The Paris Peace Settlement and The Roaring Twenties

A comprehensive set of flashcards covering key topics related to the Paris Peace Settlement and the societal changes during the Roaring Twenties in America.

Woodrow Wilson’s Peace Blueprint

A proposal for peace that emphasized self-determination for all nations, freedom of the seas, and no more entangling alliances.

Fourteen Points

Wilson's speech outlining a plan for peace after World War I that included open peace agreements, freedom of navigation, and the establishment of a League of Nations.

Treaty of Versailles

The 1919 agreement that formally ended World War I, establishing harsh penalties on Germany including reparations and loss of territory.

League of Nations

An international organization founded after World War I to promote peace, which was included in Wilson's Fourteen Points.

Reparations

Compensation imposed during the Treaty of Versailles demanding Germany to pay $33 billion in damages for World War I.

Irreconcilables

A faction of the U.S. Senate led by William Borah that opposed U.S. membership in the League of Nations.

Reservationists

A group in the U.S. Senate led by Henry Cabot Lodge that opposed certain parts of the Treaty of Versailles but would support the treaty with amendments.

Red Scare

A period of intense fear of communism and radical political views in the U.S. following the Russian Revolution.

The Great Migration

The mass movement of African Americans from Southern states to Northern cities during and after World War I, facing racial tensions.

Nativism

A political policy favoring the interests of native-born or established inhabitants over those of immigrants, prominently seen in the 1920s with the Ku Klux Klan's revival.

Prohibition

A nationwide constitutional ban on the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages that lasted from 1920 to 1933.

Scopes Monkey Trial

A 1925 legal case in which a high school teacher was prosecuted for teaching evolution, highlighting the conflict between modern science and religious beliefs.

Calvin Coolidge

The 30th President of the United States (1923–1929), known for his laissez-faire approach to government and economic policies.

Fordney-McCumber Tariff

A 1922 tariff law that raised duties on imports to protect American industry post-World War I.

Assembly line production

An efficient manufacturing process developed by Henry Ford that greatly reduced production time and costs for automobiles.