World War I to Modern World Flashcards

Vocabulary flashcards covering key terms and concepts from World War I to the Modern World.

New World Order (Wilson)

President Wilson's vision for the US to constantly communicate with other countries, involving only democratic nations, to prevent war.

Gavrilo Princip

Austrian-Hungarian of Serbian descent who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand, triggering World War I.

No Man's Land

The unoccupied area between opposing armies during trench warfare.

Trench Foot

A condition experienced by soldiers in trenches, leading to necrosis and potentially requiring amputation.

Hyphenated Americans

Term referring to Americans with strong ties to their countries of origin, such as German or Irish Americans, who may have supported the Central Powers.

German U-Boats

German submarines used to attack enemy ships, leading to events like the sinking of the Lusitania.

Lusitania

A British passenger ship sunk by a German U-boat in 1915, killing 128 Americans and increasing pressure for the US to enter World War I.

Zimmerman Telegram

A secret diplomatic communication between Germany and Mexico, prompting the US to enter World War I.

Selective Service Act 1917

A US law enacting conscription (military draft) to raise a large military force for World War I.

Great Migration

The movement of 400,000 African Americans to the North for factory jobs during World War I.

Alice Paul

Irish immigrant and women’s suffrage advocate arrested for protesting outside the White House.

Occoquan Workhouse

A prison complex where suffragists were confined and subjected to harsh treatment for protesting.

19th Amendment

Endorsed by Wilson, granting women's suffrage.

Espionage & Sedition Acts

Acts that criminalized the publication or distribution of information that could harm US armed forces and outlawed criticism of the government.

Eugene Debs

Socialist who encouraged people to resist the military draft, leading to his conviction and imprisonment.

Wilson's Fourteen Points

A set of principles for peace negotiations after World War I, including open diplomacy, freedom of the seas, and the League of Nations.

Treaty of Versailles

The treaty that formally ended World War I, imposing harsh measures on Germany, including the war guilt clause.

Spanish Flu

A global pandemic in 1918 that killed millions of people worldwide.

The Roaring Twenties

A period of economic prosperity and social change in the 1920s, marked by disillusionment and escapism after World War I.

Emergency Immigration Act of 1921

Limited immigration to 3% of the 1910 census number per nationality.

KKK (Ku Klux Klan)

Revived and spread throughout the US, targeting African Americans, Catholics, Jews, and immigrants.

John T. Scopes

A teacher who taught evolution in Tennessee, leading to the

ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union)

Organization contacted Scopes and asked him to teach evolution to a class.

Prohibition Laws

Banned the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages from 1920 to 1933.

Bootlegging

The illegal manufacture, distribution, or sale of goods, especially alcohol.

Al Capone

Famous gangster in Chicago who organized bootlegging, prostitution, and gambling.

Jazz Age

Period in the 1920s and 1930s when jazz music gained widespread popularity, associated with economic prosperity and liberal social activity.

Flappers

Young women who challenged traditional gender roles and embraced a more liberated lifestyle.

Margaret Sanger

Nurse and advocate for birth control, founding the American Birth Control League.

Warren G. Harding

President elected in 1920, promising a

Calvin Coolidge

Vice President who became president after Harding's death, known for his laid-back approach and belief in big business.

Installment Buying

Purchasing goods by making minimum payments over time, contributing to consumerism and debt.

Herbert Hoover

President during the Great Depression, believing in limited government intervention and a self-healing economy.

Hooverville

Shantytowns or makeshift homeless encampments named after President Hoover, who was blamed for the economic crisis.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

President elected in 1932, implementing the New Deal to combat the Great Depression.

Fireside Chats

Communication from the president to the American people through the radio.

New Deal

A series of programs and reforms enacted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to address the Great Depression.

Eleanor Roosevelt

First lady, working to connect and get closer to other Roosevelt from Franklin.

Adolf Hitler

Came into power in 1933, was a chancellor of Germany.

Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor

Happened on December 7, 1941, there was no preparation on the US side.

Racist Propaganda & Hate US Propaganda

In WWII, the US is in war with Japan and Germany ➔ There is a German population in the US so the main hate would be towards the Japanese.

Bataan Death March

Forcible transfer by the Imperial Japanese Army of around 72,000 to 78,000 American and Filipino prisoners of war.

Tuskegee Flight School

A flight school that was opened specifically for Black pilots.

Internment Camps

Containment = Forced labor of a concentration population (150,00 on west coast).

Operation Overlord (D-Day)

the codename for the Allied invasion of Normandy.

Operation Fortitude

Was a World War II Allied deception campaign designed to mislead Nazi Germany about the timing and location of the planned invasion of mainland Europe (D-Day).

Leapfrogging

Key idea was to bypass heavily fortified enemy islands instead of trying to capture every island in sequence en route to a final target.

Roosevelt Death

Cerebral Hemorrhage | Brain bleeding on April 12, 1945.

Hitler death

Committed suicide on April 30, 1945, in his underground bunker.

VZ Day

Victory of the Alliea in Europe.

Identification Badges

In Nazi Germany, identification badges, particularly the triangular badges in concentration camps, were used to identify prisoners and classify them based on various reasons for detention.

Gas Chamber

Prisoners were tricked into gas chambers, were told they were going to take showers.

Death Pits

Germans would tells Jewish prisoners to dig a large pit (Digging their own grave).

Atomic Bomb

US manufactures three bombs.

Manhattan Project

2 Billion dollars given by Truman to manufactures 3 bombs.

Hiroshima

Center of military industry & the Center of 2nd general army located in the war.

Enola Gay Little Boy

August 6, 1945 = Only 5 Americans pilots that have the required skills to drop the bomb.

After Hiroshima bombing

There were 80,000 immediate deaths and radiation poisoning.

Korea war 38th parallel

Divides between south korea and north korea.

China in korea after WW2

Massive volunteer ➢ Chinese communist force initially helping to push UN forces back from North Korea and eventually leading to a stalemate and armistice.

MLK arest

MLK was arrested in Birmingham, Alabama for no reason (Letter from Birmingham jail).

Civil rights violence

These cattle prods were used to shock humans.

Kennedy’s Civil Rights Bill

The proposed bill aimed to ensure every American's right to vote, end segregation in public facilities, and require public school integration.

Malcolm X

Muslim - North-Cities-Died due to religion.

vietnam was, pre ww2

French Vietnam ➢ The French were “superior” to Vietnamese people.

Tonkin Gulf Attack

no evidence attack ➢ There was no evidence that an American ship was attacked.

Gulph of Tonkin Resolution

The President Johnson can know declare a declaration of war without having the approval of congress.

Agent Orange

kills trees and plant life Causes soil erosion.

President Jimmy Carter

Energy crisis & inflation.

Ronald Reagan Teflon President

This president was often called the Teflon President