Transcript Alabama High School Graduation Exam Social Studies Vocabulary

Alabama High School
Graduation Exam Social
Studies Vocabulary Review
Chapter 8
World War I and the 1920's-
Ku Klux Klan –
members of the KKK worked hard to
attack Jews, Catholics, and blacks.
During the 1920's, leaders in white
communities in the South and in the
North joined the KKK in massive
numbers. Usually, they worked by
intimidation and fear, burning crosses
outside people's homes and sending
hate letters. They put pressure on
employers to fire black or immigrant
workers.
Rough Riders –
a group of Roosevelt's
volunteers who liberated
Cuba from Spanish control
Atheists –
those who profess no belief
in God
Nativists –
people who were afraid of
foreigners entering the
United States
Imperialists –
people who believed that
the United States should
acquire overseas colonies
to maintain a strong
economy
Bessie Smith –
known as the Empress of
the Blues in the 1920s,
Smith was an African
American blues singer from
Chattanooga, Tennessee,
who received national
attention.
Al Capone –
famous bootlegger and
mobster in the 1920' s
Jean Toomer –
a black writer who wrote
the innovative novel Cane
(1923), Toomer voiced a
common theme of the
Harlem Renaissance: the
beauty and challenges of
African American culture
Nationalism –
the belief of peoples of
similar language and
culture that they have a
right to be one nation
Isolationism –
this policy meant that
people felt it best to stay
out of international
conflicts and events
Lusitania –
a cruise liner that, without the
knowledge of its passengers,
shipped military supplies to Great
Britain. On May 7, 1915, a German
submarine torpedoed the
Lusitania off the coast of Ireland.
The people of the United States
were furious; a wave of anti
German feeling swept over the
people of the United States.
Comstock Law –
prohibited the distribution
of information related to
pornography, birth control,
and sexually transmitted
diseases
Social Darwinism –
at this time, each nation believed its
culture was superior and so deserved
the right to conquer other peoples.
Darwin's idea of "survival of the
fittest" in the animal kingdom led
many to believe that the same held
true for humans. The idea that only the
strongest people are meant to rule is
known as "Social Darwinism."
Trench warfare –
each side's anny lived in the
trenches, usually infested
with rats
Yellow journalism –
sensational writing which
disregards the truth
Open Door Policy –
kept China open to trade for
all nations
V boats-
German submarines used
to sink British and French
merchant ships in the
Atlantic
Triple Alliance –
an agreement of mutual
protection between
Gennany, Austria Hungary,
and Italy
War reparations –
costs to the victorious
nations of World War I that
Gennany had to pay for its
part in starting the war
League of Nations –
formed to insure that there
would never be another world
war; promoted as a way to
foster understanding and
discourage aggressions. Many
countries around the world
joined; not the United States.
Jazz –
along with the Blues, jazz
was an important aspect of
the Harlem Renaissance as
new musical expressions
William C. Gorgas –
(from Alabama) colonel of the
United States Anny Medical
Corps, virtually eradicated
diseases such as malaria and
yellow fever by sanitizing and
draining areas of standing water
in the Canal Zone. Because of
Gorgas' contribution, the Panama
Canal could be built
Red Scare –
a time of hysteria in the nation resulting
from the following events:When the
Communist Bolsheviks came to power in
Russia in 1917, they promoted a worldwide
movement of revolution; they asked that
workers around the world revolt against
their governments, and . Anarchists (people
who do not believe in any form of
government) tried to assassinate John
D.Rockefeller and Attorney General A.
Mitchell Palmer.
Harlem Renaissance –
an increase in black racial
pride and awareness that
led many black intellectuals
to write works portraying
the daily lives of working
class blacks in the United
States
Lynching –
putting to death by hanging
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