Vocab
What term has the following definition:
The policy of avoiding political ties with other nations.
Isolationism
What were three countries that were Allied Powers?
United States
France
Great Britain
Russia/Soviet Union
When consumers cut spending, what did that lead to?
Job cuts
Production cuts
Who replaced Herbert Hoover as president during this time?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
What continent did WWI take place in?
Europe
What term has the following definition:
Programs President FDR and his admin set up to end the Great Depression.
New Deal
What were three countries that were Central Powers?
Germany
What Amendment gave women the right to vote?
19th
Who does the social security act benefit?
Disabled AND retired Americans
What term has the following definition:
tax on imports.
Tariff
What term has the following definition:
The policy of trying to take control of other lands and people.
Imperialism
How did WWI end?
Central Powers Surrendered
What was the 18th Amendment?
Prohibited the production, consumption, and sale of alcohol.
What was the purpose of the relief programs?
To help the unemployed.
Why did farmers take out loans?
To buy modern machinery.
Which term has the following definition:
A shortage.
Scarcity
What were two things that persuaded the USA to join the war?
Zimmerman Note
Sinking of U.S. passenger ship by Germany
What two states would be the hardest to farm in because of the dust bowl? (Hint: five total).
Kansas
Texas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Colorado
What was the purpose of the recovery programs?
To help boost the economy.
What were two effects of farmers taking out loans?
Farmers couldn't pay their debts.
As farms became less valuable, land prices fell, too, and farms were often worth less than their owners owed to the bank.
Farmers across the country lost their farms as banks foreclosed on mortgages.
Farming communities suffered.
What term has the following definition:
Mass movement of ≈ 6 million African Americans from southern areas to northern cities.
Great Migration
What were TWO causes of WWI?
Any two of the following:
Militarism
Imperialism
Nationalism
Alliances
Assassination of Archduke
Why were people worried about the money that they invested in the stock market?
Stock market was crashing.
People were getting less money for stocks than what they bought them for.
What was the purpose of reform programs?
To help prevent future problems.
What was the Treaty of Versailles?
The official peace treaty that was signed in Versailles, France.
The Treaty of Versailles punished Germany for its role in starting the war. Germany lost about 10% of its lands. It had to pay back war costs to the Allied Powers.
The treaty also called for creating a League of Nations. The League’s member nations would work together for peace.