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36 Cards in this Set
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Archduke Ferdinand |
Assassinated by a terrorist; his death started the war |
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World War 1 |
First war to be fought on a global scale |
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U- boat |
Germany's under water boat |
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Lusitania |
British luxury liner; sunk by a German U- boat |
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Zimmerman note |
Promised Mexico land in return for helping Germany in the war |
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The draft |
Required all men from ages 21-30 to register for war |
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War industries board |
Regulated prices , industrial production and made factories make war supplies |
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Espionage Act |
Gave stiff penalties to anyone who supplied information to the enemy |
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New weapons |
Poisonous gas,machine guns,flame throwers, hand grenades, tanks ,and trench welfare |
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General John Pershing |
Commander of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) |
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Bolsheviks |
A group of communist radicals; led by Vladimir Lenin |
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Vladimir Lenin |
Leader of the Bolsheviks ;pulled Russia out of the war and signed a cease fire with Germany |
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President Wilson |
Gave a speech to the congress called the fourteen points |
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Veterans day |
November 11,1918 Germany signed a cease fire to go into action at 11:00 h |
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The "Big four" |
Leaders from the U.S., France,Italy, and England decided the treaty |
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Treaty of Versailles |
Series of compromises; the fourteen points influenced this treaty |
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Third international |
Terrorist organization dedicated to worldwide revolution |
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Reds |
Nickname for the communists |
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FBI |
Stands for federal bureau investigation formed to keep America from communism |
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J Edgar Hoover |
Long term director of the FBI |
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The roaring twenties |
Became an economic and cultural turning point for the US |
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Assembly line |
Mass production of high quality goods at low cost to the consumer |
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Model T |
The assembly-line changed the production of the model T from 14 hours 93 minutes |
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The "auto" |
No other and invention has had such a great impact on the average citizen |
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Electricity |
Washing machines, electric sewing machines, toasters and refrigerators |
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National Broadcasting Company |
First national radio network and 1927 |
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New York City |
This theater district became known as the Broadway major center |
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Hollywood |
A giant film industry started filming there during the 20s |
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NAACP |
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ; went against discrimination |
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Al Capone |
Mostly notorious gangster ; was called Scarface and as the 'public enemy number' one by the FBI |
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Modernism |
A German liberal theology denying biblical truth |
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Billy Sunday |
Baseball player turned evangelist preacher; preached to an estimated 100 million people during his ministry |
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18th amendment |
Prohibited the selling of alcoholic beverages |
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19th amendment |
Woman could now vote |
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Scopes trial |
The teacher with the last name of Scopes taught evolution and broke the law by teaching this to his students |
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William Jennings Bryan |
Defended the Bible and won the case against evolution |
