World War 1
The United States was keeping this policy when WW1 broke out in 1914
Neutrality
Isolationism
After WW1 President Warren G Harding wanted the U.S to go back to the way it was before the war. What was the name of this phrase.
Return to Normalcy
Factories were doing this. It caused them to either cut wages or fire workers
Overproduction
This President won in a landslide victory because the last president (Herbert Hoover) did little to fix the economy
Franklin D Roosevelt FDR
To avoid Americans being hurt like the last world war the United States had this policy when selling weapons.
Cash and Carry
Countries had to pay in cash for weapons
Countries had to pick up weapons themselves
The United States did provide this to the Allies in World War 1 before actually entering the war
Sold Weapons
After WW1 consumerism took place, what are two inventions that were mass produced and made accessible to everyday Americans
Home Appliances
Radio
Automobile
Electricity
The term used when people used borrowed money to buy stocks on the stock market
Buying on Margin
This was the name of the group of programs created to help fix the economy. It involved a lot of government spending.
The New Deal
The United States stopped selling this resource to Japan. (placed an embargo)
Oil
The strategy the Germans used to prevent ships from crossing the Atlantic that really angered the Americans
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
The 18th Amendment banned this but is also the only amendment to be repealed by another Amendment (21st amendment)
Banned the sale of alcohol
October 29th 1929
The stock market crashed
Black Tuesday
This program helped provide jobs by getting people to build public infrastructure such as parks, roads, hospitals
Works Project Administration
WPA
December 7th 1941, a day that will live in infamy
The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
The Zimmerman note was a message from Germany asking what country to do what? It greatly angered Americans
Asked Mexico to go to war with the United States and be on Germany's side
This is an event where African Americans such as Langston Hughes were able to refine Black culture in the United States
Harlem Renaissance
This left people who didn't withdraw their money in time with no life savings. Their money basically vanished.
Bank closures
Bank Failures
This Program was created to give people trust back in the banking system so they would not lose their money if the bank closed. Yes, it is still around today
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
FDIC
Once the Allies started to get more desperate the U.S signed this act to help the war effort without actually entering the war. We would become the "arsenal of democracy"
Lend Lease act
We give weapons to the Allies now, they can pay us back later.
After World War 1 The United States refused to join this organization even though President Woodrow Wilson came up with it.
The League of Nations
The 19th Amendment allowed for this
Women's Suffrage
This was an ecological disaster in the Great Plains
The Dust Bowl
This agency was created to regulate the stock market. It also shares the same acronym name with a major college sports conference.
SEC
security and exchange commission
This is the strategy the United States used in the Pacific Ocean fighting the Japanese
Island hopping