WWI
What does M.A.I.N stand for?
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism
What was created to conserve fuel?
Daylight Savings Time
What did the 20th Amendment do?
It became illegal to manufacture, transport, or sell alcohol in the United States.
What caused the Great Depression?
Black Tuesday; The stock market crashed.
What was Roosevelt's slogan?
"The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself"
What countries were the Central Powers and which were the Allied Powers
Central: Austria, Germany, and the Ottoman Empire
Allied: Russia, France, and Britain
How did the US pay for the war?
The raised income tax, created new taxes on corporations, and borrowed 20 billion dollars through the sale of Liberty Bonds.
What genre of music became popular?
Jazz
Why did banks collapse?
The banks had heavily invested in stocks and when the market plunged they lost a lot of money. Many scared individuals began to withdraw their money from the bank but the bank had already loaned it out. This forced the banks to close.
How would FDR communicate with and inform the American people?
His Fireside Chats
Why did America enter the war?
Unrestricted submarine warfare enacted by Germany
What happened at the Washington Naval Conference?
US, Great Britain, and Japan met and agreed to limit the size of their navies, restrict certain types of armaments, and not fortify Pacific islands.
What was the Harlem Renaissance?
African American cultural movement that centered around the Harlem neighborhood in NYC. New literary, artistic, and musical styles.
What were Hoovervilles?
Many people in large cities could no longer afford to pay rent so they were forced into homelessness and began to live in villages of homemade shacks.
What did the Federal Deposit Company do?
Boosted Americans'confidence in the banking system by insuring bank deposits up to $250,000 per person.
What did the Treaty of Versailles do?
Germany was fully blamed for the war, had to pay billions in reparations, had to decrease it's military, and give up land.
What was the Red Scare?
Americans were unsettled and believed that communists were trying to create a revolt in the US like the one in Russia.
What is nativism?
Native born Protestants feared job competition and radical socialist beliefs so they rejected the immigrants and Congress passed two quota laws that limited immigration.
What did the government promise WWI veterans? What did Herbert Hoover do in response to their protests?
They promised a $1,000 bonus in 1945 but the veterans went to protest in DC to have Congress grant the money sooner due to the Great Depression. Hoover sent the US Army to disperse the crowd, using tear gas and bayonets.
What did the Agricultural Adjustment Administration do?
Paid farmers to not grow crops in order to reduce supply and increase crop prices.
What was the only one of Wilson's 14 points that was accepted by Europe?
The creation of a "League of Nations"
What did the Sedition Act of 1918 do?
Limited free speech by making it illegal to publicly express any opposition to the war.
Who were flappers?
Young women who rebelled against the morals of their parents by wearing shorter skirts and hairstyles, smoking, drinking, and dancing.
What was the unemployment rate?
Broker State vs Welfare State?
Broker State: Federal government assumed the new role of balancing and mediating the competing economic interests
Welfare State: Americans became used to the idea of government assistance and more of the federal budget was spent on welfare programs