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Allied Powers
France, Russia, Britain & it's Empire (inc. Australia,New Zealand,Canada,India,South Africa,W.Indies) Serbia, USA.
Central Powers
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkish Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria
Lusitania
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.
U-Boats
German submarines, seen as unfair warfare.
Zimmermann Note
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.
Sacco & Vanzetti
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.
Marcus Garvey
Con-Man who started the "back to Africa movement" and took money from people.
Ku Klux Klan
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…
Scopes Trial
Scopes got in trouble for teaching the theory of evolution and a case was derived between him and the state of Tennessee.
Red Scare
Anti-Communist actions from 1919-1921
The Maine
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.
Imperialism
Colonizing a region or country. Invading a country. Overthrowing an established government or social order. Assassination of leaders.
5 Social and political events that characterized the 1920s
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
Cause of the crash of 1929
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
Why did the U.S. finally enter the war?
Unrestricted submarine warfare from the Germans and the Zimmerman note.

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