Literature
How does Gatsby die?
George Wilson shoots him while he is swimming in the pool
Who is Stanislaus Katczinsky?
Paul's best friend who is 40 and has a family
Primary incident that incited WWI?
Serbian terrorists assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary
Why was October 24, 1929 called "Black Thursday"?
Beginning of the stock market crash that precedes the Great Depression. Compared to the average 4 million shares traded a day, 12.9 million shares are traded as the market tanks.
Publication date and author of The Great Gatsby?
1925
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Where does Marlow go seeking ivory?
the Belgian Congo
What was the goal of the Endurance expedition?
To cross the entirety of Antarctica on land
The Treaty of Versailles forced which country to scale back their military and pay reparations?
Germany
Who were the suffragettes?
Violent protestors (pretty much terrorists) fighting for the cause of women's suffrage (right to vote) through bombs, martyrdom, etc
Publication date and author of All Quiet on the Western Front
1928
Erich Maria Remarque
Who is Meyer Wolfsheim?
Gatsby's dodgy, bootlegging connection in NY
What are "Keep the Home Fires Burning" and "Your King and Country Want you" examples of?
Propaganda songs from WWI
a stalemate
What percentage of Americans were unemployed during the height of the Great Depression?
25%
Publication date and author of Heart of Darkness?
1899
Joseph Conrad
Why did the Joad family leave Oklahoma?
They were evicted from their land (They had only ever been tenant farmers, not owners) and they heard there was work in California
What is the message of "Keep the Home Fires Burning"?
It is urging the women and men back home to keep on keeping on, to survive and pray, until the boys fighting come home.
Triple Alliance - Italy, Germany, and Austria-Hungary
Triple Entente - France, Russia, and Great Britain
What compelled 1/3 of Jews in Eastern Europe to immigrate to the US or Palestine between 1900 and 1920?
- pogroms (race based riots)
- general religious persecution
-Zionism
Publication Date and author of Endurance
1959
Alfred Lansing
In Heart of Darkness, what did Kurtz write at the bottom of his pamphlet that taught compassion for the natives?
"Exterminate the brutes!"
Key features of the Modernist movement?
-Art for Art's Sake
-Symbolism
-Abstraction
-Experimentation
-Formalism
How many casualties were there in the Russian Revolution of 1917?
7-12 million
How did Sigmund Freud divide up the human psyche?
The id (unconscious desires), the ego (seat of reason), and the superego (moral conscience)
What was the New Deal?
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's plan to reinvigorate the American economy during the Depression by spending government money to employ citizens. They did a ton of infrastructure projects (roads, bridges, dams), started public works (Tennessee Valley Authority), and expanded the bureaucratic system by opening new departments.