Developments in the 1920s
Black artists and intellectuals moved to New York during 1910s, proclaimed ties to Africa through their work
Harlem Renaissance OR Pan-Africanism
What years spanned WWI?
1914-1918
What event pushed the US into WWII?
Pearl Harbor
What decade was the Great Depression?
The 1930s
The president known for introducing legislature to help the nation recover from the Great Depression.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Advertising industry grew and changed the American ideal to a product. The new culture encouraged Americans to "buy now, pay later".
Consumer Culture
What event was considered the spark that started WWI?
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
The "Big Three" Allied powers
The United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union
Where did the Great depression start?
Wall Street
Party that was active during late 1800's/early 1900's, known for advocating for farmers and agrarian workers.
The People's Party (Populists)
Leader of the Universal Negro Improvement Association, Jamaican-born black seperatist
Marcus Garvey
This type of warfare was new during WWI.
Trench warfare
US communication during WWII using code never broken by Axis powers
Navajo Code Talkers
What was the first thing the Great Depression effected?
The president responsible for getting involved in the Spanish-American war
William McKinley
US engaged in foreign affairs by advancing private business interests, pressuring smaller nations to accept large loans. Debt repayment was often enforced through military occupation (ex. Haitian occupation from 1915-1934)
Dollar Diplomacy
Organization Wilson tried to start post WWI
The League of Nations
Produced the world's first nuclear weapons, classified program
Manhattan Project
What program did the Great Depression lead president Roosevelt to making?
New Deal
The Socialist party candidate in the 1912 Presidential Election
Eugene V. Debs
Literary trend exploring the human mind and critiquing conformity. Part of 1920s conflict between modern and traditional worldviews.
Intellectual Modernism
This celebrity taught soldiers escape skills, specifically escaping handcuffs
Houdini
1941 act passed by Congress: US could "Lend, lease, or otherwise dispose of" arms and other equipment to countries considered vital to US's security
Lend-Lease Act
A system where the value of currency was defined in terms of gold, which was abandoned during the Great Depression
A commission enacted to fight trusts and monopolies