WWII Basics
Fast surprise attacks used by Germany
Blitzkrieg
Area between trenches
What is No Man’s Land?
Journalists who exposed problems
What are muckrakers?
What is the Spanish-American War?
War fought against Spain
Avoiding foreign conflicts
isolationism
Policy of giving in to avoid war
What is appeasement?
Event that sparked WWI
What is the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand?
Someone who wanted reform
What is a Progressive?
What is yellow journalism?
Exaggerated news stories
What is the United Nations?
Organization created to promote peace after WWII
U.S. program that sent supplies to Allies
What is the Lend-Lease Act?
Years WWI was fought
What is 1914–1918?
What is the Wisconsin Idea?
System where experts help government
Led the Rough Riders
Theodore Roosevelt
What is suffrage?
Right to vote
What is Executive Order 9066?
Order that led to Japanese internment
Type of warfare that caused stalemate
What is trench warfare?
President known for trustbusting
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
Turning point naval battle in the Pacific
Battle of Midway
What is the Federal Reserve System?
System created by law to manage the nation’s money and banks
What is the Holocaust?
Genocide of 6 million Jews
Treaty that ended WWI
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
What is a graduated income tax?
Tax where the rich pay a higher percentage
What is D-Day?
Allied invasion of Normandy
Federal Trade Commission
Government agency that stops unfair business practices