World War I
This event sparked the beginning of World War I.
What is the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
The Great Depression began with the stock market crash on this date.
What is October 29, 1929 (Black Tuesday)?
This amendment granted women the right to vote in 1920.
What is the 19th Amendment?
This dictator rose to power in Germany in 1933, establishing a totalitarian regime.
Who is Adolf Hitler?
This international organization was formed after World War I to prevent future conflicts but was ultimately ineffective.
What is the League of Nations?
The alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire was known as this.
What is the Central Powers?
This U.S. President, in office during the early years of the Great Depression, was criticized for his lack of effective response.
Who is Herbert Hoover?
This cultural, social, and artistic explosion centered in Harlem during the 1920s and celebrated African American heritage.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
This Italian leader founded the Fascist Party and established a dictatorship in 1922.
Who is Benito Mussolini?
This term describes the widespread fear of communist influence in the United States following World War I.
What is the Red Scare?
This 1917 telegram proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico, pushing the United States closer to joining the war.
What is the Zimmermann Telegram?
This series of government programs introduced by Franklin D. Roosevelt aimed to provide relief, recovery, and reform during the Great Depression.
What is the New Deal?
This 1925 trial highlighted the conflict between science and religion over the teaching of evolution in schools.
What is the Scopes Monkey Trial?
This Soviet leader created harsh policies, including collectivization and purges, during the 1930s.
Who is Joseph Stalin?
Women working with TNT during World War I experienced this unusual side effect due to chemical exposure.
What is their skin turning yellow?
This treaty officially ended World War I in 1919 and imposed harsh penalties on Germany.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
These makeshift communities of homeless people, named after the sitting president, emerged during the Great Depression.
What are Hoovervilles?
This amendment stopped the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol, starting the Prohibition era.
What is the 18th Amendment?
Hitler’s autobiographical manifesto outlined his ideology and future plans for Germany.
What is Mein Kampf?
This structure was completed in 1931 and symbolized American resilience during the Great Depression.
What is the Empire State Building?
This type of warfare, characterized by soldiers fighting from long, narrow ditches, led to stalemates on the Western Front.
What is trench warfare?
This disaster during the 1930s displaced thousands of farmers and worsened the economic crisis.
What is the Dust Bowl?
This music style, rooted in African American communities, became a defining sound of the 1920s.
What is jazz?
This policy was practiced by Britain and France and allowed Hitler to annex territories in hopes of avoiding another world war.
What is appeasement?
This American pilot became famous for the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927, inspiring advancements in aviation.
Who is Charles Lindbergh?