WWI
This event was the immediate cause of World War I in Europe.
What is the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
This trial highlighted the nation’s deep divisions over religion, science, and modern values.
What is the Scopes "Monkey" Trial?
The term "Black Tuesday" refers to what specific event? (Include the year in your answer)
What is the stock market crash of 1929?
This event on December 7, 1941, is the direct cause for the United States entering World War II.
What is the attack on Pearl Harbor?
This amphibious invasion on June 6, 1944, marked the beginning of the Allied liberation of Western Europe.
What is D-Day (Operation Overlord)?
This 1917 note, intercepted by the British, revealed Germany’s attempt to ally with Mexico against the U.S.
What is the Zimmerman Telegram?
This new consumer technology revolutionized entertainment and helped create a national culture.
What is the radio?
Provide an example of "Reform" (referring to the "three R's" of the New Deal).
Multiple acceptable answers, including but not limited to:
FDIC
SEC
Social Security Act
NLRB/Wagner Act
Identify one continuity between the homefronts of WWI and WWII.
Multiple acceptable answers, including but not limited to:
Women joining the workforce
African-Americans migrating to cities and joining the military
Government restriction of civil liberties
Increased government control of the economy
Military draft
This international organization was founded in 1945 to promote peace and prevent future global conflicts.
What is the United Nations?
Women's contributions to the war effort, combined with decades of political activism, led to this development at the federal level.
What is the 19th Amendment?
This cultural movement is one of the most significant effects of the Great Migration.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
This term is used to describe borrowing money to purchase stocks. (Be more specific than "speculation.")
What is buying on margin?
Identify one change between the homefronts of WWI and WWII.
Multiple acceptable answers, including but not limited to:
Women in new roles (gov. administration, military support branches)
Double V Campaign
Bracero Program
Japanese Internment
Election of a president for a third term
This U.S. strategy in the Pacific involved capturing key islands while bypassing others.
What is island hopping?
This Supreme Court case upheld the conviction of a man who spoke against the draft, establishing the “clear and present danger” test.
What is Schenck v. United States?
These two Italian immigrants were controversially executed in 1927, symbolizing the Red Scare and anti-immigrant sentiment.
Who are Sacco and Vanzetti?
FDR was accused for being too authoritarian due to this failed attempt at federal government reform.
What is the court-packing plan?
FDR used this term to describe and justify the U.S. providing military aid to the Allies prior to joining World War II.
What is the "Arsenal of Democracy?"
This 1945 conference between the U.S., Great Britain, and Soviet Union laid out plans for the future of Europe after the defeat of Germany.
What is the Yalta Conference?
This senator led the opposition to the U.S. joining the League of Nations.
Who is Henry Cabot Lodge?
President Harding's administration was plagued by scandal, most notably by this scandal regarding bribes exchange for oil drilling rights.
What is the Teapot Dome scandal?
This labor-oriented New Deal agency supported workers’ right to unionize and bargain collectively.
What is the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)/Wagner Act?
This landmark Supreme Court case upheld the internment of Japanese Americans as a wartime necessity.
What is Korematsu v. United States?
Name two justifications given by the United States for using the Atomic Bomb against Japan in 1945.
Multiple acceptable answers, including but not limited to:
Massive projected casualties for invading Japan
Japan's intense resistance to surrender
Sunk-cost investment of the Manhattan project
Preventing the Soviet Union from taking Japanese territory