issued by Wilson after the outbreak of WW1 in 1914, U.S. would have normal relations with both sides of the conflict; submarine warfare made neutrality difficult. Also made by Washington in 1793 to allow merchant ships trade with both sides of French Revolution'

Great Britain, France, Russia

Austria-Hungary, Germany, Ottoman Empire

A policy that the Germans announced on January 1917 which stated that their submarines would sink any ship in the British waters

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.

president during WWI wanted the U.S. to remain neutral

Sent by Germany to Mexico that encouraged Mexico to help Germany FIght against the US if they entered war and in return Germany would help Mexico get their land back from the US.

The build up of armies and navies. main cause of WWI

A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.

A strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one's country, lead to hypersensitivity and tension leading to WWI

agreements between nations to aid and protect one another, helped lead to WWI

assassinated June 1914, Austrian heir, killed by the Black Hands member Gavrilo Princip. Assassination caused Austro-Hungary to declare war against Serbia. Alliances pulled other countries into the war, eventually creating World War I.

Nation-wide panic that arose from suspicion that communists would take over the U.S.:

Racist organization that targeted both immigrants and African-Americans:

New movement based on the idea that the Bible was literally true without error:

Important trial when a teacher in Tennessee tried to teach the theory of evolution:

Constitutional amendment that made it illegal to produce, sell, or consume alcohol:

Constitutional amendment that gave suffrage to women in the U.S.:

Famous novel of the Roaring 20's written by F. Scott Fitzgerald:

Famous baseball player who became known as "Sultan of Swat" or the "Big Bambino"

The highly creative African-American environment in New York City:

Famous African-American author who wrote about disenfranchised black

Famous jazz trumpet player from New Orleans (nicknamed: Satchmo):

African-American organization that battled against segregation & discrimination:

Great Industrialist who developed the Assembly Line and Mass Production:

First man and woman to successfully fly across the Atlantic:

Young women in the 1920s who challenged social traditions with their dress and behavior

Group of writers in 1920s who shared the belief that they were lost in a greedy, materialistic world that lacked moral values and often choose to flee to Europe

A mob king in Chicago who controlled a large network of speakeasies with enormous profits. His illegal activities convey the failure of prohibition in the twenties and the problems with gangs.

repeatedly ran for president as a socialist, he was imprisoned after he gave a speech protesting WWI in violation of the Sedition Act.