Roaring 20s
What type of music rose in popularity during the 1920s?
Jazz
What is buying on margin and why was it risky?
Buying stocks on credit, there was no guarantee you would get your money back
What day month and year did World War 2 start and what was the event?
Germany invading Poland on 9/1/39
Germany was divided into 4 by these countries
Great Britain, France, US, Soviet Union
What is the domino theory?
When one country falls to communism, others nearby will as well.
Who was president during the 1920s, with a presidency surrounded by scandals?
Warren Harding
What did the Social Security Act (SSA) do?
Provided a form of insurance for old age and people with disabilities
What is appeasement?
A policy of avoiding war with an aggressive nation by giving into demands
What does NATO stand for?
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
What was the Bay of Pigs invasion?
A disastrous attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro where the US attempted to invade Cuba
What did the 21st amendment do?
It repealed the 18th amendment - which banned production, sale, and transportation of alcohol
What did the Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) do?
They paid farmers not to grow crops so prices of crops would rise back to normal levels
What was the D-Day invasion?
Largest sea-to-land invasion in which Allied forced invaded the beaches of Normandy
Mao Zedong
What was the Cuban Missile Crisis?
The Soviets planned to install missiles in Cuba, US forms a naval blockade and the Soviets retreat, it was a huge jump forward in protecting from the arms race
Give one example of how society changed specifically during the 1920s
Young people move to urban areas, high school attendance doubled, more people go to college, women in the workforce grew, flappers challenged traditional ideas
Monitored the stock market and ensure no fraud or insider trading was taking place
Which battle was a key turning point in the war?
Battle of Stalingrad
Who stepped in during the Korean War that helped bring it to a stalemate
Douglas MacArthur
What was the Tonkin Gulf Resolution?
The president is given authority to take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the US
What two things did Calvin Coolidge aim to fix under his slogan, "the business of America is business"
Tax cuts for the wealthy, and raising tariffs
What were the 3 causes of the Great Depression?
Overproduction, uneven distribution of wealth, declining world trade
Put these events in order Bombing of Hiroshima, Jews forced to wear arm band or star, Germans march into Rhineland, Gestapo established
1. Gestapo
2. Germans march into Rhineland
3. Arm band
4. Bombing of Hiroshima
What did the Marshall Plan aim to do?
Give loans to Europe to help with economic recovery
What is Vietnamization? Who formed it? (2 people)
Henry Kissinger and Richard Nixon, withdrawing US troops and have S Vietnam take over fighting