Typically used to refer to
weapons and other items
used to in warfare
After the war, police
arrested thousands of
radicals and immigrants
and deported them during
the
Italian immigrants and
anarchists put to death
after a controversial court
case
These war aims were
outlined in a speech by
President Wilson.
Merchant vessels sailing
with warships for
protection are in a
What movement had
African Americans leaving
the South to move North?
The heir to Austria-Hungry
whose death sparked
World War I
What was the cause of the
most American deaths
during World War I
Who was the head of the
War Industries Board?
An organization created to
bring countries together to
resolve their problems.
Forms of government
should be chosen by the
people according to
What type of vessel did
Germany heavily rely on in
sea warfare?
An economic term for a
general rise in prices
This pact ended the War,
and heavily placed the
blame on Germany
Information presented in a
way to influence ways of
thinking
Led by Henry Cabot Lodge,
these senators opposed
the treaty and wanted to
make changes to it.
Soldiers that were killed,
wounded, or missing were
referred to as
Who was the leader of
American forces in
Europe?
The widespread fear of
communism that swept
America after the war was
called the
This allowed a military
draft via lottery of
American men to serve in
Europe
What committee worked to
create support for the war
effort?
Payments made for war
damages are known as
A telegram intercepted by
British from the Germans
proposing an alliance with
Mexico.
A territory that France lost
to Germany in 1871.
What policy created an arms
race in competing nations?
Who led the 1917
communist revolution in
Russia?
What was another name for
the 450 miles of trenches
running across France?
If a country is owed more
money than it owes it is a
What banned treasonous
printed materials and
newspapers?
A person that opposes
fighting in wars for
religious or moral reasons.
What vessel was destroyed
by Germany, despite being
a passenger ship?
This group of senators
were isolationists who
strongly opposed the
League of Nations
Proposed a return to
normalcy after the war
Great Britain, France, and
Russia were all part of this
alliance
This alliance was
comprised of Germany,
Austria-Hungary, and Italy
Germany’s plot to invade
France was called the
America’s policy toward
war at the beginning of
The Great War was
This association supported
the war effort, as well as
suffrage.
The type of government
that calls for shared
societal wealth is
A formal journalist, this
man became the director
of the CPI
The belief that direct,
nonviolent methods could gain
civil rights for African
Americans was part of which
group’s goals?
Which President sent federal
troops to Little Rock, Arkansas
to protect African American
students?
After the Voting Rights Act
of 1965 what happened in
hundreds of cities across
America?
The policy that gives special
consideration to women and
minorities to make up for past
discrimination.
Why did some oppose
Affirmative Action policies?
Organization of militant
African Americans founded
in 1966.
Who signed the Civil Rights
Act of 1964?
While in Prison, Malcolm X
became a convert to
What did the SNCC claim
happened to three civil rights
workers who disappeared
during Freedom Summer?
“Black Power” was
exemplified in what way
by the Black Panthers?
Native American Tribes were
granted greater control over
resources found on
reservations through the
passage of what Act?
Between 1950-2000 the
number of women in the
workforce did what?
Protecting reproductive
rights was a major goal of
this group.
Supreme Court Chief Justice
who handed down the
decision in Brown vs. Board of
Education that ended the
policy of separate but equal.
Form of protest where
participants sit and refuse
to move.
Network of churches and clubs that
set up employment agencies and
relief efforts to help African
Americans get settled and find work
in the cities.
Term that refers to
northerners who moved south
following the Civil War to take
advantage of the destroyed
south.
A person must pay this before
they could vote.
White Southerners who
supported Radical Republicans
during Reconstruction.
Segregation imposed by
law.
1st women’s rights
convention held in the U.S.
in 1848.
Labor union of farm workers
that used nonviolent tactics,
including a workers’ strike and
a consumer boycott of table
grapes.
Most influential Latino
activist in the Latino’s
effort for equal rights.
Group that focused on helping
Indians, including the securing
of legal rights, land, and selfgovernment for Native
Americans.
Movement in the 1960s that
urged African Americans to
use their collective political
and economic power to gain
equality.
Conservative female opponent
of feminism. She openly
challenged the women’s
movement.
This feminist used mass
media and journalism to
promote awareness of
women’s issues.
NAACP lawyer who fought
against segregation and later
became a Supreme Court
Justice.
Woman who refused to give
up her seat on the bus
causing a major bus boycott.
1961 protest by activists who rode
buses through southern states to
test their compliance with the ban
on segregation on interstate buses.
Person who travels from farm to
farm to pick fruits and
vegetables.
Group set up to investigate
the causes of race riots in
American cities in the 1960s.
Constitutional amendment
that banned the poll tax as a
voting requirement.
African American religious
organization founded in 1930
that advocated separation of
the races.
A group of African American
thinkers founded in 1905 that
pushed for immediate racial
reforms, particularly in education
and voting practices.
System which farmer paid
rent to a landowner for the
use of the land.
Laws that restricted African
Americans’ rights and
opportunities.
Federal agency designed to
aid freed slaves and poor
white farmers in the South
after the Civil War.
Reading and writing test
formerly use in some southern
states to prevent African
Americans from voting.
Law to disqualify African
American voters by allowing
the vote only to men whose
fathers and grandfathers voted
before 1867.
Belief that assimilating
immigrants into American
society would make them
more loyal citizens.
Most famous for her book
the “Feminist Mystique”