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USH Unit 4 Review (WWI- 1920s)

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  • Name one effect of Prohibition on the United States.
    Rise of organized crime, bootlegging, and lack of respect for the law.
  • Which Amendment gave women the right to vote?
    19th Amendment
  • Fear of communism and typically immigrants following the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia
    The Red Scare
  • Movement of African Americans North in search of jobs was known as :
    The Great Migration
  • True or False: During the 1920s, the economy grew substantially due to an increase in consumerism, Americans buying on credit, and the development of new goods such as cars.
    True
  • This event triggered the domino effect of war in Europe
    The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
  • What is the N in M.A.I.N. causes of WWI?
    Nationalism
  • What term is typically used to describe a modern woman of the 1920s?
    Flapper
  • List one cause for Prohibition
    led to sin, gov should protect public health, led to abuse, increase in crime
  • What is the I in M.A.I.N. causes of WWI?
    Imperialism
  • What might be one positive effect of the war?
    increase in production, development of tech, increase in employment, initial boom in economy
  • Who is credited for inventing/perfecting the assembly line, a means of mass production?
    Henry Ford
  • Name one aspect of American culture that were popularized in the 1920's.
    Baseball, Transportation, Dance, Music, Sports, Radio, Consumerism
  • What is the M in M.A.I.N. causes of WWI?
    Militarism
  • Germany asked Mexico for help and in return Germany would help Mexico fight America for territory back
    Zimmerman note
  • What is the A in M.A.I.N. causes of WWI?
    Alliances
  • What are some problems caused by trench warfare?
    disease, starvation, exposure,
  • When did WWI start and when did America join in?
    1914; 1917
  • German submarine blew up which passenger ship with American citizens on it
    The Lusitania
  • What amendment overturned Prohibition?
    21st Amendment
  • Which cultural movement are people like Langston Hughes, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Josephine Baker, and more associated with?
    Harlem Renaissance
  • The reason Woodrow Wilson gave for staying out of WWI was:
    Isolationism
  • Unit of African-American soliders from Harlem who fought with the French and were awarded for their bravery
    Harlem Hellfighters
  • An organized campaign to eliminate alcohol consumption
    Temperance Movement