Lesson 1
True or false: Both the Central and Allied Powers were imperialist
True
Who was F. Scott Fitzgerald?
Author - He wrote about parties, music, and people during the Jazz Age (1920s)
What allowed farmers to grow more supply than was needed?
New technology
What is Social Security?
an insurance system to help support disabled and provide funds to retired people
Which countries were a part of the Allied Powers and which were a part of the Central Powers?
Allied: Great Britain, France, Russia, America
Central: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire
What process made it possible for industries to produce more products than were needed?
Mass production
Why did farming become difficult in the 1930s?
Drought
Works Progress Administration - put jobless people to work (they built roads, bridges, parks, airports, and public buildings)
Why did the US enter World War I?
Germany sank the passenger ship, the Lusitania
In your own words, explain what mass consumption is
the large scale demand for goods
Look at page 616. What does the image show?
a fireside chat
Look at the image on page 619. What is the purpose of the poster?
to let people know that jobs were available to them through the WPA
Why did both sides of the war dig trenches?
To reduce the number of casualties
Look at the image on page 600. Explain the statement, It can be said that the woman in the photo favored modern things over tradition."
a documentary photographer who is well known for her Depression-era photography
Look at the image on page 620. What does the image have to do with the New Deal?
it is a mural that was paid for by the government
After the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand, why did more countries enter the war?
Alliances
Look at the image on page 604. Why did immigrants live the family pictured often face discrimination?
They were considered a threat (take homes, jobs, and also change the culture of America)
What is one way President Hoover tried to improve the economy during the Great Depression?
he urged Congress to put money into building roads and bridges
How did the use of credit affect the decrease in stock prices?
people who had purchased products on credit rushed to sell off their stocks when the prices started to fall, making prices fall even more