WWI
On what continent did WWI mostly take place?
The continent of Europe.
The time in America of peace and prosperity, when many inventions came about and life in America was awesome.
What the roaring 20s?
What is the slaughtering of Jews called?
The holocaust
What two countries emerged after WWII as the world's super powers?
Russia and America.
Why was the US involved in the Korean and Vietnam wars?
They were trying to keep communism from spreading.
President of the US who passed legislation to help America out of the Great Depression. He had polio and was in a wheel chair.
Who was Franklin D. Roosevelt?
What started WWI?
The assassination of the heir to the throne of Austria Hungary
The date of the worst stock market crash in US history that started the Great Depression was called this, dark day.
What is Black Tuesday, (October 29, 1929)?
Also known as D-Day, it is the battle in which the US and Allied forces launched the largest air-sea invasion stopping the Germans from advancing on England.
What is the Battle of Normandy?
The distrust between the US and Russia that resulted in an arms race but never direct conflict. Instead, they fought in other countries.
What is the Cold War?
What are the decades of each war?
Korean War 1950s and Vietnam War 1964-1975
This program insures banks even if they fail.
FDIC (federal deposit insurance Corporation)
Who were the Central Powers and the Allied Powers?
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Turkey
Against
US, England, France
Henry Ford perfected this method of production which allowed him to build the Model T cheaply and in large quantities.
What is the assembly line?
This was the turning point of the pacific theater where the United States destroyed many shipps in Japan's fleet.
What is the battle of Midway?
The US and the USSR trying to reach space first. The USSR started with a satellite named Sputnik but the US landed man on the moon first.
What is the Space Race?
What was the result of the Korean War?
The country of Korea split in two with the north remaining communist and the south democratic.
The name of FDR's legislation to create jobs and help America out of the depression.
What was the New Deal?
The letter to Mexico from Germany promising Germany land in America if Mexico helps Germany in the War was called this.
What was the Zimmerman Note?
This famous aviator was the first man to fly across the Atlantic.
Who is Charles Lindbergh
In April 1942, the Japanese forced American and Filipino POWS to march 65 miles to camps. Most POWs died on the way.
What was the Bataan Death March?
This standoff involved the Soviet Union trying to send missiles to this island off the coast of Florida. JFK issued a blockade and eventually both sides backed down.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
What was the treaty that ended WWI and punished Germany very harshly?
The Treaty of Versailles.
The terrible drought that hit the mid west causing farms and ranches to dry up and crops to die.
What is the Dust Bowl?
Who was president when America bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
President Harry S. Truman.
What two hot conflicts (wars) were part of the Cold War?
Korean and Vietnam Wars.
Government projects that benefited the general public that put many men and women to work in places like schools and post offices.
What were Public Works?