Download Advanced Placement United States History Unit 10 Vocabulary

Advanced Placement United States History
Unit 10 Vocabulary: World War I and the Roaring 20s
Chapter 31: The War to End War
Neutrality
U-Boats
Lusitania
Immigrant loyalty
Sussex pledge
Election of 1916
Unrestricted submarine warfare
Zimmerman note
“a war to end all wars”
“a war to make the world safe
for democracy”
Fourteen Points
George Creel & Committee on
Public Information
“Over There”
Anti-Germanism (Wagner,
Bach, Liberty Cabbage)
Espionage and Sedition Acts
Schenck v. U.S.
IWW (Wobblies)
War Industries Board
“work or fight”
National War Labor Board
Samuel Gompers and AFL
Race and Unions
Food Administration
“victory gardens”
18th Amendment
Victory Loans
Conscription
American Expeditionary Force
Armistice Day
League of Nations
Treaty of Versailles
Wilson’s Tour
Harding’s ‘normalcy’
Chapter 32: American Life in the Roaring Twenties
Red scare
Scopes Trial
Palmer Raids
Advertising
Sacco and Vanzetti
Credit/installment plans
Ku Klux Klan
Model T
“Bible Belt”
Autos and youth
“New Immigration”
Wright Bros//Lindbergh
Emergency Quota Act of 1921
“Amos ‘n’ Andy”
Immigration Act of 1924
Birth of a Nation
18th Amendment/Volstead Act
Margaret Sanger
“speakeasies”
Flappers
Al Capone
Jazz
Louis Armstrong
Duke Ellington
Harlem Renaissance
Marcus Garvey
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Ernest Hemingway
William Faulkner
Langston Hughes
Buying on margin
Mellon’s tax cuts
Chapter 33: The Politics of Boom and Bust
Warren G. Harding
Dawes Plan of 1924
Adkins v. Children’s Hospital
Election of 1828
‘Return’ to Laissez faire
Hawley-Smoot Tariff of 1930
Kellogg-Briand Pact of 1928
Black Tuesday
Tariffs in the 1920s
“Brother, Can You Spare a
Teapot Dome Scandal
Dime?”
Election of 1924
“plague of plenty”
Reparations and Germany
“overexpansion of credit”
Hoover blankets
Hoovervilles
Hoover’s response
Reconstruction Finance
Corporation
Bonus Army
Japan and Manchuria
Advanced Placement United States History
Unit 09 Outline: World War I and the Roaring 20s
Chapter 31: The War to End War
I. Origins of World War I
A. Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism led to war in 1914
B. U.S. maintained ‘neutrality’ while selling arms and lending to the British
C. The sinking of the Lusitania, the Zimmerman Note, and commercial ties to Britain led to U.S. declaring war in 1917.
II. United States’ Involvement in War
A. Support was maintained through propaganda
1. Wilson framed the war as being fought for democracy
2. George Creel helped create posters, lectures, and films
3. Gov’t programs like the National War Labor Board and ‘liberty gardens’ helped create a unified culture.
4. Three million men were drafted
B. Dissent was suppressed
1. The Espionage and Sedition Acts made impeding the war effort illegal
2. The Supreme Court upheld these laws in Schenck v. U.S.
C. American troops and supplies proved decisive and an armistice was signed on 11/11/18.
III. Establishing a Post-War Peace
A. Woodrow Wilson’s 14 Points
1. Freedom of the seas, free trade, reduction of armaments, open alliances, self-determination
2. League of Nations
B. Allies were more interested in punishing Germany
2. War guilt clause, reparations
C. The Treaty of Versailles
1. Punishment won out as Wilson’s 14 Points were watered down or eliminated.
2. Despite Wilson’s efforts the Senate refused to ratify the treaty or join the League of Nations
3. The U.S. retreated to isolationism
Chapter 32: American Life in the Roaring Twenties
I. Life in the 1920s centered on the conflict between fundamentalism/tradition and modernity.
A. Fundamentalism
1. Nativism led to restrictive immigration laws and persecution of anarchists and socialists
2. Alcohol was made illegal by the 18th Amendment
3. Segregation, the reemergence of the KKK, and popular culture maintained and reinforced racism.
4. Christianity continued to flourish in the face of emerging scientific beliefs, especially
evolution.
B. Modernity
1. New technology led to culturally disruptive inventions like the car and the radio.
2. Harlem Renaissance writers and jazz challenged America’s racial social/economic system while celebrating its social ideals.
3. “The Lost Generation” criticized the superficiality of American society
4. Modern scientific teachings like evolution challenged traditional religious beliefs.
5. Women employed new modes of dress an increased sexual freedoms.
II. Throughout the 1920s the economy, and economic inequality, grew rapidly
A. Technology fueled economic growth as electrification led to the radio and various household appliances.
B. Car ownership increased from 1% of Americans in 1910 to 60% in 1930
C. Increased education fueled economic growth and inequality
D. Continuous stock market gains fueled speculation.
E. Expanded credit led to increased purchasing power.
F. Buying on margin allowed for the purchase of stock with credit.
G. Increased economic inequality led to an economic slowdown and a panic to sell off stock
Chapter 33: The Politics of Boom and Bust
I. Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover preached reduced gov’t involvement in the economy (laissez-faire)
A. Tariff rates were reduced.
B. Tax rates for the wealthy were reduced.
II. Europe in the 1920s was plagued by economic crises.
A. The Dawes Plan was attempt to help Germany pay off war reparations with the help of American bankers.
B. The Kellogg-Briand Pact was an agreement made by many nations to not go to war.
III. Gov’t response to the Stock Market crash was either insufficient or catastrophic.
A. The building of the Hoover Dam and the Reconstruction Finance Corporation were failed attempts to buoy the economy.
B. The Hawley-Smoot Tariff attempted to boost the economy by increasing domestic consumption. In reality it just destroyed international
trade and further exacerbated the crisis.