| A | B |
|---|
| WW I | a war that began in Europe in 1914 and the US joined in 1917 |
| imperialism | creation of an empire by gaining control of other countries |
| nationalism | a loyalty too one's own country because of superiority |
| militarism | belief in a strong military and in gaining power by war |
| alliance | an agreement between countries to defend each other |
| Woodrow Wilson | led the US during WW I as the 28th US President |
| Daylight Savings Time | gain an extra hour of daylight |
| Treaty of Versailles | took away Germany's colonies, redrew its national borders and demanded a heavy fine |
| League of Nations | organization designed to prevent future wars |
| jazz | music full of striking rhythms and sounds |
| Harlem Renaissance | a cultural movement that reflected African American life in the 1920's. |
| Langston Hughes | a poet that used rhythms of music |
| media | methods of communication that reach large numbers of people; radio and newspapers, etc |
| Charles Lindbergh | first nonstop, solo airplane flight across the Atlantic Ocean |
| Amelia Earhart | first woman to fly across the Atlantic |
| suffrage | the right to vote |
| Susan B. Anthony | a leader in the movement for women's suffrage |
| nineteenth amendment | gave women the right to vote 1919 |
| Carrie Chapman Catt | helped found the League of Women Voters |
| 1920s | a decade of prosperity and excitement |
