GREAT DEPRESSION
What is a shantytown built by unemployed and destitute people during the Depression of the early 1930s?
Hooverville
What fruit was used to describe this time period and why?
What were some of the reasons for the start of WW1?
The assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand
What was the purpose of the Progressive Era?
To protect social welfare, promote moral improvement, create economic reform, and foster efficiency.
What was the cold war?
An era of confrontation and competition between the US and the Soviet Union when the threat of nuclear war created constant world tension(non-violent)
What caused the Great Depression?
The stock market crash
What was a production process that breaks the manufacture of a good into steps that are completed in a pre-defined sequence?
What was President Wilson’s first choice on which side to pick?
Neutrality
What were the magazine publishers called that specialized in underhanded schemes in politics?
Muckrakers
What is the GI Bill?
Provided college for returning WW2 veterans (referred to as GI)Provided one year of unemployment compensation
Millions of GI bought homes, attended college, started business ventures, or found jobs
What is the rapid rise in stock prices encouraging speculation in the hope of making a large profit through speculation?
Margin Buying
What was the process of converting iron into steel at a large scale?
Bessemer Process
What was the first crisis that challenged the US Neutrality?
The bombing of the Lusitania
What was the book called that revolutionized the meatpacking industry?
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
What was the Postdam conference?
The Potsdam Conference was a meeting of the Allied leader during WW2 to decide what to do with Germany
What event in the summer of 1932 caused many American citizens to change their point of view on President Hoover?
Bonus Army
What was one invention that allowed factories to be working all night?
The invention of the light bulb
What was the pledge that Wilson forced Germany to sign so that they wouldn’t sink merchant or passenger ships without warning?
The Sussex pledge
What committee proposed model state child labor laws?
National Child Labor Committee
What did America do after Russia launched Sputnik?
Congress establishes the Nationals Astronautics and Space agency to conduct research in rocket and space technology
More dedication to math and science
What act tried to make farming profitable again by reducing over-production and raising crop prices?
Civilian Conservation Corps
What refers to the merger of companies that are in the same business but in different stages of production or distribution?
Vertical Integration
What was a major change for many women during this time?
Some of them were able to have non-combat roles during the war.
What was the name of the progressive governor from Wisconsin who set up direct primary elections in his state?
Robert La Follete
What is the Hollywood Ten?
People who were accused of being communist were often "blacklisted"
A group of Hollywood actors who were blacklisted for refusing to answer HUAC questions became know as the "Hollywood Ten"
If someone was blacklisted, it meant they were denied work or ostracized from society.