Chapter 18 Terms

New York City - It was known as Broadway, and became a major center of world culture. By the 1920s, New York City became the world center for (1) banking, (2) the arts, and (3) international trade.

Hollywood - a giant film industry began to emerge

Allied Powers - those siding with France and Great Britain

Central Powers - those siding with Germany

U-boat - the German undersea boat proved to be a very effective war weapon

Lusitania - the British luxury boat that sank off the coast of Ireland after being hit by two torpedoes from a German submarine

Zimmermann note - promised Mexico land from the states of New Mexico , Texas and Arizona in return for helping the Germans in the war

Soviet Union - a communist state that existed from 1922 to 1991

Fourteen Points - President Wilson presented a list of war aims that proposed a new program of international relations

Veterans Day - Armistice Day, it honors veterans of all U.S. wars, not just WWI.

"Big Four" - included President Wilson , Prime Minister David Llyod George of England, Premier Georges Clemencue

League of Nations - It was the first major attempt at a global peace organization. It was an international organization established in 1920 after World War I to promote peace and cooperation among countries and to prevent future conflicts. It was created as part of the Treaty of Versailles. Although it aimed to resolve disputes diplomatically Treaty of Versailles - was a series of compromises - Wilson's Fourteen Points influenced the terms of the treaty, but his ideal of peace among equals was not obtained

Third International - the leaders of the international Communism met in Moscow to form a terrorist organization dedicated to worldwide revolution

"Red Scare" - It refers to periods of intense fear in the United States about the spread of communism and radical leftist ideas, especially from the Soviet Union.

Harlem Renaissance - writers and artists started a movement, which produced works promoting racial and ethnic pride

Modernism - a theological debate arose , especially in the northern denominations as seminaries began to embrace German liberal theology