1. Term Review VIII Developed by D. Martin and F. South World War I and the 1920’s

2. What term means loyalty to the interests and culture of one’s country?

3. Nationalism

4. This all-white organization would verbally and physically attack minorities such as blacks, Catholics, and Jews.

5. Ku Klux Klan

6. This is a national policy of avoiding political or economic alliances with other countries.

7. Isolationism

8. Theodore Roosevelt’s volunteer force who fought in Cuba during the Spanish American War were called what?

9. Rough Riders

10. What passenger ship carrying military supplies was destroyed by a German torpedo on May 7,1915?

11. Lusitania

12. Who was a popular African- American blues singer that received national attention?

13. Bessie Smith

14. What term is used to describe those who believe there is no god?

15. Atheists

16. What law prohibited the distribution of information related to pornography, birth control, and sexually transmitted disease?

17. Comstock Law

18. What term is used to describe the idea that only the strongest people, business, or nations are meant to survive?

19. Social Darwinism

20. What term is used to describe a time of mass hysteria in the nation in which the government arrested thousands of radicals, some of them foreign born, increasing suspicion of foreigners entering the United States?

21. Red Scare

22. What was it called when solders dug trenches and fought from there? This was used exclusively in WWI.

23. Trench Warfare

24. What term was used to describe people who were afraid of foreigners entering the United States?

25. Nativists

26. What is it when the government has a requirement to serve in the military?

27. Draft

28. What was the movement among black intellectuals and artists during the 1920’s which expressed the feelings of the community?

29. Harlem Renaissance

30. What term refers to people who do not believe in any form of government?

31. Anarchists

32. What term refers to people who believe the United States should acquire overseas colonies in order to maintain a strong economy?

33. Imperialists

34. What term refers to a person who comes into a new country?

35. Immigrants

36. What is it called when a writer produces sensational writing with a disregard for the truth?

37. Yellow Journalism

38. Who was the famous mobster who smuggled alcohol during Prohibition?

39. Al Capone

40. What was the agreement between the United States and European nations to keep China open to free trade?

41. Open Door Policy

42. What were the German submarines that sank French and British merchant ships in the Atlantic called?

43. U-Boats

44. Who was the leader of the United States troops in Cuba during the Spanish-American War? He was later elected President of the United States. (1901-1909)

45. Theodore Roosevelt

46. What term described the agreement of mutual protection between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy?

47. Triple Alliance

48. This term refers to Germany’s payment of costs to the victorious nations for its part in starting World War I?

49. War Reparations

50. The Treaty of Versailles established this organization in order to promote understanding and discourage aggressions between nations. It lost influence because the US refused to join.

51. League of Nations

52. This was a black writer who voiced common themes of the Harlem Renaissance in the innovative novel Cane.

53. Jean Toomer

54. What type of music was developed by Black Americans and gained in popularity during the Harlem Renaissance?

55. Jazz

56. This term refers to putting to death by hanging.

57. Lynching

58. Who was the United States Colonel who eradicated malaria and yellow fever in the Panama Canal Zone?

59. William C. Gorgas

60. Who was the United States officer in charge of construction of the Panama Canal Zone? I don’t know

61. What term was used to describe an era of increased economic prosperity after World War I in the United States?

62. Roaring Twenties