21.2 Flashcards

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Treaty of Versailles

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  • 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
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League of Nations

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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

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First Red Scare

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Inspiried many leftists and dissenting artists to express sympathy with accussed

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Sacco-Vanzetti Case

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Demonstrated exacerbated nervousness about immigrants and potential spread of radical ideas, especially related to international communism

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Great Migration

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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

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Red Summer of 1919

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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

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