Define Me
Fear of other nationalities.
What is Xenophobia?
Movie depicting racism as good and the KKK as the saviors and protectors of the South. Endorsed by President Wilson.
What is "Birth of a Nation"?
This Act made it illegal to speak out against the government, the President or Congress.
What is the Sedition Act of 1918?
Contrary to its name, The Spanish Flu actually started here.
What is on a Kansas pig farm?
Robert Prager was lynched in this town.
What is Collinsville, Illinois?
When factories continue to manufacture items even though people are not buying them it is called this...
Over production
The stock market should reflect this...
the economy
What was the name of the Treaty that ended WWI?
Treaty of Versailles
Why was Japan on an imperial quest to dominate the Pacific Rim?
It was an island with limited resources- it needed growing room.
What were the names of the laws that Hitler put into place regarding the Jewish population?
What did they model this laws after?
The Nuremberg Laws
The Jim Crow Laws of the US South (Alabama. .)
These are protected by the Constitution and protect people from the Government.
What are Civil Liberties?
Advertisement put out by governments to sway public opinion.
What is propaganda?
This Act made not just spying, but speaking out against the war illegal.
What is the Espionage Act of 1917?
This city saw lower death rates because of measures put into place by this leading University.
What is WashU in St. Louis Missouri?
Prager was an immigrant from this country.
What is Germany?
When consumers are not buying what is being produced...
Under consumption
What is the difference between an investor and a speculator?
The investor is in it for the long term, a speculator is only concerned with short term results
True or False
The Treaty of Versailles brought peace and harmony between Britain/France and Germany
False
It was more of a treaty of revenge, taking land away from Germany and creating financial hardship.
True or False
Japan felt they were superior to all other countries
True
Severe case of Nationalism
This scientist fled Germany when he saw what was starting to transpire against the Jewish people
Albert Einstein
Something handed down from the past.
What is a legacy?
What, according to Professor Collins, is the number one threat to the US Constitution?
What is fear?
Of the two Acts, this one was found to be completely unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.
What was the Sedition Act of 1918?
This city had the highest death rate largely due to a parade that was held against medical advice.
What is Philadelphia?
Mr. Prager was falsely accused of doing this.
What is attending antiwar meetings in STL?
What is the the formula called that is used to calculate the wealth distribution? What is "maldistribution of wealth"?
The Gini Coefficient
What were some issues with the stock market in the late 1920's?
unregulated, companies lying about profits, taking in hand, insider trading,
Why did Hitler want Austria back?
It was his homeland and still the home of many Germans.
What did the League of Nations do when Japan invaded Manchuria?
Told Japan that they would not recognize them or the invasion
What does fascism entail?
Ideology of Certainty
Cult of Personality
The practice of using spies to obtain political and military information.
What is espionage?
Differences in demographics, beliefs and activities between cities and the "country" (small towns) is known as this.
What is the Urban/Rural split or conflict?
This man was arrested, convicted and put in jail for stating the war was not "to make the world safe for Democracy" but rather "safe for Capitalism".
Who was Eugene Debs?
The Medical Commander who said that troops should be quarantined and not sent to France had prior experience and expertise because of his work with Yellow Fever here.
What is the Panama Canal?
This group of hyphenated Americans lynched Robert Prager.
Who are German-Americans?
When, for example, everyone who is going to buy a new car has purchased a new car...
Market saturation
What is buying on margin
Buying stocks with borrowed money
Why did Hitler want Sudetenland?
Expand Germany. Industry.
Japan's initial invasion of China- is known as what?
The Rape of Nanjing
Who was the fascist leader of Italy?
Mussolini
Conduct or speech inciting people to rebel against the authority of a state or monarch.
What is sedition?
The largest peaceful movement of people in US History.
What is the Great Migration?
This organization was created to defend people at no charge who were convicted under the Espionage and Sedition Acts and is still around today.
What is the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)?
The Spanish Flu hit hardest on people who were in this group.
Who are the young and healthy?
When a juror was asked by a reporter from the STL Post Dispatch why the entire, identified lynch mob was found not guilty, they replied that the mob was only guilty of this.
What is a patriotic murder?
What is meant by "economies of scale"?
The more of an item that is made the less expensive those items are.
According to Dr. Collins- what is the heart of a healthy capitalist economy?
Banks
True or False
Hitler came to power in Germany by overthrowing the existing government.
False
He was elected to Parliament democratically.
Why did the U.S. see Japan as a threat?
They were a threat to our interest in the Pacific Rim area- China , Indonesia
Who was the Communist leader of the USSR at the time of WWII?
Stalin
What is needed for a healthy economy?
A growing middle class
How did Wall Street burn down Main Street?
Wall Street collapses causing bank runs
What happened after the Parliament building was attacked?
Hitler suspended the government, enacted martial law and took total control
Why did Hitler and Stalin sign a non-aggression agreement?
Hitler did not want a 2 fronted war again
Stalin had no problem with Hitler destroying the eastern European countries and thought Capitalism would then fall and Communism would then take over