Post WWII
The first mass produced suburb in America
Levittown
Years the US was involved in WWI
1917-1918
Women who cut their hair short, wore short dresses, and challenged traditional gender expectations in the 1920s
Flappers
The President at the start of the Great Depression
Herbert Hoover
The years America participated in WWII
1941-1945
Government action that helped veterans after WWII to get low cost loans and funds for education
G.I Bill
The document that ended WWI
Treaty of Versailles
The Constitutional Amendments that created Prohibition and then repealed it
18th Amendment & 21st Amendments
The series of federal programs that was designed to reform, recover, and offer relief from the Great Depression
New Deal
The event that prompted the US to enter WWII
The ideal family of the 1950s
Nuclear Family; 2 parents and their children
Event (s) that prompted the US to enter WWI
Sinking of the Lusitania and the Zimmerman Telegram
Credit
WWI veterans who were promised a cash bonus; they wanted it early because of the Depression, so they marched on Washington. Hoover had them forcibly removed.
Bonus Army
The Axis powers
Germany, Japan, and Italy
The two ways that young Americans rebelled against the ideas of conformity and sameness that was spreading through American life
Rock 'n' Roll or Beat Movement
Type of warfare/ tactics used in WWI
Trench Warfare
A place where people could go to drink in secret in the 1920s
Speakeasy
The greatest ecological disaster in American history; caused mass migration from the plains to the north and west.
Dust Bowl
The Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces
Dwight D. Eisenhower
The government action to end support for Native American nations and try to get them to assimilate into ideal American life
Termination Policy
MAIN causes of WWI
Militarism; Alliances; Imperialism; Nationalism
The explosion of culture celebrating the African American experience and culture in the 1920s
Harlem Renaissance
The date of the stock market crash that triggered the Great Depression
October 29, 1929
The propaganda poster that encouraged women to join the workforce during World War II
Rosie the Riveter