World War I
World War II
Military Intervention or Not?
Key Conflicts
Populism and Progressivism
100
The Allies (Powers): United States, Great Britain, France, Italy, Japan, Russia versus the Central Powers: Germany, Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria, Austria-Hungary.
Who fought against whom during World War I, which started before the Roaring 20s and the Great Depression?
100
The Allies (Powers): United States, Great Britain, France, Russia versus the Axis Powers: Germany, Italy and Japan.
Who fought against whom during World War II, which occurred after the Great Depression?
100
Last major battle between the U.S. Army and Native Americans.
What is the Battle of Wounded Knee?
100
The United States sent aid to this country and tried to negotiate peace between the Nationalists and Communists while supporting the Nationalists from 1945 to 1949. The effort failed as the Communists eventually took control of the country.
What is the Chinese Civil War?
100
The Populist Party platform during the 1896 election called for bimetallism, combining gold with this metal, and the free coinage of this metal, to back U.S. currency (paper money).
What is free silver?
200
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism and Nationalism.
What were the four underlying causes of World War I?
200
The invasion of Normandy, France on June 6, 1944 opened up a second front in Europe.
Why was the D-Day invasion critical to the success of the Allies during World War II?
200
The United States would protect its economic interest in the Western Hemisphere by using military intervention if necessary.
What was the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine?
200
In 1936, a group of Spanish army officers, led by Francisco Franco, rebelled against the Spanish republic and set up yet another dictatorship in Europe.
What is the Spanish Civil War?
200
Protecting social welfare, promoting moral improvement, creating economic reform and fostering efficiency.
What are the four goals of the Progressive movement?
300
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austrian throne, and his wife Sophie, while they visited Sarajevo.
What was the immediate cause of World War I?
300
Germany invaded Poland, upsetting France and Great Britain.
What was the immediate cause of World War II?
300
A conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union from 1945 to 1991 in which neither confronted each other directly on the battlefield.
What was the Cold War?
300
After World War I, a group of revolutionaries in Russia led by Vladimir Lenin overthrew the czarist government and established a new Communist state.
What is the Bolshevik Revolution?
300
The movement of the people, which started in 1892. It demanded reforms to lift the burden of debt from farmers and other workers and to give the people a greater voice in their government.
What is Populism?
400
Germany U-Boats (submarines) kept sinking our ships and there was no freedom of the seas.
Why did the United States enter World War I?
400
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, a U.S. naval base, on Dec. 7, 1941.
Why did the United States enter World War II?
400
The Domino Theory. The United States feared that if South Vietnam fell to communism, then all of Southeast Asia might fall as well.
Why did the United States become involved in Vietnam?
400
During the Open Door Policy promoted by the United States for trade in China, a group of Chinese rebels who practiced martial arts tried to drive out all foreigners.
What is the Boxer Rebellion?
400
16th Amendment (income tax); 17th Amendment (direct election of senators); 18th Amendment (National Prohibition); 19th Amendment (women's suffrage).
What are some Progressive era amendments?
500
United States (Woodrow Wilson); Great Britain (David Lloyd George); France (George Clemencau); Italy (Vittorio Orlando)
Who were the Big Four in World War I?
500
Germany and the Soviet Union (Russia).
Which two countries signed a non-aggression pact during World War II?
500
The Taliban government was offering safe haven to terrorist leader Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda.
Why did the United States invade Afghanistan in October 2001?
500
A hostage crisis that ran from 1979 to 1981 marked the beginning of tense relations between the United States and this country.
What is Iran?
500
He ran for U.S. president as both the Democratic and Populist candidate in the 1896 election, promoting the use of gold and silver as currency. Later in his life, he also argued against teaching evolution in schools.
Who is William Jennings Bryan?
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