Across
- 4. The feeling that it is necessary to buy products
- 6. British passenger ship carrying many American citizens that was sunk by a German U-boat
- 9. The United States’ return to isolationism after World War I
- 11. Prejudice in information caused by personal opinions
- 13. Agreement among 62 countries to make war illegal
- 14. Telegram sent from the German foreign minister to Mexico offering to help Mexico regain territories lost to the US if they sided with Germany in the war
- 19. Amendments granting suffrage to women, prohibiting alcohol, establishing when presidents’ terms end, and then repealing prohibition
- 21. Period in which many technological advances were made
- 22. Act offering 160 acres in the West to any Americans willing to farm it for 5 years
- 23. Acts restricting the number of immigrants coming to the US and banning immigration from certain places
- 24. Trial against biology teacher who taught evolution and was found guilty
- 25. An agreement to stop fighting in a war
- 26. Form of Christianity in which the bible is interpreted literally
- 30. Woman who advocated the use of birth control in the US
- 32. The writing of history
- 34. A list of suggestions to prevent international conflict after World War I
- 36. Journalist who exposed information about problems in industry and government
- 37. Court case in which the court decided that people could be imprisoned for expressing opinions that could be harmful to others
- 38. A first-hand account of an event told by a witness
- 39. Name given to American soldiers by the French
Down
- 1. Scandal involving certain oil companies being given unfair advantages by the government in the 1920s
- 2. An account of an event created after it happened by someone who did not witness it
- 3. Group of countries established to maintain international peace, suggested by Woodrow Wilson but not joined by the US
- 5. Fear of a revolution started by communists
- 6. Economic policy of leaving the population to determine prices of products
- 7. Crime boss in Chicago who sold illegal goods
- 8. Act requiring men between 21 and 30 years old to register for military service
- 10. The preference towards Americans rather than immigrants
- 12. The US created spheres of influence, controlled countries economically, and directly colonized some in this process
- 15. Promoter of African-American culture who believed that this culture could only flourish in Africa
- 16. Time period during which traditional beliefs were challenged and many changes were made in the US
- 17. A revival of African American culture in the US
- 18. Theory that the fittest companies and people will be the most successful in business
- 20. Acts preventing people from criticizing the government or the war
- 27. Addition to the Monroe Doctrine allowing the U.S. to send soldiers to countries in the Western Hemisphere if they thought it was necessary
- 28. Government policy of using money to increase political power
- 29. People who wanted the US to stay out of foreign affairs
- 31. Secret bars that illegally sold alcohol
- 33. Political party suggesting reforms such as a graduated income tax, more government regulation and direct Senator elections
- 35. Young, single women from the middle class in the northern US who experimented with new things such as drinking and smoking