Unit 1 Keywords

4. Science v Religion, taught evolution in school, showed the changing cultural values
7. A period in the 1920s when African-American achievements in art and music and literature flourished
9. People who wanted the United States to stay out of world affairs
11. President Woodrow Wilson proposed a 14-point program for world peace
14. Young women in the 1920s who challenged social traditions with their dress and behavior
15. Two laws enacted to impose harsh penalties on anyone interfering with or speaking against U.S participation in WW1
17. fear that communists were working to destroy the American way of life
18. A government scandal involving a former United States Navy oil reserve in Wyoming that was secretly leased to a private oil company in 1921

1. A nickname for the inexperienced but fresh American soldiers during WWI
2. Secret bars where alcohol could be purchased illegally
3. Message proposing an alliance between Germany and Mexico
5. A British passenger ship that was sunk by a German U-Boat on May 7, 1915. 128 Americans died. The sinking greatly turned American opinion against the Germans, helping the move towards entering the war.
6. A famous Chicago gangster who made a fortune off of bootlegging
8. Agreement signed in 1928 in which nations agreed not to pose the threat of war against one another
10. Federal law limiting the number of immigrants that could be admitted from any country to 2% of the amount of people from that country who were already living in the U.S. as of the census of 1890.
12. Law passed by Congress in 1917 that required all men from ages 21 to 30 to register for the military draft
13. an international organization formed in 1920 to promote cooperation and peace among nations
16. a movement advocating greater protection of the interests of consumers