15 Cards in this Set
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Allied Powers
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France, Russia, Britain & it's Empire (inc. Australia,New Zealand,Canada,India,South Africa,W.Indies) Serbia, USA.
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Central Powers
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Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkish Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria
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Lusitania
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A U.S. luxury liner that was destroyed by a German U-boat. They justified this by saying it held supplies for the enemies. Which the ship did.
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U-Boats
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German submarines, seen as unfair warfare.
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Zimmermann Note
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The Zimmermann Telegram was a 1917 diplomatic proposal from the German Empire to Mexico, if Mexico helped the Germans the Germans would in return help the Mexicans take back the land they lost, this may have all been an attempt to make the United States enter the war.
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Sacco & Vanzetti
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Two Italian men who were arrested and sentenced to death because of a bank robbery and murder that was never proven to be their fault.
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Marcus Garvey
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Con-Man who started the "back to Africa movement" and took money from people.
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Ku Klux Klan
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Ku Klux Klan, often abbreviated KKK and informally known as the Klan, is the name of three distinct past and present far-right organizations in the United States, which have advocated extremist reactionary currents such as white supremacy, white nationalism, and anti-immigration, historic…
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Scopes Trial
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Scopes got in trouble for teaching the theory of evolution and a case was derived between him and the state of Tennessee.
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Red Scare
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Anti-Communist actions from 1919-1921
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The Maine
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A U.S. ship that was thought to have been exploded by Spain and started the Spanish-American war in 1898. "Remember the Maine, to Hell with Spain!" Later it was discovered that a boiler actually exploded and the Spaniards had nothing to do with the explosion of the Maine.
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Imperialism
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Colonizing a region or country.
Invading a country.
Overthrowing an established government or social order.
Assassination of leaders.
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5 Social and political events that characterized the 1920s
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Red Scare
Isolationism: Mood of people to isolate from Europe
Provincialism: Censorship- Scopes trial
Economic Boom/Bust: Market Crash of 1929
Racial Tensions: Marcus Garvey, KKK
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Cause of the crash of 1929
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Unequal Distribution of Income
Excessive Stock Speculation
Excessive Credit Buying of Stocks and Consumer Goods
No Banking Security and Regulation
Indifference by Financial/Wealthy Class
No monitoring of the Economic System
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Why did the U.S. finally enter the war?
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Unrestricted submarine warfare from the Germans and the Zimmerman note.
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