how many single guns? | 100 |
| Name the two gases used in the WWI | Chlorine Gas and Mustard Gas |
| What was the Zeppelin? | an airship used by the Germans to carry machine guns and bombs. |
| What was the problem with the Zeppelin? | It was easily shot down |
| what is it called when two planes fight in the sky? | dogfight |
| The Germans torpedoed what passenger liner? | The Lusitania |
| What year did America join the war? | 1917 |
| Empire | Where a powerful country controls several less powerful countries. |
| The Treaty of Versailles blamed who for WWI? | Germany |
| The incident that sparked the beginning of WWI | the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand |
| Germany agreed to a cease-fire on what date | Nov. 11, 1918 |
| A cornerstone of Pres. Wilson's Fourteen Points was the creation of a world peace organization known as what? | League of Nations |
| World War I came to be known as what? | The war to end all wars. |
| List the 5 main causes of the First World War. | Rise of Nationalism, Growth of Imperialism, Increased Militarism, Formation of Military Alliances, Igniting Incident |
| A truce or agreement to end an armed conflict | Armistice |
| British intercepted telegram in 1917 revealing a German proposal that Mexico go against the US | Zimmerman note |
| Term for large-scale movement of hundreds of thousands of Southern blacks to northern cities. | Great Migration |
| 1917 law that required men to register for military service | Selective Service |
| Biased mass communication designed to influence people | propaganda |
| 1919 peace treaty at end of WWI which established new nations | Treaty of Versailles |
| Compensation paid by a defeated nation for war damages | reparations |
| The leader of the American Expeditionary Force who believed in aggressive combat | John J Pershing |
| US senator who led campaign to keep America out of the League of Nations | Henry Cabot Lodge |
| America's president during WWI | Woodrow Wilson |
| The international organization for the peaceful settlement of grievances | League of Nations |
| Federal agency led by Bernard Baruch that regulated the economy and increased efficiency during the war | War Industries Board |
| A person who opposes warfare on moral grounds | conscientious objector |
| The Fourteen Points of the early 20th century were issued to do what? | were issued by President Wilson as a basis for a lasting peace. |
| A cause for the US becoming involved in WWI was... | threats to American security by Germany |
| In the months leading up to WWI, the US wanted to maintain its neutrality because | the US was trading heavily with European nations and did not want its business interrupted. |
| The US Congress refused to ratify the Treaty of Versailles (1919) because | it felt the League of Nations would restrict America of its sovereignty. |
| How did WWI impact African Americans? | It accelerated the Great Migration |
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