Chapter 18 Test

Archduke Ferdinand - The heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, his death resulted in WWI

Woodrow Wilson - They nominated the Progressive Governor of New Jersey,

General John Pershing - commander of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF)

"Eddie" Rickenbacker” - the most famous american ace shot down over 20 enemy planes and several balloons

Vladimir Lenin - led a group of Communist radicals and overthrew the Provisional Government and established a Communist dictatorship eventually called the Soviet Union . pulled Russia out of the war and signed an armistice with Germany

Alvin York - one of the best known American WWI heroes

J. Edgar Hoover - took charge of the investigations into the Communists activities

Babe Ruth - the super star of the period was baseball's first great home run hitter

Gertrude Ederle - In 1926, she became the first woman to swim the English Channel.

James Whitcomb Riley - He was among the more traditional writers, by far the most popular poet in the late 19th century and well into the 20th

James Weldon Johnson - He was among the more traditional writers, a black

American who drew on the rich heritage of the Negro spiritual, captured its rhythm and power in God's Trombones, a collection of poetic sermons.

Robert Frost - He was among the more traditional writers, he was considered by many to be the most outstanding poet of the 20th century

W. E. B. Du Bois - some black Americans began to follow the teachings of socialist who helped found National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

Al Capone - the most notorious gangster was named by the FBI as "public enemy number one"

Billy Sunday -  by far the best known Evangelist from 1900 to 1935, the baseball-player-turned-Evangelist

William Jennings Bryan - brilliantly defended the Bible and won the case against evolution

Harry Rimmer - lectured for Creation and against evolution in American colleges

Warren G. Harding - elected as President in 1920 had his presidency immediately marred by a series of scandals , most notably the Teapot Dome scandal and was assassinated in 1923
Calvin Coolidge - became president after Warren Harding died in 1923. His father inaugurated him in office was the first Vice President in our history so sit in on cabinet meetings

Charles Lindbergh - was the first to fly a nonstop transatlantic flight , was known as the Lone Eagle

Herbert Hoover - a self made millionaire from a small town in Iowa won the election against Al Smith by 6 million popular votes, Hoover favored

prohibition.

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