Unit 5: World War I

Espionage Act (1917)

Punished spying/obstructing war effort.

Sedition Act (1918)

Criminalized anti-government/military speech.

Great Migration

Movement of African Americans North for war jobs.

Harlem Hellfighters (369th Infantry)

African American regiment, fought with French, earned honors.

NAACP

Protested racial violence (ex. East St. Louis).

Self-determination

Nations decide their own statehood.

League of Nations

Wilson’s proposed international peace body.

Red Scare

Fear of communism, anarchists, immigrants post-WWI.

General Strike (Seattle, 1919)

Entire city shut down.

Steel Strike (1919)

Crushed, workers labeled radicals.

Sacco & Vanzetti Trial (1921)

Italian anarchists executed in biased trial.

Barrio

Spanish word for “neighborhood,” used for Mexican-American communities.

Theodore Roosevelt

Advocated war for masculinity and American vigor.

Woodrow Wilson

Declared war, proposed 14 Points, supported suffrage, but failed to secure Treaty of Versailles.

Jeannette Rankin

First female member of Congress, voted against war.

Wilson’s 14 Points

Outlined peace and self-determination; partially ignored.

Sacco & Vanzetti

Italian anarchists executed amid Red Scare hysteria.