WW1
Why was trench warfare started on the Western Front during World War 1?
The dangerous new weapons - Flame throwers, Machine guns, Artillery, etc.
Who coined the phrase Jazz age when talking about the 20's?
F Scott Fitzgerald
What was the constant rising of the stock market called during the 20's?
Bull Market
Who's presidents policy was the New Deal?
FDR
What city did Jazz start in?
New Orleans
Who were the allied powers the U.S. allied themselves from? Name 3
England, France and Russia
What was the flowering of African American Arts, Literature, Music and philosophy?
Harlem Renaissance
When news of one bank failure happened it led to others going to their bank to take out savings before their bank closed. What was this called?
Bank Run
What insured Bank deposits up to $250,000
FDIC
Why did the U.S. never sign the Treaty of Versailles?
They didn't want to be brought into a European War by the League of Nations?
What incident brought the U.S. into World War 1?
Zimmerman Telegram
What movement brought African Americans North which also brought Jazz North?
What is the vocabulary term that shows that stock speculators were gambling on the Stock Market because it was raising for so long?
Speculation
What was the conservative Criticism of the New Deal?
Hurt the taxpayers by putting the government in debt
What did Wilson want to make the World safe for during WW1?
Democracy
What was Wilson's plan to prevent another world war?
14 pt. plan
What was the new way of buying the new expensive products of the 20's?
Credit
What part of America had the most to deal with during the Great Depression? (Who had it the worst)
Great Plains (Dust Bowl Farmers)
What was the liberal criticism of the New Deal?
It helped big business too much and didn't do enough for people.
What was the most famous Speakeasy in Harlem?
Cotton Club
name the 4 long term causes of World War 1?
Militarism
Alliance System
Imperialism
Nationalism
Who Flew a plane across the Atlantic Ocean for the first time?
What was the Tariff that essentially stopped all international trade prior to the depression?
What program paid farmers not to grow crops and raise livestock so they could raise the price of those goods?
AAA
What ended the Great Depression?
WW2 - it put people back to work creating war goods