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18 Cards in this Set
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Cause of WW I: Sinking of this ship, which carried 128 Americans
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Lusitania
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Cause of WW I: German u-boats attacked ships at sea
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unrestricted submarine warfare
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Cause of WW I: note from Germany to Mexico to attack the US in return for land in the Southwest
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Zimmerman note
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ended WW I
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Treaty of Versailles
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proposed by Woodrow Wilson for post WW I world peace; many US critics refused to accept his ideas
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Fourteen Points
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WW I ended with this group which obliged each country to defend the territory of other member countries; although idea of Wilson, US never joined
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League of Nations
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this country was charged with responsibility for WW I and required to pay reparations for damages to the Allies
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Germany
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1920s saw growth of this kind of economy in which increased spending by people will lead to larger profits which in turn will push up wages and encourage even more spending
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consumer economy
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In the 1920s, people begin to buy things such as cars, furniture, vacuum cleaners, etc. in this manner
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buying on credit or installment plan
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The 1920s saw an increase in this. Hint: Benjamin Franklin
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electricity
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The 1920s saw an increase in this in the form of catalogs
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mass advertisement
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With the invention of this and its affordability, new industries developed around people traveling
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automobile
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group that wanted a quota system for immigrants to limit the number of people benefitting from US services
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nativists
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a threat, in the minds of many Americns, that there was a giant conspiracy to destroy the US government; radicals, immigrant laborers, and anoyone who appeared to threaten the government were charged with a crime; many were deported or executed depending on court verdicts (Result of Russian Revolution)
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Red Scare
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During this time period (1919-1933), it was illegal to manufacture, sell, or transport alcoholic beverages. Enforcement was difficult and gangs made millions dealing in illegal liquor so crime actually increased
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Prohibition
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amendment making it illegal to make or sell alchohol
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18th amendment
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amendment making the sale and manufacture of liquor legal once again
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21st amendment
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amendment granting women's suffrage (right to vote) in 1920
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19th amendment
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