21.2 Flashcards
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Treaty of Versailles
- ended WW1, signed by Germany and allied powers
Imposed reparations and restrictions on Germany contributing to World War 2, creating a system of mandates carving up into Middle East into French and English territories
League of Nations
Novel international organization charged with keeping a worldwide peace by preventing destruction that tore across Europe
- “affording mutual guarantees of political independence and territoral integrity to great and small states alike” (attack on one soverign member = attack on all people)
- US refused to provide it power to fullfill its purpose of collective security and peace
First Red Scare
Inspiried many leftists and dissenting artists to express sympathy with accussed
Sacco-Vanzetti Case
Demonstrated exacerbated nervousness about immigrants and potential spread of radical ideas, especially related to international communism
Great Migration
Black ppl from South to North
sparked significant racial conflict as white northerners and returning veterans fought to reclaim jobs and neighborhoods from Black migrants
Red Summer of 1919
Northern cities culminating in waves of anti-Black race riots
- thousands of injuries, death, and destruction of private and public property across nation
- Black Americans defending family and homes from hostile white rioters iwth militant force