Across
- 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
Down
- 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