WWI
What were some of the new weapons created during WWI?
Tanks, Planes, Chemical Weapons, Machine Guns, Uboats
What did people call women who wore short dresses, bobbed their hair, and wore makeup?
Flappers
What was the day called that the Stock Market crashed?
Black Tuesday
Who were the Axis powers?
Germany, Italy, Japan
What term was given to the widespread fear of communism in the 1950s?
McCarthyism
What was the immediate cause of WWI?
Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
What do you call the time of rebirth of African American culture in the 1920s?
Harlem Renaissance
What was Roosevelt's plan to fix the economy called?
New Deal
What caused US to join the WWII?
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Where was Korea divided at?
38th Parallel
What was the immediate cause of US involvement in WWI
Sinking of Lusitania, Zimmerman Telegraph
What was the trial called that fought over teaching evolution in schools?
Scopes Monkey Trial
Name at least 2 New Deal programs.
CCC, AAA, TVA, Social Security, FDIC, WPA
What system was used to avoid the Neutrality Acts?
Cash and Carry
What started the Vietnam War?
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
What were some of the long term causes of WWI?
Nationalism, Militarism, Secret Treaties
Who were the two Italian men that were put on trial and executed without proof?
Sacco and Vanzetti
What caused the Dust Bowl?
Drought and bad farming practices
What peace organization was created after WWII?
United Nations
What was Nixon's foreign policy called that eased tensions with the Soviet Union?
Détente
What controversial article in the Treaty of Versailles blamed everything on Germany?
Article X
What were the writers called that wrote about the disillusionment of the American Dream?
Lost Generation
What were the people called that left the midwest and moved to California?
Okies
Why did Florida have blackouts during WWII?
Threat of German Submarine attacks on the coast
When was the closest time the US got to starting a nuclear war during the Cold War?
Cuban Missile Crisis