Category #1
Militarism
Alliances
Imperialism
Nationalism
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
Causes of World War I
Was the treaty signed at the end of World War I
The treaty made Germany sign a War Guilt Clause, pay War Reparations, and limit the size of their army
The treaty failed to secure a lasting peace and helped lead to World War II
Treaty of Versailles
The mass immigration of Southern blacks to Northern cities like New York, Detroit, and Cleveland.
The Great Migration
To escape institutionalized racism and limited and restricted rights in the South
To find better paying jobs working in factories in the North
Reasons African Americans left the rural South and moved to Northern cities during the Great Migration
What was the over exaggerated fear of communism spreading in the United States following World War I and into the early 1920's
The First Red Scare
What is the act of showing ethnic intolerance by favoring the interest of people born here in the U.S. over foreign born people
Nativism
Two Italian immigrants that were anarchists who were arrested for murder and then executed largely because of their nationality during the First Red Scare
Sacco and Vanzetti
The Automobile (Model T Ford) was invented which allowed workers to live outside of cities and travel further distances to work; This led to the rise of suburbs
The Radio allowed people to listen to news, sports, and music in their own homes
Telephones allowed for long distance communication
All of these show how what changed in the early 1900's (early 20th Century)?
Communication and Technology
Celebration and new popularity of African American music, literature, poetry, and art in the Harlem community of New York
The Harlem Renaissance
This amendment enacted Prohibition in the U.S. which banned the sale and production of alcohol in the U.S.
18th Amendment
This amendment granted women the right to vote in the U.S. (Women's Suffrage)
19th Amendment
Farming (Agricultural) Crisis due to overproducing crops and the surplus causing prices for crops to go down
A Run on Banks led to Bank Failures and the closing of banks
Installment buying of consumer goods led to a consumer dependence on credit which left many in debt
Stock Market Crash led many to lose their life's savings
Causes of the Great Depression
What were these the main goals of?
RELIEF for the Needy
Economic RECOVERY
Financial REFORM
Main goals of President Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR's) New Deal which was his plan to alleviate the problems of the Great Depression
AAA (Agricultural Adjustment Act)
CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps)
WPA (Works Progress Administration)
How did these New Deal programs forever change the role of the federal government?
It was the first time that the federal government intervened to attempt to solve economic and social problems
Who did these New Deal programs provide relief for?
Social Security provided old age retirement to those age 65 and older
Unemployment Compensation for those out of work and looking for jobs
Aid to dependent children and those with disabilities
Ways the New Deal provided relief for the needy
These were a series of laws enacted in 1935 and 1936 that prevented the sale of arms and giving loans to nations at war
The Neutrality Acts
A provision that stated that nations at war could buy U.S. arms as long as they paid cash and transported them in their own ships
Cash and Carry
Law that allowed the U.S. to ship arms and other supplies, without immediate payment, to nations fighting the Axis powers
Lend Lease Act
It was a joint declaration of war aims between the U.S. and Great Britain
It pledged collective security and freedom of the high seas
It laid the groundwork for the formation of the United Nations
Atlantic Charter agreement signed between the U.S. (Franklin D. Roosevelt-FDR) and Great Britain (Winston Churchill)
Using the Selective Service System we implemented a Draft
Peace time industry was converted to war-time production
Goods that were deemed essential for the war effort were rationed (Gasoline, Sugar, Meat)
Sale of War Bonds, Planting Victory Gardens, Women held jobs typically held by men
Ways the U.S. mobilized on the home-front during World War II
This was an order by FDR after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. Japanese Americans lost their homes and businesses and were sent to Internment Camps in the western coastal regions of the U.S.
Executive Order 9066
What event at the end of World War II increased hostilities between the U.S. and Soviet Union leading to a nuclear arms race and the Cold War?
The U.S. using the Atomic Bomb on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Why was the Cold War called a "Cold" war?
There was no direct fighting between the U.S. and Soviet Union, only a fear of nuclear war and global destruction
What term describes the efforts of the U.S. to stop the spread of Soviet Influence, especially Communism, into the free nations of Western Europe.
Containment
This plan, along with the Truman Doctrine, were designed to stop the spread of Soviet influence and contain the spread of communism by supporting the free nations of Western Europe with economic aid to help them rebuild after World War II
The Marshall Plan