History Final

Fourteen Points

Speach; outline for the world post WWl aimed at preventing future wars and promoting free trade.

Treaty of Versailles

peace treaty that ended WW1.

369th Infantry Regiment

an all-black unit saw spent the most time in the trenches than any other unit.

Harlem Renaissance

a literary and artistic movement celebrating African American culture.

The Great Depression

the period from 1929 through the 1930s in which the economy plummeted and unemployment skyrocketed.

Militarism

The aggressive build-up of a nation's military

Zimmerman Note

Great Britain intercepted message from Germany urging Mexico to invade the US.

Propaganda

a piece of media designed to sway an opinion on a topic.

Trench Warfare

is a defensive combat style with opposing armies in parallel ditches (trenches) for protection from gunfire.

trench foot

a condition caused by constant exposure to wet conditions.

Hoovervilles

were makeshift shanty towns consisting of sheds and homeless people.

The New Deal

was a series of programs, public works projects, and financial reforms into respond to the Great Depression.

Fascism

authoritarian belief that stresses nation over people.

Nazism

far-right fascist belief that believes in "Aryan" supremacy.

Pearl Harbor Attack

Japanese attacked US fleet in Hawaii causing USA to enter WW2

The Holocaust

a program of mass murder of 6 million European Jews and other groups

The Pacific Theatre

The region where World War II battles occurred in the Pacific Ocean and East Asia, including conflicts between the United States and Japan.

Atomic Bomb

bomb dropped by an American bomber on Hiroshima and Nagasaki destroying both cities

Cold War

A conflict that was between the US and the Soviet Union.

Communism

a system of economy where everything is owned and shared equally by the government.

Capitalism

An economic system based on private ownership of capital

Iron Curtain

an imaginary line that separated Communist from Capitalist countries in Europe

Containment

taking measures to prevent any extension of Communist rule to other countries.

Red Scare

a period of public panic over communism.

McCarthyism

McCarty launched "witch trials'' where he unfairly accused others of being communist causing panic

Korean War

The conflict between Communist North Korea and Non-Communist South Korea. The United Nations (led by the United States) helped South Korea.

Vietnam War

The conflict between communist North Vietnam and capitalist South Vietnam. Controversial for it's use of the draft.

Cuban Missile Crisis

USSR place nuclear missiles in Cuba causing a nine-day long period of panic.

Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)

Christian-based organization led by MLK.

Brown vs. Board

1954- court decision that declared state laws segregating schools to be unconstitutional.

Freedom riders

Group of civil rights workers who took bus trips through southern states in 1961 to protest illegal bus segregation

Black Panther Party

A group formed in 1966, inspired by the idea of Black Power, that provided aid to black neighborhoods; often thought of as radical or violent.

Civil Rights Act of 1964

outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender, or national origin

24th Amendment

Abolishes poll taxes

De jure segregation

segregation by law