1. US Attempts Neutrality
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Trench Warfare
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US Attempts Neutrality
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Woodrow Wilson won re-election in 1916 by keeping us out of the war
Assassination of the Archduke sparked the beginnings of war
The Alliance system helped to start WW I
The life of a soldier in the trenches of Europe
The sinking of the Lusitania in 1915 nearly took the U.S. to war.
Zimmerman Note is offered to Mexico to keep the U.S. out of the war
Terrible new weapons such as machine guns and poison gas killed millions
Soldier prepare to go “Over the Top”

2. War fought by Every American
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War fought by Every American
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Women and Minorities
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Some leaders like Eugene Debs went to jail because of war opposition
Men waiting in draft lines
The military fought in segregated units
WW I Hero Alvin York
Flu Epidemic of 1918 caused more deaths than the war did.
Woman took many jobs in factories to replace fighting men
The war effort was meant to include all Americans
Famous ad designed to bring men to the nation’s service

3. Wilson’s 14 Points 47 Peace Conference Fight over the Treaty
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Peace Conference
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Fight over the Treaty
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Henry Cabot Lodge led the opposition to the Versailles Treaty
The “Big Four” outside the treaty location at Versailles.
Wilson’s plan for peace called the “14 Points”
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson took a cross country tour promoting the treaty
Wilson’s most ambitious creation was the League of Nations
The Versailles Treaty met with harsh opposition in the U.S.
U.S. Senate kills the Treaty of Versailles in the U.S.

4. Labor Troubles 48 Fear of Radicals Return to Normalcy
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Fear of Radicals
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Return to Normalcy
The Red Scare had many believing the U.S. may have hard times ahead
Socialist view of the world being on the working man’s back
A Mitchell Palmer led government raids looking for undesirable socialists
Will anarchy and socialism explode in the U.S.?
Presidents Harding and Coolidge wanted laissez-faire policies to guide the gov’t
The Klan expanded its membership as it protested against immigration and the Reds.
Immigration became a hot topic and we passed discriminatory immigration laws.
Sacco and Vanzetti were put to death many believe because of political views

5. Organized Crime 49 20’s Flappers Scopes Trial Entrance to a speakeasy
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20’s Flappers
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Scopes Trial
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Entrance to a speakeasy
Woman “bobbing” her hair short
Urban congestion and the rise of the auto
Four Young Flappers
Ticker-tape machines gave stock reports of the very successful stock market of the 20’s
The Scopes Trial brought science and religion into direct conflict
Famous gangster Al Capone was finally convicted for tax evasion
Cars become a reality for a large part of America

6. Charles Lindbergh 50 Langston Hughes 20’s Entertainment
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Langston Hughes
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20’s Entertainment
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Babe Ruth of the Yankees
Mickey Mouse makes his debut
Charlie Chaplin as the “Tramp”
Charles Lindbergh
Marcus Garvey led a Negro Nationalism movement designed to take blacks back to Africa for equality
Poet Langston Hughes wrote about the feelings of African Americans
Clara Bow was one of Hollywood’s biggest stars
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “Great Gatsby”